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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
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