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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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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