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English:he watched him (as if standing guard)

Lenape:wënutëmao [vta]

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

Form:

wënutëmao

Structure:

w-nutëm-a-w-a

Meaning:

3-watch-dir-3-obv