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seawant

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sea⋅wan

  [see-wuhn]
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–noun
wampum (def. 1).
Also, sea⋅want  [see-wahnt] , sewan.

Origin:
1620–30, Americanism; < New York D sewan, zeewan, zeewant, etc. < Munsee Delaware *sé⋅wan unstrung wampum, lit., that which is in a scattered state, deriv of se⋅(w)- scatter(ed)
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