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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 are divorced (lit: we threw each other away)
Lenape:mpàkiltihëna [vta]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the reciprocal suffix is elided.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
mpàkiltihëna
Structure:
n-pàkil-ëti-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-throw.away-recip-MP-1.pl