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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:bison; American buffalo
Lenape:sisilia [na]
Associated image for entry 'bison; American buffalo'

Sample Sentences

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English:Have you ever eaten buffalo?
Lenape:Këmìmhò hèch sisiliè?

Historical Example

cp- nsisiliesum [1760] my cow (lit: my little buffalo)
Seesééleeaa [1824]

Comments

The word, although a borrowed form, has been treated like native words with underlying /-ew/ which mutate the vowel to /a/ in uninflected forms.
Stress is on the antepenult.

Analysis

Form:
sisilia
Structure:
sisiliew
Meaning:
buffalo