Detailed Entry Information

English:to wash it (w/preverb)

Lenape:kshixtun [vti]

Historical Example

gëschiechtoon [1760] you wash it
kschichtoon [1770] to wash it

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /k/, and the resulting /wa/ is realized as /o/.
Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
The subordinative suffix /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:

kota kshixtun

Structure:

w-kata këshixtu-ne

Meaning:

3-want wash.it-3inan