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Search Results of "tëntay" Lenape to English
English:
fire
Lenape:
tëntay
Possible Word Results
English:
grandfather fire
Lenape:
mëxumsa tëntay
English:
our grandfather fire
Lenape:
mëxumsëna tëntay
English:
pure fire (one made with a pump drill or flint and steel))
Lenape:
pilsit tëntay
Sentence Results
English:
Put the fire out.
Lenape:
Ateha në tëntay.
English:
Who will go and get some fire?
Lenape:
Awèn hàch a natink tëntay?
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:
into the council house. There was also a fire in that house.
Lenape:
achimulsikaonink tali. Tëntay òk hatè në wikwahëmink tali.
English:
History Room. Then this why this fire is brought [this refers to hot coals from a wood fire]
Lenape:
History Room. Na yushè ènta pètasik yushè tëntay,
English:
Then the dog forgot to bring the fire.
Lenape:
Na na mwekane wànin tìlia pètun tëntay.