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Search Results of "këtëmaksi" Lenape to English
Possible Word Results
English:
the pitiful ones; those who are dead and buried
Lenape:
kètëmaksichik
English:
pitiful one
Lenape:
kètëmaksit
English:
pitiful person
Lenape:
kètëmaksit {DN}
English:
I am pitiful
Lenape:
nkëtëmaksi
English:
we are pitiful
Lenape:
nkëtëmaksihëna
Sentence Results
English:
Do not abuse a pitiful dog.
Lenape:
Kàchi mësi lihao kètëmaksit mwekane.
English:
We are pitiful now because we have lost so many things.
Lenape:
Mèchi nkëtëmaksihëna ànkhitunèn xahèli kèku.
English:
Now we are already pitiful.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe nkëtëmaksihëna.
Story Results
English:
27. No one should go to sleep with wet hair because the departed people will say, "Oh, this person has come to see us (in the spirit world)!" Soon the person will sicken and die. (This comes from that fact that when a person dies, and the body is washed, so also is the hair).
Lenape:
27. Matàch awèn kawi ènta skàpantpat èli yuki kètëmaksichik awènik luweyok, "O, pèchi èt may nèhkuna washe awèn." Xuniti na awèn palsu òk ànkël.
English:
8. A person should not crack nuts after nightfall, it is said the departed people will want them.
Lenape:
8. Matàch awèn pahkàsi piskewëni, kètëmaksichik awènik kotatàmëneyo hùnt.