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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:there are few of us; we are few
Lenape:kèxihëna [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/m/ is elided before /n/ of the final suffix.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
kèxihëna
Structure:
kèxi-hm-nan
Meaning:
be.few-MP-1.pl