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15 Story Sentence Search Results For "shis"
English:
9. A pregnant woman should not eat anything that (it is suspected) a cat has tasted because a cat has a bad mouth.
Lenape:
9. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch michi mehëmichink na pu
shis
michite èli mahchëtune wa pu
shis
.
English:
When they went to water their horses at the creek, that one old woman
Lenape:
Enta mënihusèhtit sipunk, kwëti na xaw
shis
ës
English:
One of the old women screamed out and said,
Lenape:
Kwëti na xaw
shis
ës xahulamu luwe,
English:
Again they took her to the fire
Lenape:
Làpi tëluxòlawo tënteyunk naka xaw
shis
ësa.
English:
L: A cat is washing his face. I have heard what the old people said, "When a cat is washing his face
Lenape:
L: Pu
shis
ksinkwe. Ni mpihpëntàmëmën luweyok awèninkahke, "Ènta na pu
shis
ksinkwèt
English:
no-good thing into the fire!", but the old woman didn't want to.
Lenape:
mahchikwi kèku tënteyunk!", shek na xaw
shis
ës shinki.
English:
and he went to see his uncle and his aunt and his younger brother
Lenape:
may neyo nèl
shis
a òk nèl kahètëta òk nèl xisëmësa
English:
The old woman walked here and there, saying,
Lenape:
Mësi ahpamske naka xaw
shis
ësa, luwe,
English:
Then they threw that old woman into the fire.
Lenape:
Na ika tëlanihineyo naka xaw
shis
ësa tëntëyunk.
English:
the old man told them, "Go and get that old woman
Lenape:
naka hilusësa tëlao, "Nal na xaw
shis
ës
English:
Those two men drug that old woman
Lenape:
Nèki nisha lënuwàk pwètachilawo naka xaw
shis
ësa
English:
heard a baby crying inside the bundle that the old woman had on her horse's back.
Lenape:
pè mëlimwit lamunkwe wiòhshunink na xaw
shis
ës tòlëmunsa nayuntànk.
English:
She hit the bundle that old woman and she said, "Shut up! You will eat soon!"
Lenape:
Pòkàntàmën në wiòhshun naka xaw
shis
ësa luwe, "Chitkwësi! Xuniti këmitsi!"
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 xaw
shis
ësa.
English:
The old woman begged. She told them,
Lenape:
Winëwe naka xaw
shis
ësa. Tëlawo,