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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "alà" Lenape to English
English:
stop
Lenape:
alà
Possible Word Results
English:
type of bird (possibly a nuthatch)
Lenape:
ahapch
ala
mwis
English:
type of bird, sp. ?
Lenape:
ahapch
ala
mwis
English:
type of birds, sp. ?
Lenape:
ahapch
ala
mwisàk
English:
they practice singing (only used for Big House Church)
Lenape:
ahkwèt
ala
muwàk
English:
singing practice held at the Big House (during the day)
Lenape:
ahkwèt
ala
mwin
English:
he gave him a difficult task
Lenape:
aholuk
ala
o
English:
he made him rich
Lenape:
ahopeih
ala
o
English:
bitch (female dog) in heat; a promiscuous woman
Lenape:
aimalàxàm
English:
bitches (female dogs) in heat; promiscuous women
Lenape:
aimalàxàmuk
English:
he cannot read
Lenape:
ala
ahkënsu
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Sentence Results
English:
The man stops swimming.
Lenape:
Ala
ashëwil na lënu.
English:
The cloud looks like it is gray.
Lenape:
Alàhshi wipunkòn në kùmhòkw.
English:
I am sorry I stepped on you.
Lenape:
Alàkwi ktaphìkul.
English:
I will go to town tomorrow morning if it does not rain.
Lenape:
Alàpàch utènink nta mata sukëlanu.
English:
Will it be again tomorrow?
Lenape:
Alàpa hèch làpi? {DN}
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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:
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
ala
lehëlexèt èli na mimëntët wëshkinko xu shëshawëshkinkwe, linakòt awèn mèchi mata ahpi.
English:
28. In the spring in the woods (when the sap rises) a person should cut the wild grape vine and saturate the hair (with the sap) because the elders say, "Soon the hair will grow long like a grape vine."
Lenape:
28. Sikònke awèn tekënink eyok kishkshëmën në wisahkimi, skàpënëmën në mwilàxk èli luweyok yuki kikayàk, "Xuniti në mwilàxk xu alàshi kwënikën në mwilàxk alàshi wisahkimi.
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