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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:we built a house
Lenape:nëwikhehëna [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /n/ and /w/ and (2) between /h/ and /m/.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
nëwikhehëna
Structure:
n-wik-he-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-house-vb-MP-1.pl