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