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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
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