awanoch

== Abenaki == === Etymology === Cognate to Penobscot awenoch (“white person”); of uncertain derivation. Connected by some to awani (“who; someone”) (and its cognates in other Algonquian languages). Other cognates include Mi'kmaq wenooch (“Frenchman”), Narragansett awaunagus (“Englishman”), Schaghticoke wanux, Mohegan-Pequot wánuks (“white person”), Malecite-Passamaquoddy wenuhc (“white person”). === Noun === awanoch (animate, plural awanochak) stranger white person (Canadian) French person === References ===