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Lenape Talking Dictionary
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Search Results of "pële" Lenape to English
English:
Fowl (Turkey) clan of the Lenape
Lenape:
pële
Possible Word Results
English:
they think strangely of him
Lenape:
chipelëmawa
English:
they think strangely of them
Lenape:
chipelëmawoo
English:
aspirin
Lenape:
èspëlën
English:
you think strangely of him
Lenape:
kchipelëma
English:
hoe
Lenape:
kwipëlënay
English:
hoes
Lenape:
kwipëlënaya
English:
underpants
Lenape:
lamunkpëlëchis
English:
underpants (pl.)
Lenape:
lamunkpëlëchisa
English:
he wears out his pants
Lenape:
mètpëlëchise
English:
my pepper (black pepper)
Lenape:
mpèpëlëm
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Sentence Results
English:
I put on green pants.
Lenape:
Askàskwèk pëlëchis ika ntatu.
English:
Oh, it rained hard and repeatedly there was thunder and lightning.
Lenape:
E, kshilan òk sasapëlehële òk pèpèthakhòn.
English:
The dog heard the hoe when it fell over.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pwëntàmën në kwipëlënay ènta amwihëlèk.
English:
The boy wants an apple.
Lenape:
Na pilaecëch kahtale apëlësha.
English:
Then I told Jim on the telephone that there was repeatedly lightning and thunder here last night.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim ntëla ènta sëkahsënink sasapëlehële mah òk pèpèthakhòn yu tali welakwike.
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Story Results
English:
a hoe so they could use them. Then they (the chiefs) just hung them on their necks. Nora: Uh-huh, I heard that.
This might sound like a strange thing to do but in those days the ax heads and hoe heads were much smaller and the early Lenape probably thought they looked like some type of pendant, especially since they were not hafted (they did not come with a handle attached).
Lenape:
kwipëlënay òk kènu wënchi hnakatàmëneyo. Na hùnt kaksini ukwènineyo. Nora: Uh-huh, ntëlsìtàm.
English:
It was the old type of hoe like they used before they
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èt kwipëlënay ènta hnakatèmën ènta kwipëlënay nèkao
English:
Then she got her hoe and then went to the garden.
Lenape:
Na wètënëmën èt ma kwipëlënay, na ìka è hakihakànink.
English:
Turkey-Clan and Wolf-Clan then again Turtle-clan people.
Lenape:
Pëleyok òk Tùkwsitàk na làpi Pukuànkuwàk.