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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:it lays there shining
Lenape:sapëlexën [vii]

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a consonant other than /k/ or /h/.

Analysis

Form:
sapëlexën
Structure:
sapële-xën-w
Meaning:
shine-lie-3