Variant: or As · sin · i · boine
Pronunciation: ə - ' si-n ə - ˌ bo ̇ in
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -boin or -boins or -boine or -boines
Etymology: Ojibwa dialect assini · pwa · n, literally, stone Sioux
Date: 1794
: a member of an American Indian people orig. of the area between the upper Missouri and middle Saskatchewan rivers