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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:they are murderers
Lenape:nìnhiluweyòk [via]

Comments

/ë/ of the reduplicated prefix is raised to /ì/ when adjacent to /n/.
/ë/ of the root metathesizes with /h/ and is raised to /i/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /l/ and /w/ and is rounded to /u/ in anticipation of /w/.
/wà/ is realized as /ò/.
Stress falls, as expected, on the penult: /nìnhiluwéyòk/.

Analysis

Form:
nìnhiluweyòk
Structure:
në-nëhl-we-w-àk
Meaning:
redup-kill-vb-3-pl.anim