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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
221 Sample Sentence Search Results For "ala"
English:
The man stops swimming.
Lenape:
Ala
ashëwil na lënu.
English:
The cloud looks like it is gray.
Lenape:
Alàhshi wipunkòn në kùmhòkw.
English:
I am sorry I stepped on you.
Lenape:
Alàkwi ktaphìkul.
English:
I will go to town tomorrow morning if it does not rain.
Lenape:
Alàpàch utènink nta mata sukëlanu.
English:
Will it be again tomorrow?
Lenape:
Alàpa hèch làpi? {DN}
English:
I can come tomorrow afternoon.
Lenape:
Alàpa kìshi paxàkwèke nkàski pa.
English:
She will come again tomorrow to cook for us.
Lenape:
Alàpa làpi pè mai wixënihaokuna.
English:
Tomorrow I will make sapan.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu nëmanitu sapan.
English:
I will see him tomorrow.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu neyo.
English:
Tomorrow is my birthday.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu nkatënami.
English:
He will come tomorrow.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu pè.
English:
Tomorrow my daughter will be coming.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu pè nichan.
English:
Tomorrow I will go to town.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu utènink nta.
English:
Those Delawares talk fast.
Lenape:
Alàpixsuwàk nèk Lënapeyok.
English:
Hurry and wash the dishes.
Lenape:
Alàpsi kshixënchuwe.
English:
Hurry, go get ready.
Lenape:
Alàpsi, mai wènchahki.
English:
Hurry and eat.
Lenape:
Alàpsi mitsi.
English:
Hurry, wash the dishes!
Lenape:
Alàpsi, shixënchuwe!
English:
Hurry and come here.
Lenape:
Alàpsi wëntaxa.
English:
Hurry, you will be late.
Lenape:
Alàpsi, xu këmètxika.
English:
He seemed to be very afraid.
Lenape:
Ala
shi ahi wishasu.
English:
You are just like a thief!
Lenape:
Ala
shi kèhkamutkèt ta ki!
English:
He seems to smell clean.
Lenape:
Alàshi pilimakwsu.
English:
Like a chicken when he is scratching (the ground).
Lenape:
Alàshi tipas ènta sisënikèt.
English:
It stopped raining.
Lenape:
Ala
sukëlan.
English:
The dish is empty.
Lenape:
Alàxàt në lokèns.
English:
The woman is resting.
Lenape:
Alàximu na xkwe.
English:
The bucket is empty. (bucket is considered animate)
Lenape:
Alàxsu na hus.
English:
She began to make her like a person.
Lenape:
Alëmi wëliha alàshi awèn.
English:
He left because he hated him.
Lenape:
Alëske èli shink
ala
t.
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
Alëwi apuwawtu në utènink awèn mh
ala
musu.
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
Alëwi apuwawtu në utènink awèn mh
ala
musu.
English:
I like him better; I like him more.
Lenape:
Alëwi nëwink
ala
.
English:
I like him better.
Lenape:
Alëwi nëwink
ala
nàni.
English:
He hollered like an animal.
Lenape:
Chip
ala
mu alàshi aèsës.
English:
I have a spoon.
Lenape:
Emhònës nulh
ala
.
English:
When he wants to hunt all the animals will start to flee.
Lenape:
Enta kahta
ala
it wèmi yuki aèsësàk alëmshimuwàk.
English:
When it is a hot day I begin to really feel like I would vomit.
Lenape:
Enta kshëtèk yu kishkwik ntalëmi ahi nkata mëlàntàm alàshi.
English:
When it snows I will go hunting.
Lenape:
Enta winèk xu nt
ala
i.
English:
He used a bow when he killed a deer.
Lenape:
Hatapi nhak
ala
ènta nhilat ahtu.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
Hatapi nulh
ala
.
English:
Put them in the basket before we enter.
Lenape:
Ik
ala
nihin në tànkhakànink nèsko pënchiànk.
English:
Sometimes they even bring frybread.
Lenape:
Ili hànkw tamse pètuwàk salàpòna.
English:
Can you make frybread?
Lenape:
Kàski hèch salàpònhe?
