apwaan

Munsee

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. bread

References

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