Words that come from Powhatan aposoum

16 words across 7 languages descend from Powhatan aposoum — including possum, opossum, possumhaw, possumlike, possumwood, play possum, apasam, pasam.

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English (6)

Irish (2)

Japanese (2)

Chinese (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Dutch (1)

Kriol (1)