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Munsee
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Algonquian *wa·war(w)i (“egg”). Cognate with Unami òò (“egg”), Mahican wahw (“egg”), Abenaki wôwan (“egg”), Penobscot wὰwan (“egg”).
Noun
[edit]wáhwal inan (plural wáhwalal, possessive nŭwáhwalum, locative wáhwalung, diminutive wáhwalush)
References
[edit]- O'Meara, John (2014) “wáhwal”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN