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12 Story Sentence Search Results For "lexe"
English:
13. A pregnant woman should not look at a departed person as the baby's eyes will spasmodically close, it will look like a person already deceased.
Lenape:
13. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënaiyo awèn alalehëlexèt èli na mimëntët wëshkinko xu shëshawëshkinkwe, linakòt awèn mèchi mata ahpi.
English:
because I do not think about my life
Lenape:
èli mata kèku ntëlelìntàmuwën na lelë
lexe
okàn
English:
the way they wanted to, and they lived enjoyably.
Lenape:
èlitehat, òk papailehëlèxe.
English:
Our Creator will live on forever,
Lenape:
Kishelëmùkònk ihapchìch lehëlèxe,
English:
Wehixamukes held his breath and did not even
Lenape:
Kokènëmën
lexe
on naka Wehixamukèsa òk
English:
He was panting and he looked weak.
Lenape:
Lèxewsu òk shainakwsu.
English:
The boy said, “I will not give away the Lenape life!"
Lenape:
Luwe na pilaechëch, "Ku ta ?? ta xu mèkënënu Lënapei lehë
lexe
okàn!"
English:
All he knew was the Lenape way of life.
Lenape:
Nkëme kahta kèku watu ènta Lënapeike lehë
lexe
okàn.
English:
and it must have been difficult for a person to live.
Lenape:
òk èt mah ahot ènta awèn lehë
lexe
.
English:
from across the water, the Delawares lived with difficulty,
Lenape:
òspèkwe wënchi, wàni Lënape ahchinki lehëlèxe,
English:
For eleven years he had lived there with the Lenape.
Lenape:
Telën òk kwëti kahtëne lehë
lexe
ènta Lënapeike tali
English:
the truth, and the life.
Lenape:
wëlamhìtamëwakàn, òk lehë
lexe
yëwakàn.