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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 (incl.) see them
Lenape:këneyowënàk [vta]

Comments

/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /y/ is inserted as a transition sound between the resulting vowels.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound after third person /w/ and the following /n/.
The sequence /-nan-ak/ is contracted idiosyncratically to /-nak/.
See also /kneyowënanàk/.

Analysis

Form:
kneyowënàk
Structure:
k-new-a-w-nan-ak
Meaning:
2-see-dir-3-1.pl-3pl