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33 Story Sentence Search Results For "min"
English:
18. One should not eat or drink outside after dark without first giving a small bit, placed on the ground, for the departed.
Lenape:
18. Matàch awèn mitsi òk mëne piskewëni kochë
min
k kënch ta hìtami sukalètàmu në mehëmichink òk në mehëmënink èli yuki nèlkahkonkwik kotatàmëneyo hùnt.
English:
29. It was said long ago by the Delawares now deceased if a person goes outside or is seated outside, if he hears a Rain Crow (Yellow-Billed Cuckoo, it is named by the old Delawares) he will be lazy all day long.
Lenape:
29. Luwèn hùnt lòmwe yuki Lënapeyunkahke ènta awèn kochë
min
k li ate, shëtako lëmatahpite kochë
min
k, ènta pëntaote na chulëns kaxkhuwes èluwènsik luweyok hùnt kwëti kishkwi awèn nulhànt.
English:
31. When a screech owl comes to your home and and lands outside in a tree where a person lives they say, "Oh, that is not good!" They began to be afraid and they burned some salt and they prayed. That is the way the old Delawares did long ago. (The belief was that he is a messenger of bad news that someone you know or a relative is going to die.)
Lenape:
31. Enta wa chululhuwe pèchi lihëlak hìtkunk tali kochë
min
k ènta awèn wikit luweyok hùnt, "O, mata wëlëtu." Alëmi wishas'hatuwàk, wëlusemëneyo në sikhay òk patamaok. Elaihòsihtit hùnt lòmwe Lënapeyunkahke lòmëwe.
English:
into the council house. There was also a fire in that house.
Lenape:
achimulsikaonink tali. Tëntay òk hatè në wikwahë
min
k tali.
English:
Some of the men are across the river.
Lenape:
Alënte lënuwàk ka
min
k.
English:
I used to hear them say
Lenape:
ehëlìstaok nikahke nkikayuyë
min
ka
English:
Because there might be a few of us in this house who still can
Lenape:
Eli èt kèxihëna yushè wikwahë
min
k kwiakwi kàski
English:
"Oh, the little dog looked so cute.
Lenape:
"E, ninkë
min
akwsitit na mwekane.
English:
That we also will be really happy.
Lenape:
Kèpëna kìchi kulatèna
min
èn.
English:
Take pity on us,
Lenape:
Këtëmakelë
min
èn,
English:
our friends here in this building.
Lenape:
kitisënanàk yushè wikwahë
min
k tali.
English:
He put the rings back in his pocket,
Lenape:
Làpi pòkìtë
min
k hatuna nèl shapwëlënchehuna,
English:
Long ago when the Whiteman first came over to this side of the ocean
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènta pat wa Weòpsit wëntahkwi yu ka
min
k
English:
The old man said, "I met a strange looking person
Lenape:
Luwe naka hilusësa, "Nakiskao kànka
min
akwsit awèn,
English:
Give me those arrows! You are acting foolish in this house!
Lenape:
Mili nèl alunsa! Sòmi kpëchehòsi wikwahë
min
k!
English:
Then when he finished saying that the little dog sat down.
Lenape:
Na ènta kìshi kèku luwèt na chë
min
kwtët lëmatahpu.
English:
When he couldn't find her, he crawled outside. Then he began to cry.
Lenape:
Na kwilao, na ktùxkwsu hùnt na mimëns kòchë
min
k ta. Na mëlimu.
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 chë
min
kwtët.
English:
Then the long-waisted dog stood up and held a little stick in his hand
Lenape:
Na nipu na kwënahakwchat chë
min
kw hìtùkwtët këlënëm
English:
I think they want what we want.
Lenape:
Ntite kahtatàmëneyok kiluna kètatà
min
k.
English:
Father who created us, Creator, have pity on us, all of us,
Lenape:
Nuxa Kishelëmienkw, tëmakelë
min
èn wèmi èntxienkw,
English:
the long-waisted dog arose because it has long been known
Lenape:
pòskwin na kwënahakwchat chë
min
kw èli lòmwe nòchi wahkòt
English:
that the long-waisted dog is smart.
Lenape:
tëli na kwënahakwchat chë
min
kw tëli lëpwein.
English:
so that you take pity on us, all of us, these
Lenape:
tìlìch tëmakelë
min
èn, wèmi èntxienkw, yuki
English:
and her body began to swell.
Lenape:
tòlëmi mahkwisu tuhwèpiyë
min
k.
English:
The long-waisted dog then began to talk and he said,
Lenape:
Tòlëmtunhèn na kwënahakwchat chë
min
kw luwè,
English:
As goodness comes from Heaven
Lenape:
Wëlësëwakàn òs'haka
min
k
English:
everything got scattered. Then the dog yelled at them, and said
Lenape:
wèmi kèku ahasehële. Na na kwënahakchat chë
min
kw lòxkàmao, luwe
English:
So You would help us when,
Lenape:
Wènchi wichë
min
èn ènta,
English:
of those things they picked up and put them on their bodies,
Lenape:
wètënëmuk nèl kwèkunëmëwoo, ikahatuneyo wtuhwèpiyë
min
k,
English:
[Here Nora gives the date in Lenape of the recording of this story]
Winaminke Kishux (when the corn is ripe month)
this is what the Lenape people call August.
Lenape:
Wina
min
ke kishux Lënapeyunkahke èluwèhtit.
English:
He would suddenly stand up and reach into his pocket
Lenape:
Wixkaochi pòskwin pòkìtë
min
k linxke
English:
You be with us when,
Lenape:
Yuh Witae
min
èn ènta,
