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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:my knife
Lenape:mpaxkshikàn {DN} [ni]

Historical Example

Paxickan [1648] knife
pocksucan [1684] knife
mpachkschikan [1755] my knife
Pohkesheekun [1824] knife

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.

Analysis

Form:
mpàxkshikàn
Structure:
n-pàxkshikàn
Meaning:
1-knife