English:
We can kill some waterfowl if we go hunting.
Lenape:
Kàski nhilawëna mpiaehëleyok
ala
hòtienkwe.
English:
Do you want a pretty young woman?
Lenape:
Kat
ala
hàch shiki skixkwe?
English:
What do you prefer to eat, soup or beans?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch alëwi kwinkitàm, kshitay shi malàxkwsita?
English:
What is it? It is a frybread.
Lenape:
Kèku hèch nën? Salàpòn nën.
English:
Listen to the locust (cicada).
Lenape:
Këlìsta na pasalànke.
English:
I have a cabbage.
Lenape:
Kèpëch nulh
ala
.
English:
Do you also own a cat?
Lenape:
Kèpe hèch kulh
ala
pushis?
English:
She gets jealous like all women.
Lenape:
Kihkànkwi alàhshi wèmi xkweyok.
English:
Perhaps the man will be able to work tomorrow.
Lenape:
Konaet xu kàski mikëmòsu alàpa na lënu.
English:
He wants that rabbit.
Lenape:
Kòt
ala
o nèl chëmàmsa.
English:
They are locked up so they cannot escape.
Lenape:
Kpahasuwàk xu t
ala
pulëweiyok.
English:
You hate Jim.
Lenape:
Kshink
ala
na Jim.
English:
It does not look like mud.
Lenape:
Ku alàhshi sisku linakòt.
English:
It will not rain tomorrow.
Lenape:
Ku alàpa sukëlanu.
English:
He is not quick like other cats.
Lenape:
Ku alàpihële alàshi pili pushisàk.
English:
Do you not have any friends?
Lenape:
Ku hèch witisàk kulh
ala
?
English:
They would not even go along on a hunt.
Lenape:
Ku ili wichi
ala
iyok.
English:
I am not going to the store.
Lenape:
Ku mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink nta.
English:
I do not want to leave him.
Lenape:
Ku nkata nk
ala
.
English:
I do not want to leave my younger brother.
Lenape:
Ku nkata nk
ala
naxisëmës.
English:
He is not quick enough.
Lenape:
Ku tèpi alàpihële.
English:
Do you not have any friends?
Lenape:
Ku witisàk kulh
ala
?
English:
Try out that person (such as for a job or work).
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
ala
l na awèn.
English:
Try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
ala
l na nehënaonkès.
English:
You try out that horse.
Lenape:
Kwëchihël
ala
na nehënaokès.
English:
It is hoped that everyone will remember the Lenape forever.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha apchìch wèmi awèn mwësh
ala
woo yuk Lënapeyok.
English:
I wish I could stop smoking.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha nkàski
ala
hupoo.
English:
I wish I had a cow.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha wèhshùmwis nulh
ala
.
English:
I wish I had a cow so he could graze there.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha wèhshùmwis nulh
ala
na hànk ntiasin në ta tali..
English:
He hurt himself.
Lenape:
Kwëshin
ala
o hòkaya.
English:
He hurt Jim.
Lenape:
Kwëshin
ala
o nèl Jim.
English:
I once liked him.
Lenape:
Kwëtèn mah nëwehink
ala
.
English:
At one time I hated him.
Lenape:
Kwëtën mah nshihshink
ala
.
English:
At one time I had many friends.
Lenape:
Kwëtën mah xeli witisàk nulh
ala
.
English:
I have one older brother.
Lenape:
Kwëti naxans nulh
ala
.
English:
one dollar
Lenape:
kwëti nt
ala
s
English:
I only have one.
Lenape:
Kwëti shëk ni nulh
ala
.
English:
Give me one more frybread.
Lenape:
Làpi mili kwëti salàpòn.
English:
I will eat again tomorrow.
Lenape:
Làpi xu nëmitsi alàpa.
English:
He put the books on the chair.
Lenape:
Lehëlëmatahpinkink tòh
ala
o nèl lekhikana.
English:
I am just resting.
Lenape:
Lëni shëk ntay
ala
ximwi.
English:
I will call you tomorrow evening.
Lenape:
Lòkwike alàpa xu knatumël.
English:
I don't like her anymore.
