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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:merchant
Lenape:mehmalamùnt [na]

Comments

The IC prefix metathesizes with /m/ of the reduplicated prefix, dropping /y/ and realizing /ea/ as /e/.
The second syllable /ha/ of the root is is unpredictably dropped.
/ë/ of the suffix is rounded to /ù/ by the preceding /m/.
See also /mèmhalamùnt/, same meaning derived from different treatment of underlying form.

Analysis

Form:
mehmalamùnt
Structure:
ye-mah-mahalam-ënt
Meaning:
IC-trade-one.who