Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seawan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sea-wan
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).

Uncountable

Etymology

From a Munsee word like *séwan, meaning "unstrung wampum, scattered wampum". The term entered English via (New Amsterdam) Dutch.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

seawans (plural) seawant (alternative) sewan (alternative) zeawant (alternative) sewant (alternative)

Questions

What does seawan mean?: Wampum (small beads made from polished shells).
Where does seawan come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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