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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:the Mësinkw impersonator, a man dressed in bear hide clothes with the carved wooden mask.
Lenape:mësinkhòlikàn [na]
Associated image for entry 'the Mësinkw impersonator, a man dressed in bear hide clothes with the carved wooden mask.'

Historical Example

Mesinkhoaleekun [1824] master of the game

Comments

Root-final /w/ metathesizes with /h/, and the resulting /wà/ sequence is realized as /ò/.

Analysis

Form:
mësinkhòlikàn
Structure:
mësinkw-hàlikàn
Meaning:
Mësinkw-impersonator