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English:his child (usually a daughter); his niece

Lenape:wënichana [na]

English:White-Wing's daughter was there.

Lenape:Opilunkòn wënichana ahpu.

wunitschanall [1760] his children

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /w/ and /n/.

Form:

wënichana

Structure:

w-nichan-a

Meaning:

3-child-obv