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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:corn-in-the-milk
Lenape:mëlinkwèm [ni]

Historical Example

melinqueen [1760] corn ripe in the milk

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after consonants other than /h/ and /k/.
/e/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
mëlinkwèm
Structure:
mëlinkwemw
Meaning:
corn.in.the.milk