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25 Story Sentence Search Results For "pilaechech"
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 pilaechëchàk 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 pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch.
English:
Then it is said the boy went outside and when he returned again he told his grandmother
Lenape:
Hunt në kwëchin na pilaechëch na tëlan nèl uhëma ènta ktëkit làpi pèchi
English:
they visited the boy's grandmother for many days.
Lenape:
kiikàmëwa nèl na yukwe na pilaechëch uhëma xelukwëni.
English:
The boy said, “I will not give away the Lenape life!"
Lenape:
Luwe na pilaechëch, "Ku ta ?? ta xu mèkënënu Lënapei lehëlexeokàn!"
English:
It is said that boy's grandmother
Lenape:
Luwèn hùnt nàni pilaechëch uhëma
English:
it is said a boy went with these thunders when he wanted it to rain.
Lenape:
luwèn hùnt pilaechëch wite yuk she pèthakhuweyok ènta kahta sukëlank.
English:
Then the boy left when he saw her.
Lenape:
Na alëmske hùnt nàni pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch. Luwe yu lekhikàn Shëwanànkw ta na pilaechëch [Jim Thompson] – Na nàni.
English:
The boy was just now beginning to be able to crawl,
Lenape:
Na na pilaechëch hùnt kënchawèna alëmi kàski ahpamxkwsu
English:
Then the boy told his grandmother, “I really can make it rain.”
Lenape:
Na na pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch, na talëmi sàkwelìntàm,
English:
the boy because that Cuyloga he was called
Lenape:
na pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch, 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 pilaechëcha,
English:
A long time ago when I was a boy
Lenape:
Nìke lòmëwe ènta pilaechëchiane
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nisha hùnt wënichanëna, xkwechëch òk pilaechëch.
English:
She had two children, a girl and a boy.
Lenape:
Nisha hùnt wënichanëna, xkwechëch òk pilaechëch.
English:
and the boy had all kinds of thoughts.
Lenape:
òk mësilitehe na pilaechëch.
English:
a short distance away, and their little son who was just
Lenape:
paliichi, òk kwitëtëwoo hùnt tànktitu na pilaechëch,
English:
but the boy did not want to go home because they had blackened his face.
Lenape:
shëk na pilaechëch 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 pilaechëch witèt.
English:
the boy was fifteen years old.
Lenape:
tèlën òk palenàxk kahtënamu na pilaechëch.