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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
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230 Dictionary Entry Search Results For "amu"
English:
he dozes off while sitting up
Lenape:
ah
amu
nkxu
English:
he dozes
Lenape:
ah
amu
nkxu
English:
we discuss; we talk about
Lenape:
ahkënutàmuhëna
English:
they practice singing (only used for Big House Church)
Lenape:
ahkwètal
amu
wàk
English:
he walks about
Lenape:
ahp
amu
xwe
English:
greyhounds
Lenape:
ahtuxàmuk
English:
Golden Eagles
Lenape:
aihàmuk
English:
bitches (female dogs) in heat; promiscuous women
Lenape:
aimalàxàmuk
English:
he gets up
Lenape:
amu
English:
they all got up (as a group)
Lenape:
amu
ltuwàk
English:
he talks loudly; she has a high pitched voice
Lenape:
amu
nktunhe
English:
give me a drink (by dipping it up)
Lenape:
ans'h
amu
hëli
English:
he hollered until he died
Lenape:
aptal
amu
English:
let's all go
Lenape:
at
amu
k
English:
they have a feeling of disappointment
Lenape:
chanelìntàmuk
English:
he has a flirty mind
Lenape:
chëmatèn
amu
English:
he gives a strange yell; he hollered strangely
Lenape:
chipal
amu
English:
they were surprised; they had a strange state of mind
Lenape:
chipelìntàmuk
English:
he is in a weird state of mind
Lenape:
chiphatèn
amu
English:
they have the same degree of mentality
Lenape:
èleòtàmuk
English:
he drinks something with his meal
Lenape:
hap
amu
he
English:
they want (something)
Lenape:
kahtatàmuk
English:
his age
Lenape:
kahtën
amu
English:
he steals from the fields or gardens
Lenape:
k
amu
thakènsu
English:
they are surprised
Lenape:
kanshelìntàmuk
English:
you people want something
Lenape:
katatàmuhëmo
English:
hackberries
Lenape:
kaxk
amu
na {DN}
English:
hackberry tree
Lenape:
kaxk
amu
nimënshi
English:
we had a strange experience
Lenape:
kchipilinàmuhëna
English:
I comb you
Lenape:
kchix
amu
l
English:
I comb you people
Lenape:
kchix
amu
lhùmo
English:
he has a calm mind
Lenape:
këlamhatèn
amu
English:
pile
Lenape:
këlàmu
English:
you people are doing something
Lenape:
këmikëntàmuhëmo
English:
pile of leaves
Lenape:
këmpàhko këlàmu
English:
you did not use it
Lenape:
kënakat
amu
wën (w. neg.)
English:
you eat soup
Lenape:
kën
amu
hwe
English:
you people eat soup
Lenape:
kën
amu
hwehëmo
English:
we are eating soup
Lenape:
kën
amu
hwehëna
English:
hazel nut tree
Lenape:
kèt
amu
nshi
English:
old animals
Lenape:
kìkexàmuk
English:
you people are half-witted
Lenape:
kpàhseòtàmuhëmo
English:
you people have understood
Lenape:
kpëntàmuhëmo
English:
you people are worried
Lenape:
ksàkwelìntàmuhëmo
English:
you people kick out (from a prone or lying position) (as if in a convulsion)
Lenape:
kshànth
amu
hëmo
English:
we kick out (from a prone or lying position) (as if in a convulsion)
Lenape:
kshànth
amu
hëna
English:
you people are sorry
Lenape:
kshielìntàmuhëmo
English:
you people are married
Lenape:
kshilìntàmuhëmo
English:
I wash you people
Lenape:
kshixàmulhumo
English:
he is unconcerned
Lenape:
ksinhatèn
amu
English:
you drink something with your meal
Lenape:
ktap
amu
he
English:
I feed you people
Lenape:
ktax
amu
lhumo
English:
he has sad thoughts; he grieves
Lenape:
ktëmakhatèn
amu
English:
you remove them
Lenape:
ktën
amu
kw
English:
you people do not believe it
Lenape:
kulamhìt
amu
wëneyo (w. neg.)
English:
you do not believe it
Lenape:
kulamhìt
amu
wën (w. neg.)
