"The Abenaki Language"



The correct words in the Abenaki Language, concerning the pipe.




Abazipôgan = wooden pipe

Odamômek = to smoke (a verb)

Odamôwôgan = the act of smoking

Odamapôgan = He/she smokes the pipe

Odamôd = the smoker

Odamôdpôgan = the pipe smoker

Odamôganis = smoking something small

Odamôpôganis = refers to a small clay pipe

Pôgan = pipe (for smoking - not water pipe)

Senipôgan = stone pipe

Odamôganakwam = refers to the hole passing through a wooden pipestem

Odamôilinôgan = a stem for smoking

Odamôilipôgan = pipestem

Olôganisipôgan - the pipe bowl

Odamôganisen - stone for smoking

Odamôpôganisen = pipestone

Odamôganapskok - smoking at the rocks

(refers to smoking at the rapids above Odanak)

Odamôpôganapskok = smoking the pipe at the rocks

(refers to smoking the pipe at the rapids above Odanak)

Odamôpôganapskw = pipe rock

Wawasipôgan = holy pipe

Wawasiolôganisipôgan = holy pipe bowl

Wawasiodamôilipôgan = the holy pipe stem



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