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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "amu" Lenape to English
English:
he gets up
Lenape:
amu
Possible Word Results
English:
he dozes
Lenape:
ah
amu
nkxu
English:
he dozes off while sitting up
Lenape:
ah
amu
nkxu
English:
we discuss; we talk about
Lenape:
ahkënutàmuhëna
English:
they practice singing (only used for Big House Church)
Lenape:
ahkwètal
amu
wàk
English:
he walks about
Lenape:
ahp
amu
xwe
English:
greyhounds
Lenape:
ahtuxàmuk
English:
Golden Eagles
Lenape:
aihàmuk
English:
bitches (female dogs) in heat; promiscuous women
Lenape:
aimalàxàmuk
English:
they all got up (as a group)
Lenape:
amu
ltuwàk
English:
he talks loudly; she has a high pitched voice
Lenape:
amu
nktunhe
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Sentence Results
English:
The boy is about seven years old.
Lenape:
Ahpami èt nishash kahtën
amu
na pilaechëch.
English:
He is about twenty years old.
Lenape:
Ahpami nishintxke kahtën
amu
.
English:
You are just like a thief!
Lenape:
Alashi kèhk
amu
tkèt ta ki!
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
Alëwi apuwawtu në utènink awèn mhal
amu
su.
English:
It is cheaper for a person to buy them in town.
Lenape:
Alëwi apuwawtu në utènink awèn mhal
amu
su.
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Story Results
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 pwën
amu
mehëmichink mata michiwën èli xu na mimëntët ahpimshkinkwe.
English:
18. One should not eat or drink outside after dark without first giving a small bit, placed on the ground, for the departed.
Lenape:
18. Matàch awèn mitsi òk mëne piskewëni kochëmink kënch ta hìtami sukalètàmu në mehëmichink òk në mehëmënink èli yuki nèlkahkonkwik kotatàmëneyo hùnt.
English:
21. A person should not use salt in Feast food (a Feast for the departed) or in food eaten after a peyote meetings. (These foods are cooked without salt and no salt is used before eating.)
Lenape:
21. Matàch awèn hnakat
amu
sikhay ènta wihunkèt shëtako ènta kìshi michihtit mpisun.
English:
30. It was said long ago by the elders that when a person hears a little bird named a wren soon someone will visit us, it was said by the old Delawares.
Lenape:
30. Luwèn hùnt lòmëwe yuki kìkayàk ènta awèn pëntaote na chulëntët hinutët èluwènsit xuniti xu awèn kiikàmùkuna, luwèn hànkw yuki xuwi Lënapeyunkahke.
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