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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he is lost
Lenape:taonkël [via]

Historical Example

wtwonggel [1760] he is lost

Comments

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

Analysis

Form:
taonkël
Structure:
taonkël-w
Meaning:
be.lost-3