wôwan

Abenaki

Etymology

Cognate to Malecite-Passamaquoddy wawon (“egg”), Ojibwe waawan and Plains Cree ᐚᐏ.

Noun

wôwan (inanimate, plural wôwanal)

egg

References

Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues, Quebec: Leger Brousseau, page 30

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