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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:they gather berries; they pick up wampum beads in the Big House
Lenape:mawënsuwàk [via]

Comments

/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /u/ and /à/.

Analysis

Form:
mawënsuwàk
Structure:
mawënsi-w-àk
Meaning:
gather.berries-3-pl.anim