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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:our older sister
Lenape:këmisëna [na]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound at both morpheme boundaries.
The first person plural suffix is realized as /-na/ in final position.
Note: this is the inclusive "our."

Analysis

Form:
këmisëna
Structure:
k-mis-nan
Meaning:
2-older.sister-1.pl