English:
you people are glad
Lenape:
kulelìntàmuhëmo
English:
loon (the bird)
Lenape:
kunal
amu
English:
loons
Lenape:
kunal
amu
wàk
English:
I do not understand it
Lenape:
ku nënust
amu
wën
English:
I am not sad
Lenape:
ku nshielintàmu
English:
I do not believe something
Lenape:
ku nulamhìt
amu
English:
I do not believe it
Lenape:
ku nulamhìt
amu
wën
English:
you drank too much
Lenape:
kus
amu
sëmwi
English:
you people drank too much
Lenape:
kus
amu
sëmwihëmo
English:
he is not sad
Lenape:
ku shielìntàmu
English:
he does not like something
Lenape:
ku winkatàmu
English:
he does not like something
Lenape:
ku winkatàmu
English:
Otter Creek (Indiana)
Lenape:
Kwën
amu
xkw Sipu
English:
I show you
Lenape:
kwënt
amu
l
English:
I show it to you
Lenape:
kwënt
amu
lën
English:
he did not taste it
Lenape:
kwëtàntàmuwën (w/neg)
English:
locusts
Lenape:
kwikwishkutàmuk
English:
they are bewildered
Lenape:
kwila lelìntàmuk
English:
copperhead snake [Agkistrodon contortrix]
Lenape:
kwishk
amu
we
English:
copperheads
Lenape:
kwishk
amu
weyok
English:
you people are afraid
Lenape:
kwit
amu
hëmo
English:
underpants
Lenape:
l
amu
nkpëlëchis
English:
underpants (pl.)
Lenape:
l
amu
nkpëlëchisa
English:
inside
Lenape:
l
amu
nkwe
English:
inside
Lenape:
l
amu
nkwink
English:
he yells at me
Lenape:
làxkamùkw
English:
let it not
Lenape:
lelìntàmuwën (w. neg)
English:
male animals that have been castrated
Lenape:
lënuwexàmuk
English:
he is sad
Lenape:
machhaten
amu
English:
it is stormy-looking weather
Lenape:
mahtapamùkòt
English:
he is despondent
Lenape:
mahtatèn
amu
English:
to cause someone to be despondent
Lenape:
mahtatèn
amu
he
English:
he feels mad; he is angry
Lenape:
manunkhatèn
amu
English:
I have never eaten it before
Lenape:
mata nëmimshànt
amu
wën
English:
they find
Lenape:
màxk
amu
k
English:
store
Lenape:
mehëmalamùntikaon
English:
stores
Lenape:
mehëmalamùntikaona
English:
merchant
Lenape:
mehmalamùnt
English:
store; shop; trading post
Lenape:
mehmalamùntikaon
English:
trader, merchant
Lenape:
mèmhalamùnt
English:
store, trading post
Lenape:
mèmhalamùntikaon
English:
in a store; in a trading post
Lenape:
mèmhalamùntikaonink
English:
he is shopping
Lenape:
mhal
amu
su
English:
they work for me
Lenape:
mikëmòsënt
amu
kuk
English:
they do something
Lenape:
mikëntàmuwàk
English:
we are half-witted
Lenape:
mpàhseòtàmuhëna
English:
he hits me
Lenape:
mpàkamùkw
English:
I did not hit it
Lenape:
mpàk
amu
wën (w/ neg.)
English:
I did not hit it
Lenape:
mpàkàntàmuwën (w/ neg.)
English:
I do not hear it
Lenape:
mpëntàmuwën (w/ neg.)
English:
I have never heard it
Lenape:
mpipënt
amu
wën (w. neg.)
English:
bulldogs
Lenape:
mpùlxàmuk
English:
manure pile (such as one would find at a farm)
Lenape:
mwichti këlàmu
English:
we did not use it
Lenape:
nakat
amu
wënèn (w. neg.)
English:
I did not use it
Lenape:
nakat
amu
wën (w. neg.)
English:
I eat soup
Lenape:
n
amu
hwe
English:
he eats soup
Lenape:
n
amu
hwe
English:
I will eat soup
Lenape:
n
amu
hwèch
English:
we eat soup; we ate soup
Lenape:
n
amu
hwehëna
English:
you people eat soup!; you people come and eat soup!
