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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 did not give us
Lenape:nëmilkuiwëna (w. neg.) [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /n/ and /m/ and (2) between /w/ and /n/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the inverse suffix is elided.
/w/ of the negative suffix is elided between vowels.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
ku nëmilkuiwëna
Structure:
ku n-mil-ëk-uwi-w-nan
Meaning:
not 1-give-inv-neg-3-1.pl