Description:

The term 'awan' refers to a human or ape arm.

Originally in Old Common, that's all it meant. Old Common lacked a word that specifically meant 'weapon'. During the early period, speakers calqued the idea of ;arm' as weapon from English and other languages, and specifically the idea of providing weapons.

Noun:

As a noun, awan means a literal arm, or is a generic word for weapon.

Verb:

As a verb, awan is a ditransitive happat verb of giving and means to provide weapons. It takes an ergative subject giver of weapons, an absolutive object weapon (often omitted), and a dative recipient of the weapons.

Modifier:

The modifier form 'awanys' always means 'armed' as in having a weapon, likely sa calque from English. The form 'ikáwanys' means 'unarmed'.