sea|wan

sea|wan
sea|wan «SEE wuhn», noun.
loose or unstrung beads made from shells, once used by certain tribes of North American Indians as money. Also, sewan.
[earlier sewan < Algonkian (Narragansett) siwan scattered, (literally) unstrung < siwen he scatters]

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