apwaan

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Munsee

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (bread). Cognate with Unami ahpòn (bread), Abenaki abôn (bread), Penobscot àpαn (bread).

Noun

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apwáan inan (plural apwáanal, diminutive apwáanush, locative apwáanung)

  1. bread

References

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  • O'Meara, John (2014) “apwáan”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN