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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

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English:we danced the raccoon dance together
Lenape:nahënëmkahtihëna [via]

Comments

/nn/ coalesces to a single occurrence /n/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
nahënëmkatihëna
Structure:
n-nahënëmka-ti-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-raccoon.dance-recip-MP-1.pl