Lenape:
Mata chich nëwink
ala
.
English:
Winter is over.
Lenape:
Mèchi
ala
luwàn.
English:
It already stopped raining.
Lenape:
Mèchi
ala
sukëlan. {DN}
English:
He just came from hunting.
Lenape:
Mèchi ap
ala
i.
English:
You must have already lost your mind!
Lenape:
Mèchi èt ta kt
ala
watàm!
English:
Has it stopped raining?
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch
ala
sukëlan?
English:
It is already just like mud.
Lenape:
Mèchi wëli alàhshi sisku.
English:
He went to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink e.
English:
You came to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink kpa.
English:
I am going to the store because I need bread.
Lenape:
Mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink nta èli ahpòn nakatàm.
English:
They came to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink peyok.
English:
Let's eat frybreads.
Lenape:
Michitàm salàpòna.
English:
He uses a (quill) pen when he writes.
Lenape:
Mikwën nhak
ala
ènta lekhikèt.
English:
Give me two frybreads.
Lenape:
Mili nisha salàpòna.
English:
Give me a frybread.
Lenape:
Mili salàpòn.
English:
Give me a frybread and give this woman two frybreads, she is hungry.
Lenape:
Mili salàpòn òk mil wa xkwe nisha salàpòna, kahtupu.
English:
Give me lots of frybreads.
Lenape:
Mili xeli salàpòna.
English:
Give him one frybread.
Lenape:
Mil kwëti salàpòn.
English:
Give that woman two frybreads.
Lenape:
Mil wa xkwe nisha salàpòna,
English:
Let's eat some pork and a frybread.
Lenape:
Mitsitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk salàpòn.
English:
We came to the store.
Lenape:
Mpahëna mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink.
English:
I hit him on his head.
Lenape:
Mpàlama wilink.
English:
I go upstream by canoe.
Lenape:
N
ala
hi nëmuxulhama.
English:
I go upstream.
Lenape:
N
ala
hi nta.
English:
I brought Jim.
Lenape:
N
ala
na Jim.
English:
I will eat soup tomorrow.
Lenape:
Namuhwèch alàpa.
English:
I told these children that I am like Wehixamukes, a person must speak correctly to me.
Lenape:
Na ntëlaok yuki mimënsàk wëli ta ni alàshi Wehixamukes, kënch ta mayay awèn keko lite.
English:
Even their (Shawnee) word elakuchiakwe is like our elànkuntiànk.
Lenape:
Naxpëne në (Shawnee) 'elakuchiakwe' alàshi kiluna elànkuntiànk.
English:
I left this dog.
Lenape:
Nëk
ala
wa mwekane.
English:
I will go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëmay mh
ala
musìch.
English:
The store is near the house.
Lenape:
Në mèmh
ala
mùntikaon kixki wikwahëmink.
English:
I remember those who are deceased.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
ala
ok awènika.
English:
I remember those who are deceased.
Lenape:
Nëmësh
ala
ok awènika.
English:
My older sister is eating steam-fried meat.
Lenape:
Nëmis michu salàsikàn.
English:
He knows me now that he stopped disliking me.
Lenape:
Nënakw èli
ala
shinkalit.
English:
Okay, my friend, let's go hunting.
Lenape:
Nëpèhta, nchu,
ala
itàm.
English:
The box is empty.
Lenape:
Në puhwexòkw alàxàt.
English:
The coat cost three dollars.
Lenape:
Në shakhùkwiàn naxa nt
ala
sa lawtu.
English:
I like her but I seldom see her.
Lenape:
Nëwink
ala
shëk mata nineyo chuxkwe.
English:
I like to eat it when it is fried.
Lenape:
Nëwinkama ni nàn ènta salàsasik.
English:
I must go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëwinki a may mh
ala
musi.
English:
I should go shopping.
Lenape:
Nëwinki a mh
ala
musi.
English:
I like to eat frybread.
Lenape:
Nëwinkitàm salàpòn.
English:
I scared the dog.
Lenape:
Nëwish
ala
na mwekane.
English:
I scared those birds.
Lenape:
Nëwish
ala
ok nël chulënsàk.
