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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 do not know you; we do not know you people
Lenape:kuwahëluhùmëna (w. neg.) [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted between /k/ and /w/; the resulting /ëwë/ sequence is realized as /u/.
/ë/ is inserted (1) beween /l/ and /h/, (2) between /h/ and /m/, and (3) between /m/ and /n/.
The first insertion is raised to /u/ and the second to /ù/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.
Note: The plural suffix for first person and second person occupy the same slot. First person is specified as plural, but second person is unspecified as to number.

Analysis

Form:
ku kuwahëluhùmëna
Structure:
ku k-wëwah-ël-hm-nan
Meaning:
not 2-know-1.agt-MP-1.pl