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English:he guarded him (such as a prisoner)

Lenape:nutëmao [vti]

/w/ metathesizes with /n/ and is absorbed by the following /u/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.

Form:

nutëmao

Structure:

w-nutëm-a-w-a

Meaning:

3-guard-dir-3-obv