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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

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English:their clothes; their clothing
Lenape:tòhèmpsëmëwoo [ni]

Comments

The weak sound /h/ is treated as though preceded by the vowel /a/, requiring the transitional sound /t/.
/w/ metathesizes with /t/, and the resulting /wà/ is realized as /ò/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the root is elided.
An unrelated /ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /w/.
Both /wa/ sequences are realized as /o/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /ë/ and the first /o/.

Analysis

Form:
tòhèmpsëmëwoo
Structure:
w-tà-hèmpës-ëm-waw-a
Meaning:
3-MP-clothing-poss-3pl-pl.inan