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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:our (his & my) older sister
Lenape:nëmisëna [na]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound at both morpheme boundaries.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
nëmisëna
Structure:
n-mis-nan
Meaning:
1-older.sister-1.pl