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Lenape Talking Dictionary

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By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:feather brain (from English, a recent coinage in language class)
Lenape:mikwëni tëmp [na]

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Note: the form is treated as animate since it refers to a person rather than to the brain as such.

Analysis

Form:
mikwëni tëmp
Structure:
mikwën-i tëmp
Meaning:
feather-cnct brain