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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
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