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55 Story Sentence Search Results For "nemen"
English:
28. In the spring in the woods (when the sap rises) a person should cut the wild grape vine and saturate the hair (with the sap) because the elders say, "Soon the hair will grow long like a grape vine."
Lenape:
28. Sikònke awèn tekënink eyok kishkshëmën në wisahkimi, skàpënëmën në mwilàxk èli luweyok yuki kikayàk, "Xuniti në mwilàxk xu alàshi kwënikën në mwilàxk alàshi wisahkimi.
English:
they start to smell each other, they are looking for their own thing.
Lenape:
alëmi kwsiàntëluwàk, nòtunëmëneyo nihëlàchi kwèkunëmëwoo.
English:
When you make straps and let them hang down. Then tie them
Lenape:
ènta kènu shëhkayuwik kpaxakënëmën nalch na kwëtënëmën ènta
English:
Then you take the peelings you have peeled off the elm tree and
Lenape:
ènta kènu shëhkayuwik paxakënëmën nalch na kwëtënëmën ènta
English:
When he saw what is called waterskiing
Lenape:
Enta nemën në “waterski” èluwèntasik
English:
when he came to a woods, big woods, he stopped because he saw
Lenape:
ènta shinkèk, xinkwi shinkèk, pate, nokihilan èli nèmën
English:
they always did that long ago she softened the things which
Lenape:
ènta tëlënëmëneyo lòmwe tòkënëmaon awèn
English:
Don't die, friend. You must see this.
Lenape:
Kàchi ànkëluhàn, nchu. Knemën yushè.
English:
Wehixamukes held his breath and did not even
Lenape:
Kokènëmën lexeon naka Wehixamukèsa òk
English:
[
I have great love and regard towards you, and I desire to win and gain
] I love you all, and I hope I can receive your
Lenape:
Ktaholhumo, kwëlaha nkàski mëshënëmën kiluwa
English:
[and] take out some finger-rings.
Lenape:
kwëtënëmëna shapwëlënchehuna.
English:
One morning he saw that everything had been bitten off.
Lenape:
Kwëtën òpank wënèmën wèmi kèku tëmàntasu.
English:
The man said, "I know what I could do to bring her back."
Lenape:
Kwëti na lënu luwe hùnt, "Nuwatun ni a ènëmën wënchi a ktëki pèshëwan."
English:
our councillors accepted it
Lenape:
lëpweìnuyëmënanàk wètënëmëneyo.
English:
"Now after what we have done she will never again hate you.
Lenape:
"Mèchi yukwe she xu ktënëmënèn ta chich kshinkalku hùnt.
English:
Give us our bread every day
Lenape:
Milinèn ntàponëmëna kwënikishukw.
English:
Give us our bread every day
Lenape:
Milinèn ntàponëmëna kwënikishukw.
English:
Then when they got out of the building they picked up their things
Lenape:
Na ènta kchihtit wètënëmëneyo nèl kwèkunëmëwo
English:
Then he picked up that bark which he had
Lenape:
Na hùnt ènta wètënëmënèn ènta òhshàkayuwik
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:
Then the young man did that. The next day he went there again.
Lenape:
Na hùnt nanë tënëmën na skìnu. Opànke làpi nanë tòn.
English:
Then it is said the squirrel was afraid and he pulled out the hand,
Lenape:
Na hùnt na xanikw wishasu pwënëmën në nàxk,
English:
Then they did that. He told his mother,
Lenape:
Na hùnt nëni tënëmëneyo. Tëlao hùnt nèl kohèsa
English:
Then that is what they did. When that person came there
Lenape:
Na hùnt yukwe në shè tënnëmëneyo. Enta ìka pat na awèn,
English:
Wehixamukes picked up an axe,
Lenape:
nàka Wehixamukèsa wètënëmën tëmahikàn,
English:
Wehixamukes prit une hache et
Lenape:
nàka Wehixamukèsa wètënëmën tëmahikàn,
English:
hob er ein Beil auf
Lenape:
nàka Wehixamukèsa wètënëmën tëmahikàn,
English:
Wehixamukes tomó un hacha,
Lenape:
nàka Wehixamukèsa wètënëmën tëmahikàn,
English:
"Then we will do it when you get here tomorrow evening
Lenape:
"Na ktënëmënèn xu kpaana alàpa lòkwike
English:
So the next day he went there when it got to be evening that is the way they did.
