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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
he looked for him; he called him
Lenape:
notunao [vta]
Comments
/w/ metathesizes with /n/ and the resulting /wa/ sequence is realized as /o/.
Word-final /wa/ is likewise realized as /o/.
Analysis
Form:
notunao
Structure:
w-natun-a-w-a
Meaning:
3-look.for-dir-3-obv