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Search Results of "pè" Lenape to English
English:
he comes; he arrives
Lenape:
pè
Possible Word Results
English:
crow's song (recording of his song only)
Lenape:
ahas
pe
asuwit
English:
rich person
Lenape:
aho
pe
English:
he made him rich
Lenape:
aho
pe
ihalao
English:
wealthy man
Lenape:
aho
pe
ìnu
English:
wealthy young man
Lenape:
aho
pe
i skìnu
English:
it is strong (a liquid); it is a strong tasting liquid
Lenape:
ahopëwe
English:
wealthy woman
Lenape:
aho
pe
xkwe
English:
he is wealthy; he is rich; he lives a luxurious life
Lenape:
aho
pe
yu
English:
swing (to play on)
Lenape:
ah
pe
hëlikàn
English:
baked potatoes
Lenape:
ahpusichik hopënisàk
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Sentence Results
English:
He has difficulty walking; He can hardly walk.
Lenape:
Ahchinki pëmëske.
English:
Count the apples.
Lenape:
Ahkim yuk apëlìshàk.
English:
If you were rich what would you buy?
Lenape:
Aho
pe
anè a kèku hèch a këmahëlàm?
English:
The coffee tastes strong.
Lenape:
Ahopëwe në kàpi.
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
Aho
pe
yu washe skìnu.
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Story Results
English:
1b. because when he dies he will try to come back (to change his clothes).
Lenape:
1b. èli ènta ànkëlëke làpìch pè.
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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