Detailed Entry Information

English:white people; white ones

Lenape:weòpsichik

Historical Example

Waaoapseetsheek [1824] they who are white

Comments

The IC prefix metathesizes with /w/, dropping /y/ and realizing /eë/ as /è/.
Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/wa/ is realized as /o/ and is laxed before two consonants.
Third person conjunct /t/ mutates to /ch/ before /i/.

Analysis

Form:

weòpsichik

Structure:

ye-wë-wap-ësi-t-ik

Meaning:

IC-redup-white-vb-3conj-conj.pl