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seawan

or ²õ±ð²¹Â··É²¹²Ô³Ù, ²õ±ð··É²¹²Ô

[ see-wuhn ]

seawan

/ ˈ²õ¾±Ë·ÉÉ™²Ô /

noun

  1. shell beads, usually unstrung, used by certain North American Indians as money; wampum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seawan1

First recorded in 1620–30, Americanism; from New York Dutch sewan, zeewan, zeewant, etc., from Munsee Delaware *²õ鷷ɲ¹²Ô “unstrung wampum,†literally, “that which is in a scattered state,†derivative of ²õ±ð·(·É)- “s³¦²¹³Ù³Ù±ð°ù(±ð»å)â€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of seawan1

C18: from Narraganset seawohn loose
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Example Sentences

Indian money. wampum, seawan, suckanhock, colcol, peag, hiagua, kopkops.

From

Mollusks, Mollusca, Testacea. shell money. wampum, hiagua, peag, colcol, kopkops, seawan, suckanhock. shelter, n. protection, screen, cover, shield, defense, covert, security, lee; asylum, refuge, retreat, haven, sanctuary. shelter, v. shield, protect, defend, screen, ensconce, cover.

From

"Seawan," he said coldly, correcting me and using the softer Siwanois term.

From

Smiling and bashful she stood there in her clinging skirt and wampum-broidered vest, her slender, rounded limbs moulded into soft knee-moccasins of fawn-skin, and the Virgin's Girdle knotted across her thighs in silver-tasselled seawan.

From

Little Oneida goddess in your bridal dress, the Seven Dancers are laughing at me from your eyes; and the Day-Sun and the Night-Sun hang from your sacred girdle, making it flash like silvery showers of seawan.

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