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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:the ones who love him
Lenape:eholachik [na]

Historical Example

eholaatschiik [1770] him whom they love

Comments

/y/ of the IC prefix is elided and the prefix vowel absorbs the initial vowel of the root.
Third person conjunct /t/ mutates to /ch/ before /i/.

Analysis

Form:
eholachik
Structure:
ye-ahol-a-t-ik
Meaning:
IC-love-dir-3conj-conj.pl