Detailed Entry Information

English:he killed him

Lenape:nhihëlao [vta]

The root is reshaped as /nihël/.
The third person prefix /w-/ is devoiced and reinterpreted as /h-/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.

Form:

hnihëlao

Structure:

w-nihël-a-w-a

Meaning:

3-kill-dir-3-obv