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English:he is shut up; it is shut up (such as a building)

Lenape:kpahasu [via]

kpahasu [1755] he is enclosed; he is imprisoned

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Form:

kpahasu

Structure:

kpaha-ësi-w

Meaning:

enclose-vb-3