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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:they are colored differently (from some others)
Lenape:pili liksuwàk [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided (in two places).
/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /u/ and /à/.

Analysis

Form:
pililiksuwàk
Structure:
pili-ëlikësi-w-àk
Meaning:
different-be.colored-3-pl.anim