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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

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English:they screamed
Lenape:sësalamuwàk [via]

Comments

/iw/ is realized as /u/, absorbing the preceding /w/
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between the resulting /u/ and /à/.
Note: Stress falls on the antepenult, the /a/ which becomes strong before the underlying consonant cluster /mw/.

Analysis

Form:
sësalamuwàk
Structure:
sësalamwi-w-àk
Meaning:
scream-3-pl.anim