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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:you people cleaned it
Lenape:kpilitamëneyo [vti]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /n/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
/y/ is inserted as a transition sound between /e/ and /o/.

Analysis

Form:
kpilitamëneyo
Structure:
k-pilitam-ne-waw
Meaning:
2-clean.it-inan-2pl