Search Results of "luwe" Lenape to English

English:to say

Lenape:luwe

Possible Word Results

English:to esteem

Lenape:aluwelìntàm

English:he has his tail up

Lenape:àspaluwe

English:he walks with his tail up

Lenape:àspaluwèxwe

English:they are sticking out separately

Lenape:chpaluwe

English:what they said

Lenape:ehëluwèhtit

English:what he said

Lenape:ehëluwèt

English:what you said

Lenape:èluweà

English:what they said

Lenape:èluwèhtit

English:what he is called; what he is named

Lenape:èluwènsit

English:what it is called

Lenape:èluwèntasik

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Sentence Results

English:That one has difficulty saying anything.

Lenape:Ahchinki këku luwe nàn.

English:It is difficult when one wants to say something.

Lenape:Ahòt ènta awèn kèku kahta luwèt.

English:Some say medicine (or peyote) songs.

Lenape:Alënte luweyok asuwakàna mpisuni.

English:He said more.

Lenape:Anchi luwe.

English:He said more.

Lenape:ànchi luwe.

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Story Results

English:19. When one brushes ones hair the hair should be put in a fire, and one tells 'Grandpa Fire,' "I give it to you." It is said that when a person leaves this earth 'Grandpa Fire' will give the hair back to that person.

Lenape:19. Enta awèn kìshi chixàmate na mixekàna may ikahatuneyo tënteyunk tali, luweyok "Tatahëlën muxumsa." Enta awèn alëmskate yushe xkwithakamika xu na muxumsëna na tëntay làpi mwilao na awèn.

English:25. A person should not go to sleep with the red paint (used on the faces of dancers, or participants in the Big House Church)on his or her face because the departed people will say, "Oh, this person has come to see us," because when a person leaves this world he or she is painted, and that is the reason they say that.

Lenape:25. Matàch awèn kawi ènta èlahkënate wëshkinkw èli yuki nèlkahkonkwik awènik xu luweyok, "O, pèchi washe awèn nehkuna," èli ènta awèn alëmskat yushe xkwithakamika èlahkënao, nal në wënchi në luweyok.

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: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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