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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 looks strange; he looks different; he looks weird
Lenape:chipinakwsu [via]

Historical Example

tschipinaaqüsu [1760] he looks ugly

Comments

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

Analysis

Form:
chipinakwsu
Structure:
chipi-nakw-ësi-w
Meaning:
strange-look-vb-3