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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:we all lived through it
Lenape:ntèshawsihënuk [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
The final /w/ of /-nukw/ is often pronounced too faintly to be heard.

Analysis

Form:
ntèshawsihënuk
Structure:
n-tèshawsi-hm-nukw
Meaning:
1-live.thru.it-MP-1.pl.all