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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:he spit on him
Lenape:sùkhòlao [vta]

Comments

Prefix /w/ metathesizes with /s/ and is absorbed by the following vowel.
/wà/ is realized as /ò/, and /wa/ is realized as /o/.

Analysis

Form:
sùkhòlao
Structure:
w-sùkhwàl-a-w-a
Meaning:
3-spit-dir-3-obv