Detailed Entry Information

English:it is frozen shut

Lenape:kpàtën [vii]

Historical Example

Kepatten [1633] frost
kpatten [1760] it is ice

Comments

/a/ is laxed in an underlying closed syllable.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /t/ and /n/.
The inanimate suffix /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:

kpàtën

Structure:

kpat-ne

Meaning:

be.frozen-inan