Search Results of "kawi" Lenape to English

English:he sleeps

Lenape:kawi

Possible Word Results

English:bedroom

Lenape:èhènta kawink

English:where one sleps; bedroom

Lenape:èhènta kawink

English:where one sleeps; bedroom

Lenape:èhènta kèhkawink

English:bedroom

Lenape:ènta kèxkawink

English:those who are asleep

Lenape:kawichik

English:when we sleep

Lenape:kawienk (w. enta)

English:are you asleep?

Lenape:kawi hèch?

English:he sleeps just a short time; he goes to sleep quickly

Lenape:kawihële

English:you people sleep

Lenape:kawihëmo

English:we sleep (incl.)

Lenape:kawihëna

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Sentence Results

English:The woman went into the bedroom.

Lenape:Ehènta kawink e na xkwe.

English:When he began to fall asleep.

Lenape:Enta alëmi kawit.

English:You sleep of the ground (or floor).

Lenape:Hakink kawi.

English:He must want to sleep.

Lenape:Kahta èt kawi.

English:He wants to sleep.

Lenape:Kahta hùnt kawi.

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Story Results

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:That’s why when I used to sleep they really crowded me up, that’s why my shoulders are like that.

Lenape:ènta kawiya ntahi tahchikakok nàni wùnchi linakwsineyo kena nhòpikònàk.

English:The owl must have been jealous because he saw where the man was sleeping.

Lenape:Kànku èt mah na kukhus èli mah neyot na lënu ènta kawit.

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