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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 want something
Lenape:katatàmuhëmo

Sample Sentences

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English:What do you people want?
Lenape:Kèku hàch katatàmuhëmo?

Comments

/kk/ coalesces into a single occurrence /k/; /ë/ is inserted as a transition sound realized as /u/ following /m; another /ë/ is inserted in the semantically empty /hm/ suffix; /wa/ is realized as /o/; /w/ is elided in final position.

Analysis

Form:
katatàmuhëmo
Structure:
k-katatàm-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-want.it-MP-2pl