wôwan

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Malecite-Passamaquoddy wawon (“egg”), Ojibwe waawan and Plains Cree ᐚᐏ.

Noun

wôwan (inanimate, plural wôwanal)

1. egg

References

• Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 30