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English:he did not hear him

Lenape:pwëntaoio (with negative) [vta]

Prefix /w-/ metathesizes with root-initial /p/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/ (in two places).
/w/ of the negative suffix is elided between vowels.

Form:

ku pwëntaoio

Structure:

ku w-pëntaw-a-wi-w-a

Meaning:

not 3-hear.one-dir-neg-3-obv