Lenape:
n
amu
hwèkw
English:
they eat soup
Lenape:
n
amu
hweyok
English:
they looked for
Lenape:
natun
amu
k
English:
he licked me (with his tongue)
Lenape:
nchiskamùkw
English:
he combed me
Lenape:
nchixamùkw
English:
we vomit
Lenape:
nëmëlàntàmuhëna
English:
I do not remember
Lenape:
nëmëshatàmu (w/ neg)
English:
I never did taste it
Lenape:
nëmìmshant
amu
wën (w/ neg.)
English:
I do not understand it
Lenape:
nënustàmuwën (w/ neg.)
English:
he begged of me
Lenape:
nëwinëwamùkw
English:
I do not like it
Lenape:
nëwinkat
amu
wën (w/ neg.)
English:
I do not like (something)
Lenape:
nëwinkatàmu (w/neg)
English:
I do not like to eat it
Lenape:
nëwinkitàmuwën (w. neg.)
English:
they used
Lenape:
nhakatàmuk
English:
they did not use
Lenape:
nhakat
amu
wiyok (w. neg.)
English:
he did not use something
Lenape:
nhakatàmu (w/ neg)
English:
he does not own it
Lenape:
nihëlatàmuwën (w/neg)
English:
I never used it
Lenape:
nìnhakatàmu
English:
he has dirty thoughts
Lenape:
niskhaten
amu
English:
he made me sick (by food prepared unsanitarily; or by food into which something was dropped)
Lenape:
niskxamùkw
English:
him first; her first
Lenape:
nit
amu
English:
we want
Lenape:
nkatatàmuhëna
English:
I do not want it
Lenape:
nkatat
amu
wën (w/ neg)
English:
I do not push it back
Lenape:
nkënhìkàmuwën (w. neg.)
English:
he washes me
Lenape:
nkëshixamùkw
English:
we have a visitor
Lenape:
nkiikàmùkehëna
English:
he, now deceased, visited us
Lenape:
nkiikàmùkunana
English:
they visited us
Lenape:
nkiikàmùkunanàk
English:
he visited us
Lenape:
nkiikàmùkunëna
English:
he visited me
Lenape:
nkiikàmùkw
English:
I am creating smoke (as when building a fire); I am being surrounded by smoke (as from a campfire)
Lenape:
nkwëshhatèn
amu
si
English:
they did not use it
Lenape:
nòkat
amu
wëneyo (w/ neg.)
English:
we are worried
Lenape:
nsàkwelìntàmuhëna
English:
I grease my hair
Lenape:
nsh
amu
kwe
English:
we are sad; we are sorry
Lenape:
nshielìntàmuhëna
English:
I am not sad; I am not sorry
Lenape:
nshielìntàmu (with neg.)
English:
I bathe him; I gave him a bath
Lenape:
ntahixàmuhëla
English:
I did not count those (inan.)
Lenape:
ntàkëntàmuwëna (w. neg.)
English:
we did not count those (inan.)
Lenape:
ntàkëntàmuwiwënèn (w. neg.)
English:
I did not talk about it
Lenape:
ntàkënutàmuwën (w. neg.)
English:
I fell on my rear
Lenape:
nt
amu
tiehëla
English:
my canoe
Lenape:
nt
amu
xulëm
English:
it stung me; he stabbed me; he stuck me; he speared me
Lenape:
ntànkamùkw
English:
I drank it with my meal
Lenape:
ntap
amu
he
English:
I walk fast
Lenape:
ntashxàmuxwe
English:
he fed me
Lenape:
ntàxamùkw
English:
we do not believe it
Lenape:
nulamhìt
amu
wënèn (w. neg.)
English:
I do not believe it
Lenape:
nulamhìt
amu
wën (w. neg.)
English:
we are glad
Lenape:
nulelìntàmuhëna
English:
Welcome! ( We are glad you all came) .
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmuhëna èli paèkw.
English:
I drank too much
Lenape:
nus
amu
sëmwi
English:
we drank too much
Lenape:
nus
amu
sëmwihëna
English:
I am not married (for the neg. form it is more common to say; xuxwe; qv)
Lenape:
nushilìntàmu (w/ neg.)
English:
I do not have a good mind
Lenape:
nuwatàmuu (w. neg.)
