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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he tells of him
Lenape:tochimao [vta]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /t/.
The resulting /wa/ sequence is realized as /o/.
The remaining /wa/ sequence is also realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
tochimao
Structure:
w-t-achima-w-a
Meaning:
3-MP-tell.of-3-obv