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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:give us!; give it to us!; give those to us!
Lenape:milinèn [vta]

Historical Example

milineen [1755] give it to us

Comments

The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-n/ after /-ne/ in final position.
/e/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
milinèn
Structure:
mil-i-ne-nan
Meaning:
give-1pat-inan-1.pl