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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

English:strong man

Lenape:chitanìnu [na]

Comments

Initial /l/ of "man" is dropped in compounding.

Analysis

Form:

chitanìnu

Structure:

chitan-lìnu

Meaning:

strong-man

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers 0214422, 1064636 & 1562883

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