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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "ènta" Lenape to English
English:
when; where
Lenape:
ènta
Possible Word Results
English:
when I go
Lenape:
aan (w.
enta
)
English:
he is in pain; he is hurting
Lenape:
ahelëntàm
English:
pain
Lenape:
ahelëntàmëwakàn
English:
to count; to read; count it; read it
Lenape:
ahkënta
English:
read it to me
Lenape:
ahkëntai
English:
to count it; to read it
Lenape:
ahkëntamën
English:
he counts it for me
Lenape:
ahkëntayahùkw
English:
one who is blind; when he was blind
Lenape:
ahkèpinkòt (w/
enta
)
English:
when he was blind
Lenape:
ahkèpinkwèt (w.
enta
)
English:
when he reads
Lenape:
ahkimat (w/
enta
)
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Sentence Results
English:
He was a great man in his lifetime.
Lenape:
Ahìnu naka lënuwa ènta lehëlexèt.
English:
Count the rocks.
Lenape:
Ahkënta nèk ahsëna.
English:
It is difficult when one wants to say something.
Lenape:
Ahòt ènta awèn kèku kahta luwèt.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan ènta kshëlàntèk.
English:
Hurry and come here.
Lenape:
Alàpsi wëntaxa.
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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:
11. A pregnant woman should not look at a rabbit. When her child is born the child will be hare-lipped like a rabbit.
Lenape:
11. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënao chëmamës.
Enta
wëlahëlat na mwimëntëta kòhshëtune na mimëntët alàshi chëmamës.
English:
15. A person should not ask a dog questions because if they answer you will die. [Nora did add that it was okay to talk to a dog, just do not ask a question.]
Lenape:
15. Matàch awèn tutëmao mwekaneyo ènta na mwekane naxkumënt awèn xu ànkël.
English:
16. No one should eat a gizzard until she is an old woman or old man or it is said their face will become wrinkled.
Lenape:
16. Matàch awèn michi tësi kënch ta kìkuwi xkwe òk kìkuwi lënu ènta xu nèl wëshkinko pisële hùnd.
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