"seawan" meaning in All languages combined

See seawan on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: seawans [plural]
Etymology: From a Munsee word like *séwan, meaning "unstrung wampum, scattered wampum". The term entered English via (New Amsterdam) Dutch. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|umu|-}} Munsee, {{bor|en|nl|-}} Dutch Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} seawan (usually uncountable, plural seawans)
  1. Wampum (small beads made from polished shells). Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: seawant, sewan, zeawant, sewant
    Sense id: en-seawan-en-noun-d59N4Ihr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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