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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
we all came
Lenape:
mpahënukw [via]
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/.
Analysis
Form:
mpahënuk
Structure:
n-pa-hm-nukw
Meaning:
1-come-MP-we.all