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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:you people stood him up
Lenape:knipalawa [vta]

Comments

/ww/ coalesces into a single occurrence /w/, blocking the usual realization
of /wa/ as /o/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
knipalawa
Structure:
k-nipal-a-w-wa
Meaning:
2-stand.one.up-dir-3-2pl