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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:I answer him
Lenape:naxkuma [vta]

Historical Example

nachgooma [1755] I answer him

Comments

/nn/ coalesces to a single occurrence /n/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
naxkuma
Structure:
n-naxkum-a-w
Meaning:
1-answer-dir-3