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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:they did not give him
Lenape:mwilaiyëwoo (w. neg.) [vta]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /m/.
/w/ of the negative suffix is elided between vowels.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound in in the /ww/ sequence; the first /w/ of this sequence, now between vowels, is elided and is replaced by /y/ as a transition sound.
/wa/ is realized as /o/ in the two final sequences; an unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound before the first /o/.

Analysis

Form:
ku mwilaiyëwoo
Structure:
ku w-mil-a-wi-w-waw-a
Meaning:
not 3-give-dir-neg-3-3pl-obv