English:
my child's pets
Lenape:
nuxwisxàmuk
English:
great horned owls
Lenape:
ohuntàmuk
English:
white dogs
Lenape:
òpxàmuk
English:
they are half witted
Lenape:
pahseòt
amu
k
English:
they are half-witted
Lenape:
pahseòtàmuk
English:
they had a death in their family
Lenape:
pali linàmuk
English:
name of a dog - He comes with something in his mouth
Lenape:
Pèt
amu
i
English:
dark (atmosphere; as during a storm); dusky dark; the weather is cloudy and dark
Lenape:
piskapamùkòt
English:
he (obv.) hit him
Lenape:
pòkamùku
English:
he does not blow on it
Lenape:
putatàmuwën (w/ neg)
English:
he is depressed; he is unhappy; he is worried; he is despondent
Lenape:
sàkhotèn
amu
English:
do not worry; do not be depressed
Lenape:
sàkwelìntàmuhàn (w/ kachi)
English:
they are sad; they are worried
Lenape:
sàkwelìntàmuk
English:
the weather is cloudy and dark
Lenape:
sëkapamùkòt
English:
they screamed
Lenape:
sësal
amu
wàk
English:
they are in a hurry
Lenape:
shaelìntàmuk
English:
feed me by hand!
Lenape:
shakh
amu
hëli
English:
his hair has not been greased
Lenape:
sh
amu
kwehala (w/ neg)
English:
At the oily place - Chemung, NY
Lenape:
sh
amu
nk
English:
they kick out (from a prone or lying position as if in a convulsion)
Lenape:
shànthàmuk
English:
he starved to death
Lenape:
shaol
amu
English:
they starved
Lenape:
shawl
amu
wàk
English:
hair dressing
Lenape:
shèsh
amu
kwenk
English:
mouth of a river
Lenape:
shèt
amu
nk
English:
they are sad; they are sorry
Lenape:
shielìntàmuk
English:
he is not sorry
Lenape:
shielìntàmu (with Ku)
English:
he has a sad state of mind
Lenape:
shihatèn
amu
English:
they are married
Lenape:
shilìntàmuk
English:
a Smoke (a ceremonial; the term for the smoking of a pipe by a group)
Lenape:
t
amu
ltin
English:
he fed him
Lenape:
tòxamùko
English:
they do not believe it
Lenape:
ulamhìt
amu
wëneyo (w/ neg.)
English:
he is happy
Lenape:
ulhatèn
amu
English:
he drank too much
Lenape:
us
amu
sëmu
English:
they drank too much
Lenape:
us
amu
sëmwiyòk
English:
he does not have a good mind
Lenape:
watàmuu (w. neg.)
English:
Wehixamukes (a character in Lenape mythology)
Lenape:
Wèhix
amu
kès
English:
the late Wehixamukes
Lenape:
Wèhix
amu
kèsa
English:
he yells well
Lenape:
wëlal
amu
English:
he is happy; he is in a happy mood
Lenape:
wëlatèn
amu
English:
they are happy
Lenape:
wëlaten
amu
wàk
English:
they are satisfied; they are glad
Lenape:
wëlelìntàmuk
English:
they are pleased
Lenape:
wëlelìntàmuwàk
English:
he looks pleased
Lenape:
wëlelìntàmuwinakwsu
English:
they have good sense
Lenape:
wëleòt
amu
k
English:
he does not have good sense
Lenape:
wëleòtàmu (w. neg.)
English:
he is in a happy mood
Lenape:
wëlhatèn
amu
English:
to show you
Lenape:
wënt
amu
lën
English:
young animals
Lenape:
wëskxàmuk
English:
he has mixed up thoughts
Lenape:
wiàkskatèn
amu
English:
they helped it along
Lenape:
wichëntàmuk
English:
he has roasting ears (corn-in-the-milk stage)
Lenape:
win
amu
English:
they like one another
Lenape:
wink
amu
ltin
English:
they are happy; they are glad
Lenape:
winkelìntàmuk
English:
he is happy; he is having a good time
Lenape:
winkhatèn
amu
English:
they are happy
Lenape:
winkhatèn
amu
k
English:
he screamed
Lenape:
wisahkal
amu
English:
he screamed out; he hollered
Lenape:
xahul
amu
English:
they screamed out; they hollered
Lenape:
xahul
amu
wàk
English:
he gave a big holler; he gave a big yell
Lenape:
xinkòl
amu
English:
big store
Lenape:
xinkwi mèmhalamùntikaon
English:
female animals
Lenape:
xkwexàmuk