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

Comments

/ë/ is inserted between /k/ and /w/; the resulting /ëwë/ sequence is realized as /u/.
/ë/ is inserted (1) between /h/ and /m/ and (2) between /m/ and /n/.
The first insertion is raised to /ù/ before /m/.
First person plural /-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 kuwahihùmëna
Structure:
ku k-wëwah-i-hm-nan
Meaning:
not 2-know-1.pat-MP-1.pl