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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he talks nonsense; he talks for nothing
Lenape:nuchkwewtunhe [via]

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
nuchkwewtunhe
Structure:
nuchkwew-tun-he-w
Meaning:
no.use-mouth-vb-3