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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:he crawled up to me (used of a baby or animal but not an adult)
Lenape:mpëmuxkwsuwalùkw [vta]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
/ë/ of the inverse suffix is rounded to /ù/ in anticipation of /w/.

Analysis

Form:
mpëmuxsuwalùkw
Structure:
n-pëmuxsuwal-ëk-w
Meaning:
1-crawl.to.one-inv-3