| 释义 |
‖ seawan(e, seawant Amer. Ind.|ˈsiːweɪn, -wɒnt|
Also 9 se(e)wan, zeband.
[Narragansett seawohn scattered, loose (in opposition to the strung beads, called peag).]
Wampum.
1701C. Wolley Jrnl. New York (1860) 32 Their Money is called Wampam and Sea-want. 1834Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylv. III. 131 Their money consists of beads..these they called zeband. 1851Schoolcraft Indian Tribes I. 85 Four grains of sewan made a penny. 1870Putnam's Mag. VI. 525 Indian Shell Money generally, the true generic name of which was seawan in the Algonquin language. |