English:
I danced with Mike when he did the Bean Dance.
Lenape:
Nëwitkèma na Mike ènta malàxkwsitkan.
English:
Two dollars.
Lenape:
Nisha nt
ala
sa.
English:
My mother's older sister is coming tomorrow.
Lenape:
Nkahès mwisa xu pè alàpa.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xaheli salàpona michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xaheli salàpòna michu.
English:
My mother ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Nkahès xèli salàpòna michu.
English:
I want to rest.
Lenape:
Nkata
ala
ximwi.
English:
I want one frybread.
Lenape:
Nkata kwëti salàpòn.
English:
I want an apple.
Lenape:
Nkat
ala
apëlìsh.
English:
I want a chicken.
Lenape:
Nkat
ala
tipas.
English:
I want to buy land.
Lenape:
Nkata mhalàmën hàki.
English:
I want to buy food.
Lenape:
Nkata mh
ala
mën mehëmichink.
English:
I hate dogs.
Lenape:
Nshink
ala
mwekaneyok.
English:
I hate cats.
Lenape:
Nshink
ala
ok pushisàk.
English:
My uncle ate steam-fried meat. (mother's brother)
Lenape:
Nshis michu salàsikàn.
English:
My uncle and my father and I hunted near a creek.
Lenape:
Nshis òk nux òk nèpe nt
ala
ihëna kixki sipunk.
English:
I cannot talk Delaware.
Lenape:
Nt
ala
alënixsi.
English:
I stopped swimming.
Lenape:
Nt
ala
ashëwil.
English:
I will go hunting if it snows.
Lenape:
Nt
ala
i winèke.
English:
I go home quickly.
Lenape:
Ntalàpi machi.
English:
I began to feel like I really wanted to vomit.
Lenape:
Ntalëmi ahi nkata mëlàntàm alàshi.
English:
My pets, I have two.
Lenape:
Ntalëmunsàk, nisha nulh
ala
.
English:
I went to the store.
Lenape:
Nta mèmh
ala
mùntikaonink.
English:
I told Nora, 'Tomorrow they will be coming.'
Lenape:
Ntëla Nora, 'Alàpa xu peyok.'
English:
I said to hurry up.
Lenape:
Ntëluwe alàpsi.
English:
I think it will snow again tomorrow.
Lenape:
Ntite làpi wine alàpa.
English:
I should feel well when I stop smoking.
Lenape:
Nulamàlsi a ènta
ala
hupoàn.
English:
I was glad when she said that because I like her.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm ènta në luwèt èli nëwink
ala
.
English:
I have a bird.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
chulëns.
English:
I have a bow.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
hatapi.
English:
I own a bow.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
hatapi.
English:
I have a bucket.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
hus.
English:
I have a feather.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
mikwën.
English:
I have a bulldog.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
mpùlxëm.
English:
I have a dog.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
mwekane.
English:
I have two dogs.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
nisha mwekaneyok.
English:
I have a ball.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
pahsahikàn .
English:
I have a peach tree.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
pilkëshakw.
English:
I have thirty six little fishes.
Lenape:
Nulh
ala
xintxke òk kwëtash namètëtàk.
English:
Come here little one, let us eat pork and frybread.
Lenape:
Nuwiti, michitàm kwëshkwësheyok òk salàpon.
English:
Father, will you sing tomorrow?
Lenape:
Nuxa, ktasuwi hàch alàpa?
English:
My uncle ate steam-fried meat (father's brother)
Lenape:
Nuxtët michu salàsikàn.
English:
The beans in your garden are blooming.
Lenape:
Otaeyuwa nèl m
ala
xkwsita ktakihakànink.
English:
I have a ball.
Lenape:
Pahsahikàn nulh
ala
.
English:
That person said it incorrectly.
Lenape:
P
ala
chimu na awèn.
English:
I used cedar because I wanted to purify myself.
Lenape:
Pëphòkwës nak
ala
èli kata pilhìksi.
English:
I like cats.
Lenape:
Pushisàk nëwink
ala
.
English:
Do you have a cat?
Lenape:
Pushis hèch kulh
ala
?
