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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:you (pl.) are wearing blue shirts; you are wearing blue dresses
Lenape:aonhèmpsahëmo [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
An unrelated /ë/ is inserted between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
aonhèmpsahëmo
Structure:
aon-hèmpës-a-hm-waw
Meaning:
blue-dress-vb-MP-2pl