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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:he will marry; she will marry
Lenape:wicheòch [vta]

Comments

/ww/ coalesces to a single occurrence /w/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/; the vowel is laxed in a closed syllable.
Third person suffix /-w/ is elided as though in final position.
Note: it is this form to which the future clitic is added.

Analysis

Form:
wicheòch
Structure:
w-wichew-a-w-ch
Meaning:
3-marry-dir-3-fut