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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:we see you people
Lenape:kënewëlhùmëna [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted (1) between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix and between /m/ and /n/.
The first insertion is rounded to /ù/ before /m/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.
NOTE: the underlying structure of this form is the same as that of the form glossed "we see you (sg.)." It is not clear that all speakers understood the different treatment of these forms as constituting different meanings.

Analysis

Form:
knewëlhùmëna
Structure:
k-new-ël-hm-nan
Meaning:
2-see-1.agt-MP-1.pl