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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:you people are brave
Lenape:ilaihëmo [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
A second person prefix /k-/ with morphophonemic /-t-/ is implied but not expressed overtly.

Analysis

Form:
ilaihëmo
Structure:
ila-i-hm-waw
Meaning:
brave-vb-MP-2pl