Lenape:
Na làpi òpànke na në tòn ènta lòkwik na hùnt në tënëmëneyo.
English:
That was the way they did
Lenape:
nal në yukwe hunt tënëmëneyo.
English:
Then me, when I was a young woman, I received
Lenape:
Na ni, uskixkweiane, mëshënëmën
English:
with my little son's leggings? I want to soften them
Lenape:
na nkwitët kòkuna nkata ta tòkënëmëna
English:
that is what that little old one did. Then he (the other man) told him
Lenape:
Na tënënëmën na kiketët. Na hùnt tëlao hùnt
English:
Then he saw the boat coming three years later.
Lenape:
Na wënemën në muxul pèchihëlak nexikahtinke.
English:
Then she got her hoe and then went to the garden.
Lenape:
Na wètënëmën èt ma kwipëlënay, na ìka è hakihakànink.
English:
Then he picked up his pipe, he pulled it out
Lenape:
Na wètënëmën upokàn, pwënëmën,
English:
He stood there. In his hand he held
Lenape:
Nipu. Nòxkink këlënëmëna
English:
"I should cut down or pull up some of the weeds."
Lenape:
"Ntèpi a na alënte në skiko tëmitehëmën òk munënëmën."
English:
and first he hid his war club under his clothing.
Lenape:
òk hitami kàntënëmën në pahkàskinkwehikanëm èkwi èhahkwit.
English:
and I want to do the way the old Delawares did.
Lenape:
òk nkàtà lënëmën xuwi Lënàpeyunkàhke ehëlënëmihtit
English:
That’s what you should do, you shake hands with each other."
Lenape:
shè a në ktënnëmëneyo, kònkùntihëmo."
English:
but the boy did not want to go home because they had blackened his face.
Lenape:
shëk na pilaechëch ku winki machi èli mah sëkënëmën në wëshkinkw.
English:
but she took it out of the inside of a tree the bundle of the old woman.
Lenape:
shëk wètënëmën lamunkwe hìtkunk na wiòhskun naka xawshisësa.
English:
he told them, "You should do this.
Lenape:
tëlaneyo, "Shè a yu ktënnëmëneyo.
English:
The Mesinkw said to them, "This is what you should do,
Lenape:
Tëlan hunt na Mësinkw, "Shè a yu ktënnëmëneyo,
English:
She (the grandmother) told her grandson, “You want to stop it already, there is already enough!”
Lenape:
Tëlao nèl uxwisa, "Mèchi a në kata naxkënëmën, mèchi tèpi!"
English:
First you pluck the turkey and then take out all those innards."
Lenape:
[This part was added later to clarify the story and there is no sound file]: Hitamìch munëna na chikënëm òk ktënëmën wèmi nèl wëlàkshiya."]
English:
they detached their things and they put them into the little basket
Lenape:
wëchkënëmëneyo na kwèkunëmëwoo ika talanihineyo na tànkhakànëtët.
English:
would accept their prayers
Lenape:
wètënëmën nèkao patamweokàna
English:
picked up the deer bladder and put it on his head.
Lenape:
wètënëmën në shkitakàn ikahatun wilink.
English:
Finally they saw the tents, he was surprised at what he saw. Note:
At this point there is some distortion in the tape, and the following three lines are from a later part of the story
Lenape:
Xantki nemënèn nèl èmsikaona, kanshelìntàm ènta nem.
English:
was that the Creator would accept their prayers
Lenape:
xu Kishelëmùkònk wètënëmën nèkao patamweokàna
English:
Soon I will smoke this (place with cedar smoke) as my late mother did when she used it.
Lenape:
Xuniti nkwëshhatènëmën yushè nkahèsa nihëlatànk
English:
I will hold this little gourd rattle. This is what I will hold," he said.
Lenape:
Xu nkënëm kènu shuhòhòktët. Nal xu na nkënëmën," luwe hùnt.
