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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:they are ashamed of each other
Lenape:mixanaltuwàk [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between the resulting /u/ and /à/.

Analysis

Form:
mixanaltuwàk
Structure:
mixanal-ëti-w-àk
Meaning:
be.ashamed-recip-3-pl.anim