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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:it is smoking (such as embers); it is steaming
Lenape:kshate [vii]

Historical Example

kschaateju [1760] it smokes

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
kshate
Structure:
kshate-w
Meaning:
be.smoking-3