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26 Story Sentence Search Results For "pilae"
English:
32. It is said that long ago when they had boys in the family the boys were not allowed to drink or eat soup because they say that when they wanted to go hunting all the animals would run away because (that soup) becomes like bells they have on their legs. That is the reason all the animals would run away.
Lenape:
32. Lòmëwe hùnt ènta awèn wëlahëlat
pilae
chëchàk mata awèn lelëma tìli mënèn ok mitsin shitay èli luwèn hùnt ènta kahta alait wèmi yuki aèsìsàk alëmshimuwàk èli alàshi hùnt sësùmwèktëta ikahatu wikatink. Nal në wënchi wèmi yuki aèsìsàk shimuwàk.
English:
It seems like the boy was there for about
Lenape:
Alàshi a ta
pilae
chëch ika ahpu ahpami èt mah
English:
when the sharp cracking thunder it is said that is the boy.
Lenape:
ènta ahkëshehëlak luwèn hùnt nal nàni nal nashe
pilae
chëch.
English:
Then it is said the boy went outside and when he returned again he told his grandmother
Lenape:
Hunt në kwëchin na
pilae
chëch na tëlan nèl uhëma ènta ktëkit làpi pèchi
English:
several of those boys and girls.
Lenape:
kèxuwàk nèki
pilae
chìchàk òk xkwechëchàk.
English:
they visited the boy's grandmother for many days.
Lenape:
kiikàmëwa nèl na yukwe na
pilae
chëch uhëma xelukwëni.
English:
The boy said, “I will not give away the Lenape life!"
Lenape:
Luwe na
pilae
chëch, "Ku ta ?? ta xu mèkënënu Lënapei lehëlexeokàn!"
English:
It is said that boy's grandmother
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt nàni
pilae
chëch uhëma
English:
it is said a boy went with these thunders when he wanted it to rain.
Lenape:
luwèn hùnt
pilae
chëch wite yuk she pèthakhuweyok ènta kahta sukëlank.
English:
Then the boy left when he saw her.
Lenape:
Na alëmske hùnt nàni
pilae
chëch ènta neyòt.
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
pilae
chëch na ktëki, na may lan na kohèsa.
English:
Then he adopted that boy. The book says the boy was a white person. [Jim Thompson] – That’s it.
Lenape:
Na laphala na
pilae
chëch. Luwe yu lekhikàn Shëwanànkw ta na
pilae
chëch [Jim Thompson] – Na nàni.
English:
The boy was just now beginning to be able to crawl,
Lenape:
Na na
pilae
chëch hùnt kënchawèna alëmi kàski ahpamxkwsu
English:
Then the boy told his grandmother, “I really can make it rain.”
Lenape:
Na na
pilae
chëch tëlao nèl uhëma "Ni a ta nkàski sukëlanhè."
English:
Then his father lost the boy, then he began to be depressed,
Lenape:
Na nèl uxò ànkhilao na
pilae
chëch, na talëmi sàkwelìntàm,
English:
the boy because that Cuyloga he was called
Lenape:
na
pilae
chëch èli na Cuyloga èluwènsit
English:
Then it is said that the boy left and he went eastward to where
Lenape:
Na shè hùnt tòlëmskan na
pilae
chëch, na në wèhènchiopànkw na në
English:
Then he told the girl “You should go with us.” Then he told the boy
Lenape:
Na tëlan na xkwechëcha “Kwicheihëna a.” Na hùnt tëlawa na
pilae
chëcha,
English:
A long time ago when I was a boy
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe ènta
pilae
chëchiane
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nisha hùnt wënichanëna, xkwechëch òk
pilae
chëch.
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nisha hùnt wënichanëna, xkwechëch òk
pilae
chëch.
English:
and the boy had all kinds of thoughts.
Lenape:
òk mësilitehe na
pilae
chëch.
English:
a short distance away, and their little son who was just
Lenape:
paliichi, òk kwitëtëwoo hùnt tànktitu na
pilae
chëch,
English:
but the boy did not want to go home because they had blackened his face.
Lenape:
shëk na
pilae
chëch ku winki machi èli mah sëkënëmën në wëshkinkw.
English:
But that is what he had told me, he told me that now it comes from this boy when he was there
Lenape:
Shùk na yukwe nëni ntihëlùkwën, ntëlùkw she lah ne yukwe wënchixën yuni ènta në
pilae
chëch witèt.
English:
the boy was fifteen years old.
Lenape:
tèlën òk palenàxk kahtënamu na
pilae
chëch.
