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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:we grew up
Lenape:kishikihëna [via]

Comments

/kk/ coalesces to a single occurrence.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of theMP suffix.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
kishikihëna
Structure:
k-kishiki-hm-nan
Meaning:
2-grow.up-MP-1.pl