English
Maliseet
Maliseet comes from Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik ‘broken talkers’.
- Mi'kmaqmodernMalesse'jik‘broken talkers’
- EnglishtodayMaliseet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mi'kmaqmodernMalesse'jik‘broken talkers’
- EnglishtodayMaliseet
Every English word from Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik
Today it means
noun A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, indigenous to the Saint John River valley and its tributaries, crossing the borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and Maine in the United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik / Maliseet