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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he is dancing the bean dance
Lenape:malàxkwsitke [via]

Comments

Note: the verbal ending supplants /an/ of /kan/ "dance."

Analysis

Form:
malàxkwsitke
Structure:
malàxkwsit-k-e-w
Meaning:
bean-dance-vb-3