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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he likes them
Lenape:tòholaok [vta]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /t/.
The resulting /wà/ sequence is realized as /ò/.
The remaining /wa/ sequence is also realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
tòholaok
Structure:
w-t-àhol-a-w-ak
Meaning:
3-MP-like-dir-3-pl.anim