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English:he fills and lights his pipe for him for a ceremonial purpose

Lenape:chuwsëmalao [vta]

Initial /w/ metathesizes with /ch/ and is absorbed by the followiing vowel.
/wa/ is realized as /o/.

Form:

chuwsëmalao

Structure:

w-chuwsëmal-a-w-a

Meaning:

3-prepare.pipe-dir-3-obv