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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 scalped him
Lenape:mònukòlao [vta]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /m/ and the resulting /wa/ is realized as /o/.
Two other /wa/ sequences in the word are also realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
mònukòlao
Structure:
w-manukwal-a-w-a
Meaning:
3-scalp-dir-3-obv