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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:he made him; he made him do something
Lenape:mònihao

Comments

/w/ metathesized with /m/ and the resulting /wa/ is realized as /o/.
Similarly, the word-final /wa/ is realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
mònihao
Structure:
w-manih-a-w-a
Meaning:
3-make-dir-3-obv