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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he went after him
Lenape:natholao [vta]

Comments

/wa/ is realized as /o/.
Note: The expected form should have a third person prefix /w-/ which metathesizes with /n/ creating a /wa/ sequence which would be realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
natholao
Structure:
nathol-a-w-a
Meaning:
go.after-dir-3-obv