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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
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17 Story Sentence Search Results For "mesi"
English:
Some of the people said various things,
Lenape:
Alënte awènik mësi luweyok,
English:
We will trade, tribe to tribe, one to one.
Lenape:
Ashëntèsihëna, mësi èlhakèchik, nèntkwëti.
English:
they called him Mësinkw.
Lenape:
èhëlëwihëlahtit Mësinkw.
English:
where a person had killed a deer. Different things were strewn about
Lenape:
ènta awèn hnilat ahtuho. Mësi kèku lànkòhte
English:
I don’t know now this book says in the summer to use it, maybe it was medicine
Lenape:
ku nuwatu yukwe lekhikàn luwe nipënëwi hank mësi kèku nhakatàm, wèchi èt në mpisuni.
English:
It is said that long ago the Delawares had different thoughts
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt yuki Lënapeyok mësiliteheyok ènta
English:
He ate various animals,
Lenape:
Mësi aèsësàk mhwe,
English:
The old woman walked here and there, saying,
Lenape:
Mësi ahpamske naka xawshisësa, luwe,
English:
He would go wherever he wanted on the prairies and in the forests.
Lenape:
Mësi lih yu ta e ënta mëkëkèk òk ënta shinkèk.
English:
The Delaware men camped at many different places,
Lenape:
Mësi òk yuli maikeyòk nèki Lënapei lënuwàk
English:
They say the Mesinkw is always there. He said to them, "This is what you do
Lenape:
Na hùnt na Mësinkw nkëmee ìka. Tëlan hùnt, "Shè yu ktënnëmëneyo
English:
He would always work, and every spring he would make garden, different things;
Lenape:
Nkëme mikëmòsu, èshi sikònk hakihe, mësi kèku;
English:
and rabbit hairs scattered here and there.
Lenape:
òk chëmàmsi mixèkëna mësi lànkòhte.
English:
and the boy had all kinds of thoughts.
Lenape:
òk mësilitehe na pilaechëch.
English:
bags in which to store grease, and when they made moccasins and other things.
Lenape:
putalasàk òk lènhàksëna, mësi kèku ènta manituhtit.
English:
The Mesinkw said to them, "This is what you should do,
Lenape:
Tëlan hunt na Mësinkw, "Shè a yu ktënnëmëneyo,
English:
so that he could flirt [again].
Lenape:
wënchìch kàski chëmësin.
