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50 Story Sentence Search Results For "may"
English:
19. When one brushes ones hair the hair should be put in a fire, and one tells 'Grandpa Fire,' "I give it to you." It is said that when a person leaves this earth 'Grandpa Fire' will give the hair back to that person.
Lenape:
19. Enta awèn kìshi chixàmate na mixekàna
may
ikahatuneyo tënteyunk tali, luweyok "Tatahëlën muxumsa." Enta awèn alëmskate yushe xkwithakamika xu na muxumsëna na tëntay làpi mwilao na awèn.
English:
27. No one should go to sleep with wet hair because the departed people will say, "Oh, this person has come to see us (in the spirit world)!" Soon the person will sicken and die. (This comes from that fact that when a person dies, and the body is washed, so also is the hair).
Lenape:
27. Matàch awèn kawi ènta skàpantpat èli yuki kètëmaksichik awènik luweyok, "O, pèchi èt
may
nèhkuna washe awèn." Xuniti na awèn palsu òk ànkël.
English:
Oh, he was simply told, “You can’t do anything, go on off,
Lenape:
E, ksini lan, "Ta ku ki kèku kàski lësi,
may
ikali a kta
English:
When she went to bathe she was naked.
Lenape:
Enta
may
tixëmwit supsu.
English:
When the children would go to bathe they all drowned.
Lenape:
Enta nèki mimënsak
may
tixëmwihtit, tòptëpèneyo.
English:
Every morning he would go hoe.
Lenape:
Èshi òpànk
may
lakehëma.
English:
Go off and play, go way off and play
Lenape:
“Ikali
may
papi, ikalìchi
may
papikw
English:
Even the chief went and told them,
Lenape:
Ili na sakima
may
tëlawoo,
English:
“You should go back and tell your mother that she goes with us.
Lenape:
“Ki a kwëtki kë
may
la na kahèsëwa kènu awèn wichewkuna
English:
Let me go see them, I honor them.
Lenape:
Lahapa
may
neyòòk, xinkwelëmaok
English:
They said that once a man wanted to go and
Lenape:
Luweyok hùnt kwëtën mah lënuwa kahta hùnt
may
English:
they certainly lived together. Then they began to be bewildered, then the elders began to visit each other
Lenape:
may
ay wikhatuwàk. Na shè në kènu tòlëmi kwilalelìntàmëneyo, na alëmi kiikàntuwàk nèk kìkayàk
English:
he went and drove them into the garden [with the sharpened ends sticking up.]
Lenape:
may
këntatehëmën hakihakànink.
English:
and he went to see his uncle and his aunt and his younger brother
Lenape:
may
neyo nèl shisa òk nèl kahètëta òk nèl xisëmësa
English:
They went and notified everyone.
Lenape:
May
wehomasuwàk wèmi elaikhatink.
English:
Then they left to go far away to play. Suddenly
Lenape:
Na alëmskeyok hùnt ikalëchi
may
papuwàk. Wixkawchi
English:
About that time the man returned home.
Lenape:
Na èt ma na
may
ayxkwi na lìnu pèchi ktëki.
English:
Then he said, “That’s alright.” The boy then he returned, then he went to tell his mother
Lenape:
Na hùnt na tëluwèn, “Na ta nëni!” Na pilaechëch na ktëki, na
may
lan na kohèsa.
English:
Then they gave those late chiefs an axe and
Lenape:
Na hùnt nëkahke kènu saki
may
unka hùnt kènu milan tëmahikàn òk
English:
she again went and pushed the dog over.
Lenape:
na làpi
may
tòmanihin na mwekane.
English:
Then again he got ready, he went to lie down in the road,
Lenape:
Na làpi tòlëmamehëlan,
may
shènkihëlan tëmakànink.
English:
That is all I can do, just talk humbly.
Lenape:
Nal në shùk nkàski lìsin, pèchi
may
shùk nkëktëmaktunhè.
