wahwal

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Munsee

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Etymology

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From Proto-Algonquian *wa·war(w)i (egg). Cognate with Unami òò (egg), Mahican wahw (egg), Abenaki wôwan (egg), Penobscot wὰwan (egg).

Noun

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wáhwal inan (plural wáhwalal, possessive nŭwáhwalum, locative wáhwalung, diminutive wáhwalush)

  1. egg

References

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