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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:they (two) sleep together
Lenape:wipèntuwàk [via]

Comments

/ww/ coalesces to a single occurrence /w/.
Unstressed /ë/ is elided; and /m/ assimilates to /t/ and is realized as /n/.
/iw/ is realized as /u/, and an unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /u/ and /à/.

Analysis

Form:
wipèntuwàk
Structure:
w-wipèm-ëti-w-àk
Meaning:
3-sleep.wth-recip-3-pl.anim