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34 Story Sentence Search Results For "ole"
English:
he said, "because if he hands him to her she will never return, and she will take him to where
Lenape:
"èli ìka lënamawtèch na ta chich kwëtkënaio xu chimi tòlëmuxòlao
English:
It was said that a young woman was eating icicles.
Lenape:
Hùnte wa skixkwe nushhùkòna tòlëmi mamhòn.
English:
and he began to cry. He said, "Grandchild, you have truly come back. I am glad to see you."
Lenape:
hùnt tòlëmi mëlimwin. Luwe hùnt, "Nuxwitët, kehëla èt ma ki ktëki kpa. Nulelìntàm newëlàn," hùnt.
English:
One old man left, he went into the woods.
Lenape:
Kwëti hilusësa tòlëmskan, shinkèkink e.
English:
They said, "Thanks!" Then they left by way of the sunbeams.
Lenape:
Luweyok, "Wanìshi!" Na tòlëmskaneyo wipèkunk lih.
English:
they certainly lived together. Then they began to be bewildered, then the elders began to visit each other
Lenape:
mayay wikhatuwàk. Na shè në kènu tòlëmi kwilalelìntàmëneyo, na alëmi kiikàntuwàk nèk kìkayàk
English:
When he finished cooking, the man began to eat.
Lenape:
Na ènta kisàmat, na tòlëmi mitsin na lënu.
English:
Then when they got home they began to cook it, they wanted to taste the thing.
Lenape:
Na ènta machihtit na tòlëmi wixanineyo, kòta wëtàntàmëneyo në kèku.
English:
When he got home he began to cook, and he made soup.
Lenape:
Na ènta machit tòlëmi wixënin, kshitay manitu.
English:
Then when the steam arose
Lenape:
Na ènta na ehòlèk àspihëleyu
English:
to where their garden was, and she began to work.
Lenape:
na ènta tòkihakanëwa, na hùnt tòlëmënakwsin.
English:
Then he went outside, carrying his son, and and he began to hunt for
Lenape:
Na hùnt kwëchin hùnt na lìnu, na kwënan na kwisa, na tòlëmi ntunaon
English:
That great grandmother of mine she advised her children,
Lenape:
Naka ahanhùkwi nuhëma tòlepòmao nèl wënichana,
English:
Then the man went back and got his little son and carried him. They left
Lenape:
Na ktëki hùnt na lënu hùnt na tòlëmuxòlan na kwitëta. Na alëmskeyok
English:
Then again he got ready, he went to lie down in the road,
Lenape:
Na làpi tòlëmamehëlan, may shènkihëlan tëmakànink.
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:
Then it is said that the boy left and he went eastward to where
Lenape:
Na shè hùnt tòlëmskan na pilaechëch, na në wèhènchiopànkw na në
English:
The White man began to say something
Lenape:
Na Shëwanàkw tòlëmi lan, kèku lan
English:
They started to climb on the sunbeams and finally got to where the sun lives
Lenape:
Na tòlëmi àlëmàkusineyo wipèkunk, xantki peyok kishux wikit.
English:
Then those owls began to fight.
The husband-owl accused his wife of being in that tree because she liked the man who was sleeping under it. Finally he hit her with his wing.
Lenape:
Na tòlëmi mathakalao nèl kukhusa.
English:
They left to go look for sunbeams
Lenape:
Na tòlëmskaneyo ènta natunamuk wipèko
English:
So they left to go squirrel hunting that man and his friend.
Lenape:
Na tòlëmskaneyo nutxanikweyok na lënu òk nèl witisa.
English:
Then he left and he began to run that Wehixamukes
Lenape:
Na tòlëmskan tòlëmamehëlan naka Wehixamukèsa,
English:
The next morning they all left again. They went to cut wood and trees.
Lenape:
Opànke làpi tolëmskaneyo mënaxeyok òk kiskhòò hitkuk.
English:
heard a baby crying inside the bundle that the old woman had on her horse's back.
Lenape:
pè mëlimwit lamunkwe wiòhshunink na xawshisës tòlëmunsa nayuntànk.
English:
Nora:
This song is a Delaware version of the song of Tom Dooley.
Lenape:
Nora:
This song is a Delaware version of the song of Tom Do
ole
y.
English:
from the basket there. Then they all fled into the big forest.
Lenape:
tànkhakànink tali. Na tòlëmshimwineyo ènta xinkwi shinkèk.
English:
and her body began to swell.
Lenape:
tòlëmi mahkwisu tuhwèpiyëmink.
English:
The dogs began to eat.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi mitsin nèk mwekaneyok.
English:
He began to eat. He was eating with his friend.
Lenape:
Tòlëmi mitsin. Wipumao nèl witisa.
English:
and began to shake the snake.
Lenape:
tòlëmi tëntahkanihin na xkuk
English:
he left. He went looking for some other women
Lenape:
tòlëmskan. Natunao pili xkweyok
English:
The long-waisted dog then began to talk and he said,
Lenape:
Tòlëmtunhèn na kwënahakwchat chëminkw luwè,
English:
her horse had a big bundle on his back,
Lenape:
tòlëmunsa nòyuntàm xinkwi wiòhshun,
