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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 have blue dresses (incl.)
Lenape:aonhèmpsahëna [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ in /hèmpës/ is elided.
An unrelated /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:
aonhèmpsahëna
Structure:
aon-hèmpës-a-hm-nan
Meaning:
blue-dress-vb-MP-1.pl