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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 people smell each other
Lenape:kwësialtihëmo [vta]

Comments

/kk/ coalesces to a single occurrence.
Unstressed /ë/ of the reciprocal suffix is elided; and unrelated /ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between the /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
kwësialtihëmo
Structure:
k-kwësial-ëti-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-smell-recip-MP-2pl