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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 mocks him; he mimics him; he imitates him
Lenape:nanaxkwsitao [vta]

Comments

/nn/ coalesces to a single occurrence /n/.
The /àwa/ sequence is realized as /a/.
The remaining /wa/ is realized as /o/.
Stress falls on the penultimate.
Note: A third person prefix /w-/ is expected but was not used by the last generation of native speakers.

Analysis

Form:
nanaxkwsitao
Structure:
na-naxkwsitàw-a-w-a
Meaning:
redup-imitate-dir-3-obv