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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:hair style with a braid worn high up on the back of the head (original use); also used for the hair ornament (ansiptakàn, q.v.), sometimes called a hairbow or hair bow.
Lenape:ansipëlaon

Historical Example

ansipellawon [1755] a hair-plait
ansipellawon [1770] a plait of hair