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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
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