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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:I love you people
Lenape:ktaholëlhumo [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/.
The inserted sound is raised and rounded to /u/ under influence of the following /m/ and /w/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
Note: some speakers, for unexplained reasons, omit the /ël/ syllable. Compare this form with the form glossed "I like you all," which has the same underlying form.

Analysis

Form:
ktaholëlhumo
Structure:
k-t-ahol-ël-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-MP-love-MP-2pl