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7 Story Sentence Search Results For "xes"
English:
23. When a person is pitiful and loses a relative a hide, a deerskin string, is tied around his or her wrist. (The string should not be removed, but be allowed to wear off.)
Lenape:
23. Enta awèn tëmaksite ànkhilate elànkumàki kënch ta xès, ahtuhwi xès, ika hatakwe nòxkink tali.
English:
he wore a bear skin. In his hand he held
Lenape:
ahku màxkwi xès. Këlënëm
English:
They used those fur-bearing animals for their pelts
Lenape:
Hnàkatamëneyo nèki wixëwësichik aèsìsàk tòxèsëmëwo
English:
men; and Wehixamukes went along with them.
Lenape:
lënuwàk òk na Wehixamuxès wìchi wite.
English:
Then they did not take the hide off but cut it into very small pieces. Then they [the Delawares] looked good at it.
Lenape:
Na mayay hùnt mata ènta paxkihëlak në xès mayay tànkiti kwishkshawòò. Na hùnt pihpënaneyo.
English:
They thought that the land was only to be as big as the hide they put on the ground but it was a big piece.
Lenape:
ntalìte na në shùk xès na kahta halaneyo hàkink èt mah na xinkwi hàki.
English:
He had on hide leggings and he had something green he was wearing on his neck.
Lenape:
Xèsii kakuna ika hatu òk àskàskwe yukwe yushe tëli hùkwenin hùnt.