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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 eat soup
Lenape:kënamuhwehëmo

Comments

/ë/ is inserted (1) between /k/ and /n/ and (2) between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /w/ is elided in final position.

Analysis

Form:
kënamuhwehëmo
Structure:
k-namuhwe-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-eat.soup-MP-2pl