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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "kwëni" Lenape to English
English:
long
Lenape:
kwëni
Possible Word Results
English:
fishing net
Lenape:
ahkwënikàn
English:
fishing nets
Lenape:
ahkwënikàna
English:
whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus)
Lenape:
chëkwënilhwia
English:
whip-poor-will's song (recording of his song only)
Lenape:
chëkwënilhwia pe asuwit
English:
around his neck
Lenape:
hùkwèni
English:
on his neck
Lenape:
hùkwènin
English:
several days (later)
Lenape:
kèxukwëni
English:
during the day
Lenape:
kishkwëni
English:
you glue it
Lenape:
kpsàkwëni
English:
you lead me by the hand
Lenape:
ksakakwëni
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Sentence Results
English:
Do not curse or you will have pus on your neck.
Lenape:
Kàchi këlukeyàn, xu mëli kukwèni.
English:
They gathered wood for a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni manaxeyok.
English:
We have waited a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni mpehëwehëna.
English:
In the evening she came to visit her father.
Lenape:
Lòkwëni kiikàmao nèl uxò.
English:
He gave him the neckerchief he had around his own neck.
Lenape:
Mwilao në akontpèpi nèka hukwènit.
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Story Results
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.
English:
are there in the sky in the Autumn."
Lenape:
ahpihtit mushhakunk tahkokwëni."
English:
because several days later all the babies got sick, and finally they died.
Lenape:
èli kèxukwëni wèmi palsuwàk mimëntëtàk, xantki ànkëluk.
English:
watch over us day by day so that we can walk
Lenape:
kenahkihinèn kwëni kishukw tìlìch kàski ahpamskanèn
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