English:I shot at him and missed (short for /mpalao/)
Lenape:mpalho [vta]
Historical Example
mpallho [1760] I missed him (when shooting}
Comments
/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
Although the usual root is /-palaw-/, the contracted form can be viewed as based on a different root altogether.
