suppawn

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sʌˈpɔːn/    美 /səˈpɔn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A porridge made from cornmeal, similar to polenta; hasty pudding; mush. US,countable,uncountable
    — First of all came the Van Brummels, who inhabit the pleasant borders of the Bronx: these were short fat men, wearing exceeding large trunk-breeches, and were renowned for feats of the trencher; they were the first inventors of suppawn, or mush and milk.

词形变化

suppawns plural supawn alternative

词源

Ultimately from an Algonquian language term such as Massachusett/Narragansett saupan (“softened by water”), Munsee nsá·pa·n, or a cognate thereof, whence also English samp. Possibly transmitted via New Netherland Dutch or Jersey Dutch suppaen, sapaen.
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