English:
He wants that rabbit that he is looking at.
Lenape:
Pwënao nèl chëmàmsa kòt
ala
o.
English:
He ate many frybreads.
Lenape:
Salàpòna xeli michu.
English:
It is a frybread.
Lenape:
Salàpòn nën.
English:
She fries meat.
Lenape:
Salàsëmën wiyus.
English:
Fry the meat.
Lenape:
Salàsi në wiyus.
English:
Suddenly I saw Jan.
Lenape:
Salàxki neyo na Jan.
English:
All at once I met Jan.
Lenape:
Salàxki nkiskao na Jan.
English:
The beans are sour (spoiled).
Lenape:
Shëwalsu nèl malàxkwsita.
English:
You are talking too fast.
Lenape:
Sòmi ktalàpixsi.
English:
How do you make frybread?
Lenape:
Ta hëch ki ksalàpònhe?
English:
I rest for a little while.
Lenape:
Takiti nt
ala
ximwi.
English:
Which one do you want (animate form)
Lenape:
Tani hèch kat
ala
?
English:
I have fourteen birds.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk newa chulënsàk nulh
ala
.
English:
That woman owns those canoes.
Lenape:
Ulh
ala
na na xkwe nèl muxula.
English:
I am going to town and leaving Ginger.
Lenape:
Utènink nta, nk
ala
wa Ginger (dog's name).
English:
I will go to town tomorrow.
Lenape:
Utènink xu nta alàpa.
English:
She grabbed the flowers.
Lenape:
Wèchihël
ala
o nèl òtaèsa.
English:
He liked to hunt when he was young.
Lenape:
Wehink
ala
i ènta wësksite.
English:
That man now deceased liked to hunt.
Lenape:
Wehink
ala
i mah naka lënuwa.
English:
That man (now deceased) liked to hunt.
Lenape:
Wehink
ala
i mah naka lënuwa.
English:
Last night it was too hot, I could not sleep.
Lenape:
Welakwike sòmi nkeshsi, nt
ala
kawi.
English:
He has a cane.
Lenape:
Wëlatu
ala
hun.
English:
It is just like mud.
Lenape:
Wëli alàhshi sisku.
English:
He talks just like a Lenape.
Lenape:
Wëli alàshi Lënape pëmëtunhe.
English:
I must look like a Unalachtigo.
Lenape:
Wëli èt ni alàshi Wënilaxtiku ntëlinakwsin.
English:
Everyone hated him.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn shink
ala
o.
English:
He left him in the nest.
Lenape:
Wënëk
ala
o òhshixaink.
English:
Hand me the beans; Pass me the beans.
Lenape:
Wëntaxlëni nèl malàxkwsita.
English:
Hand me the stream fried meat.
Lenape:
Wëntaxlëni në salàsikàn.
English:
Help me so that I can stand up well in this life.
Lenape:
Wichëmi tëli nkàski wëli nipain yushe ènt
ala
wsienkw.
English:
He went with them when they went hunting.
Lenape:
Wicheoo ènta
ala
ihtit.
English:
This steam fried meat tastes good.
Lenape:
Winkàn yu salàsikàn.
English:
Many spirits live there under the water.
Lenape:
Xaheli manëtuwàk tënt
ala
wsineyo èkwpiyink.
English:
Spiders live in a bottle.
Lenape:
X
ala
hputisàk hàkhàkunk wikuwàk.
English:
Feed me a frybread.
Lenape:
Xami salàpòn.
English:
Feed me some steam-fried meat and corn.
Lenape:
Xami salàsikàn òk xàskwim.
English:
I alternate corn and beans.
Lenape:
Xaskwim ntaxkomi òk malàxkwsita. {DN}
English:
He bought many things.
Lenape:
Xeli kèku mhalàm.
English:
I will see you tomorrow.
Lenape:
Xu knewël alàpa.
English:
I will go shopping.
Lenape:
Xu nëmay mh
ala
musi.
English:
I will work tomorrow.
Lenape:
Xu nëmikëmòsi alàpa.
English:
I will leave her.
Lenape:
Xu nk
ala
.
