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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "awèn" Lenape to English
English:
person; someone; who
Lenape:
awèn
Possible Word Results
English:
big people
Lenape:
amànki awènik
English:
dead person
Lenape:
ànkëlëk awèn
English:
he came from picking berries
Lenape:
apawënsu
English:
who?
Lenape:
awèn?
English:
deceased person
Lenape:
awèna
English:
Indian (of a tribe not known to the Delawares)
Lenape:
awènhake
English:
among the Indians (of an unknown tribe)
Lenape:
awènhakeike
English:
Indian woman
Lenape:
awènhakèxkwe
English:
Indians (of a tribe not known to the Delawares)
Lenape:
awènhakeyok
English:
person (obv.); whose
Lenape:
awèni
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Sentence Results
English:
These people look strange.
Lenape:
Ahchipinakwsuwàk yuki awènik.
English:
It is difficult when one wants to say something.
Lenape:
Ahòt ènta awèn kèku kahta luwèt.
English:
Is there anyone here who can speak English?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch awèn kèski shëshewanahkwit?
English:
Does anyone here speak Lenape?
Lenape:
Ahpu hèch awèn kèski alënixsit?
English:
She began to make her like a person.
Lenape:
Alëmi wëliha alàshi awèn.
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Story Results
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:
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.
English:
17. A person should not defecate nor urinate in a garden as 'Our Mother Corn' is pure.
Lenape:
17. Matàch awèn ikalìchieyok shki hakihakànink tali, èli wa Kahèsëna Xàskwim pilsu.
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