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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "may" Lenape to English
English:
go (and do something)
Lenape:
may
Possible Word Results
English:
he is wasteful
Lenape:
a
may
ahkitu
English:
he is wasteful; he is reckless
Lenape:
a
may
ahkitun
English:
he is wasteful
Lenape:
a
may
akitu
English:
he is reckless
Lenape:
a
may
àksu
English:
he talks recklessly
Lenape:
a
may
aktunhe
English:
he talks recklessly
Lenape:
a
may
ànktunhe
English:
not quite
Lenape:
ku
may
ay
English:
he is assured; he is satisfied (mentally)
Lenape:
may
aelìntàm
English:
on the right
Lenape:
may
ai
English:
it went properly
Lenape:
may
aihële
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Sentence Results
English:
He wastes food.
Lenape:
A
may
àkitun mehëmichink.
English:
He wastes money.
Lenape:
A
may
àkitun moni.
English:
He wants to go on a vision quest.
Lenape:
Kahta
may
linkwehële.
English:
Do to want to go see the dead deer?
Lenape:
Kata hàch
may
neyo naka ahtuho?
English:
Do you want to go see the dead elk?
Lenape:
Kata hàch
may
neyo naka musa?
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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:
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:
Oh, he was simply told, “You can’t do anything, go on off,
Lenape:
E, ksini lan, "Ta ku ki kèku kàski lësi,
may
ikali a kta
English:
When she went to bathe she was naked.
Lenape:
Enta
may
tixëmwit supsu.
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