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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:we tell you
Lenape:ktëlëluhëna [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /l/ and /h/ and (2) between /h/ and /m/.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
/ë/ is realized as /u/ between /l/ and /h/ and carries stress.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.
Note: This form has the same underlying structure as the form glossed "we tell you people." The different phonological treatment is understood, at least by some speakers, as specifying a second person singular object .

Analysis

Form:
ktëlëluhëna
Structure:
k-t-ël-ël-hm-nan
Meaning:
2-MP-tell-1.agt-1.pl