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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:we came; we arrived; we came here
Lenape:mpahëna [via]

Sample Sentences

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English:We came to the store.
Lenape:Mpahëna mèmhalamùntikaonink.
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English:We will come again.
Lenape:Xu làpi mpahëna.

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/; in the process /p/ is voiced as /b/, and the prefixed /m-/ is heard very faintly.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/; the /m/ of this suffix is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan- is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
mpahëna
Structure:
n-pa-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-come-MP-1.pl