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English:baby (obv)

Lenape:mimëntëta [na]

English:It is a taboo to a woman who is expecting a baby.

Lenape:Kwitëlao hunt na xkwe ènta kahta wëlahëlat mimëntëta.

English:She is going to have a baby.

Lenape:Kahta mimëtëta wëlahële.

The /t/ of the diminutive suffix supplants the final /s/ of the noun root.

Form:

mimëntëta

Structure:

mimëns-tët-a

Meaning:

child-dim-obv