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