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13 Story Sentence Search Results For "shewan"
English:
as it is called by the White people, and in addition
Lenape:
ehëluwèntànk wàni shëwanakw; òk naheli
English:
potatoes. The white people say, "Irish potatoes."
Lenape:
hopënisàk. Shëwanàkw luwe, "Irish potatoes."
English:
[because] it was put there what white people call, "Fertilizer."
Lenape:
ikahatasu Shëwanàkw luweyok, "Fertilizer."
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:
Is that Shëwàsko? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: White people call it "Dock." Um-huh, it tastes good.
Lenape:
L: Shëwàsko hàch nën? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: Shëwanàkw tëluwèntàmën "Dock." N: Um-huh, winkanu.
English:
they held a council. They went after the deceased woman and brought her. The deceased one
Lenape:
na achimulsahtuwàk hùnt. Na nalan naka xkweyo na pèshëwan. Kèku èt ma waka
English:
Then the white man told them, “No, that is not the way to use them when you wear them on your neck.
Lenape:
Na hùnt tëlan na Shëwanàkw, "Aku, në kènu tìli hnakatàmuwën ènta hukwèniya.
English:
Then the white man said, “This is how it is done when you plant or when you hoe.
Lenape:
Na hùnt tëlan na Shëwanàkw, "Shè hànk yu lënasu (ènta) xkumiane kèku wënchi lakehëman.
English:
Then he adopted that boy. The book says the boy was a white person. [Jim Thompson] – That’s it.
Lenape:
Na laphala na pilaechëch. Luwe yu lekhikàn Shëwanànkw ta na pilaechëch [Jim Thompson] – Na nàni.
English:
The White man began to say something
Lenape:
Na Shëwanàkw tòlëmi lan, kèku lan
English:
and when said my 'white person' name is Nora Thompson Dean.
Lenape:
òk èntà Shëwànàhkwi luwènsià luwèsi Norà Thompson Deàn.
English:
and when my "White person" name is said my name is Nora Thompson Dean.
Lenape:
òk ènta Shëwànahkwi luwènsia ntëluwèsi Nora Thompson Dean.
English:
"Oh," the Whiteman said to him, "You are Delaware!" [Thinking the Lenape word "ntëluwèn" sounded like "Delaware."]
Lenape:
"O," tëlan na Shëwanàkw, "Ki èt 'Delaware!'"
