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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
the old thing is lazy
Lenape:
nulhàntshishu [na]
Comments
Unstressed /ë/ of the verbal suffix is elided, and /s/ is modified to /sh/ by the following pejorative suffix.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.
Analysis
Form:
nulhàntshishu
Structure:
nulhànt-ësi-shi-w
Meaning:
be.lazy-vb-pejor-3