English:
That is all I can do, to come and just beg
Lenape:
Nal në shùk nkàski lìsin, pèchi
may
shùk winëwe
English:
that is where these White people came from.
Lenape:
nal në wënchi washe Weòpsit ènta pèchi
may
nutxùkhùmëna.
English:
The fox was so angry and so he went home.
Lenape:
Na manunksin na òkwës, na
may
mòchin.
English:
Then they did not take the hide off but cut it into very small pieces. Then they [the Delawares] looked good at it.
Lenape:
Na
may
ay hùnt mata ènta paxkihëlak në xès
may
ay tànkiti kwishkshawòò. Na hùnt pihpënaneyo.
English:
Then he went to visit the rabbit.
Lenape:
Na
may
kwiikàmao na chëmàmës.
English:
Then the young woman went to meet him. She began to pet the little dog.
Lenape:
Na
may
nòkiskao na skixkwe. Tòlëmi òchema na chëminkwtët.
English:
That elder, “truly, my friend, the house, the bark house, that was made from sheets of bark, began to leak.”
Lenape:
Nàni kìkay, "
May
ay, nchus, nàni wikit, nàni hòkèsikaon, nàni wëntpe nàni kènu
English:
The fox went and sat down.
Lenape:
Na òkwës
may
lëmatahpin.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
Naukwèpi Tam Tulpe, Alàkwi
may
ktànkël.
English:
Chorus:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Hang down your head, Tom Dooley. Poor boy, you're bound to die.
Lenape:
Naukwèpi Tam Tulpe, Alàkwi
may
ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
Naukwèpi Tam Tulpe, Alàkwi
may
ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
Naukwèpi Tam Tulpe, Alàkwi
may
ktànkël.
English:
Hang down your head Tom Turtle, It's a pity you are going to die.
Lenape:
Naukwèpi Tam Tulpe, Alàkwi
may
ktànkël.
English:
I want to go hunting, I am going to look for a turkey."
Lenape:
nkata
may
alai, nkata
may
ntunao chikënëm."
English:
I am leaving to go and prepare where you will stay, and
Lenape:
Ntalëmska
may
wëlixtulën èpia, òk
English:
He came into his presence
Lenape:
Pèchi
may
nutxukunk.
English:
He told them, "You people should put ashes on me, it will be all right.
Lenape:
Tëlan hùnk hùnt, "Punkw a ikahataoneyo, xu
may
ayihële.
English:
He told the young man, "Go and peel
Lenape:
Tëlao hùnt nèl skìnuwa, "Kë
may
kènu pòthòò kènu
English:
The moon is full, low tide. It is a good time for gathering oysters.
Lenape:
Tùkwsu kishux, hìkpèxën. Wëlët awèn
may
hòn sisawinàk.
English:
The man notified everyone there.
Lenape:
Wèmi tëli
may
wehomasin naka lënuwa.
English:
told his wife, "I want to go hunting,
Lenape:
witaèmachi tëlao hunt, "Nkata
may
alai,
English:
about seven he-stay-with-her can thing because
Lenape:
witaema nàshe ta ku kènu kàski kèku èli ahpami èt nishash kahtënamu sup seven his-age
may
be eight. Now then supp. it-dry-weather once they-live those Del. now this direction
English:
und ging in den tiefen Wald, um Holz zu hauen.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn
may
mënàxe.
English:
et partit dans une grande forêt pour couper du bois.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn
may
mënàxe.
English:
and he went into a big woods to cut wood.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn
may
mënàxe.
English:
y se adentró en un gran bosque para cortar leña.
Lenape:
xinkwi shinkèk tòn
may
mënàxe.
English:
Perhaps at some time I will come again. I can come to see you
Lenape:
Xu xanè xu wixkaochi làpi mba. Pèchi
may
pënul
English:
[The leader said] "Now then go knock them in the heads those wild Indians.
Lenape:
“Yukwe ta
may
lëpiteho nèki awènhaneyok.
