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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 smells bad; he stinks
Lenape:chimakwsu [via]

Sample Sentences

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English:He stinks under his arms.
Lenape:Chimakwsu ahshilunkònink.

Historical Example

machtschmaaxsu [1755] it (anim) stinks

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Analysis

Form:
chimakwsu
Structure:
chimakw-ësi-w
Meaning:
smell.bad-vb-3