Detailed Entry Information

English:sticks; little sticks; little trees; little shrubs; twigs

Lenape:hìtkwëtëta [ni]

English:He made some sharpened little sticks.

Lenape:Manitu kinhasik hìtkwëtëta.

Unstressed /ë/ of the root is elided.
An unrelated /ë/ is inserted between /w/ and /t/.
Stress falls on the penult.

Form:

hìtkwëtëta

Structure:

hìtëkw-tët-a

Meaning:

tree-dim-pl.inan