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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:he fetches it for him
Lenape:notëmao [vta]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with root-initial /n/ and the resulting /wa/ sequence is realized as /o/, as is the final /wa/.

Analysis

Form:
notëmao
Structure:
w-natëm-a-w-a
Meaning:
3-fetch.it-dir-3-obv