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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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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