wahwal

Munsee

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. egg

References

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