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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "èli" Lenape to English
English:
because
Lenape:
èli
Possible Word Results
English:
he is hurting or aching
Lenape:
ahelìntàm
English:
swing (to play on)
Lenape:
ahpehëlikàn
English:
swing; baby cradle; baby hammock
Lenape:
alapehëlikàn
English:
he left because he hated him
Lenape:
alëmske èli shinkalat
English:
because I can speak Lenape
Lenape:
alënixsia (w. èli)
English:
he has a thin face
Lenape:
aluktëlinkwe
English:
to esteem
Lenape:
aluwelìntàm
English:
extreme pain
Lenape:
amàxahelìntàmëwakàn
English:
to suffer; to be in agony
Lenape:
amëxahu
eli
ntàm
English:
the dead ones
Lenape:
ànkëlichik
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Sentence Results
English:
Tell a story, you know many things.
Lenape:
Achimwi, xah
eli
kèku kuwatu.
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita kchihëleyok.
English:
It tastes very sweet.
Lenape:
Ahi shuk
eli
pukòt.
English:
Count the apples.
Lenape:
Ahkim yuk apëlìshàk.
English:
Is there a warrior here who can call me a coward?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch ila kèski luwihëlit shwilait?
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Story Results
English:
10. A pregnant woman should not eat chicken for if so the baby will tear her up like a chicken looking for food.
Lenape:
10. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch michi tipasi wiyus èli xu tuxkënao alàshi tipas ènta natunink mehëmichink.
English:
12. A pregnant woman should not look at an opossum because the child will look like a opossum.
Lenape:
12. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënaiyo òpinkw èli xu òpinkwinakwsu na mimentët.
English:
13. A pregnant woman should not look at a departed person as the baby's eyes will spasmodically close, it will look like a person already deceased.
Lenape:
13. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënaiyo awèn alalehëlexèt èli na mimëntët wëshkinko xu shëshawëshkinkwe, linakòt awèn mèchi mata ahpi.
English:
14. A pregnant woman should not keep looking at a food which is in sight without eating some because the baby will be cross-eyed.
Lenape:
14. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënamu mehëmichink mata michiwën èli xu na mimëntët ahpimshkinkwe.
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