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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:pitiful state (condition); a cemetery
Lenape:ktëmaksëwakàn [ni]

Comments

Note: a contracted form of the verb base /-tëmakësi-/ is taken as a new base to form the noun.

Analysis

Form:
tëmaksëwakàn
Structure:
tëmaks-wakàn
Meaning:
pitiful-noun