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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Search Results of "lè" Lenape to English
English:
it happened; it is true
Lenape:
lè
Possible Word Results
English:
he coughs repeatedly
Lenape:
ahapchihë
le
English:
they scattered
Lenape:
ahasehë
le
yok
English:
he moved backwards repeatedly; he slid back repeatedly
Lenape:
ahashahë
le
English:
he does wrong
Lenape:
ahchànilësu
English:
he is in pain; he is hurting
Lenape:
ahelëntàm
English:
pain
Lenape:
ahelëntàmëwakàn
English:
time of excitement
Lenape:
ahilèk
English:
he is proud
Lenape:
ahilënsu
English:
his illness is worse
Lenape:
ahilësu
English:
she is dancing in a lively manner
Lenape:
ahkanshihë
le
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Sentence Results
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita kchihë
le
yok.
English:
He laughs a lot.
Lenape:
Ahi këkëlëksu.
English:
He was a great man.
Lenape:
Ahìnu naka lënuwa.
English:
He was a great man in his lifetime.
Lenape:
Ahìnu naka lënuwa ènta
le
hë
le
xèt.
English:
The man makes droll remarks.
Lenape:
Ahkikuwe na lënu.
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Story Results
English:
13. A pregnant woman should not look at a departed person as the baby's eyes will spasmodically close, it will look like a person already deceased.
Lenape:
13. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënaiyo awèn ala
le
hë
le
xèt èli na mimëntët wëshkinko xu shëshawëshkinkwe, linakòt awèn mèchi mata ahpi.
English:
16. No one should eat a gizzard until she is an old woman or old man or it is said their face will become wrinkled.
Lenape:
16. Matàch awèn michi tësi kënch ta kìkuwi xkwe òk kìkuwi lënu ènta xu nèl wëshkinko pisë
le
hùnd.
English:
18. One should not eat or drink outside after dark without first giving a small bit, placed on the ground, for the departed.
Lenape:
18. Matàch awèn mitsi òk mëne piskewëni kochëmink kënch ta hìtami sukalètàmu në mehëmichink òk në mehëmënink èli yuki nèlkahkonkwik kotatàmëneyo hùnt.
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.
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