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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 are not building a house
Lenape:kwikhehùmo (w/ neg.) [via]

Comments

The negative /w/ metathesizes with /h/ and is vocalized as /ù/, becoming the stressed vowel.
/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
Note: realization of the negative suffix in this form is unusual.

Analysis

Form:
ku kwikhehùmo
Structure:
ku k-wikhe-w-hm-waw
Meaning:
not 2-build.house-neg-MP-2pl