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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:store; shop; trading post
Lenape:mehmalamùntikaon [ni]

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 /memhalamùntikaon/, same meaning derived from different treatment of underlying form.

Analysis

Form:
mehmalamùntikaon
Structure:
ye-meh-mahalam-ënt-i-kaon
Meaning:
IC-redup-trade-one.who-cnct-house