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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
supper; the evening meal
Lenape:
lòkwënipuwakàn [ni]
Comments
/iw/ is realized as /u/, absorbing the preceding /w/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between the resulting /u/ and /a/.
Analysis
Form:
lòkwënipuwakàn
Structure:
lòkwën-ipwi-wakàn
Meaning:
evening-eat-noun