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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he is humble
Lenape:tëmakelënsu [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ of the verbal suffix is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Analysis

Form:
tëmakelënsu
Structure:
tëmakelën-ësi-w
Meaning:
humble-vb-3