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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:murderer
Lenape:nènhìlëwèt

Historical Example

nenhilloweet [1760] murderer

Comments

The IC prefix metathesizes with /n/ of the reduplicated prefix, dropping /y/ and merging vowels as /è/.

Analysis

Form:
nènhìlëwèt
Structure:
ye-në-nëhìlëwe-t
Meaning:
IC-redup-murder-3conj