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By English WORD or PHRASE
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Search Results of "shè" Lenape to English
English:
here
Lenape:
shè
Possible Word Results
English:
he is persistent
Lenape:
ahamëshèksu
English:
he talks persistently
Lenape:
ahamëshèktunhe
English:
he is a persistent talker
Lenape:
ahamëshèktunhèt
English:
cut it square
Lenape:
ahàshaèshëm
English:
it is difficult for me to chew
Lenape:
ahchinki nshëshkòmwi
English:
tickle him!
Lenape:
ahkanshën
English:
to tickle someone
Lenape:
ahkanshëna
English:
I tickle you
Lenape:
ahkanshënël
English:
he is tickling me
Lenape:
ahkanshënùkw
English:
brush arbor
Lenape:
ahkanshëwikaon
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Sentence Results
English:
It is difficult for me to chew because my teeth were pulled.
Lenape:
Ahchinki nshëshkòmwi èli nipita kchihëleyok.
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
Ahopeyu wa
she
skìnu.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan ènta kshëlàntèk.
English:
Is there anyone here who can speak English?
Lenape:
Ahpu hàch awèn kèski shë
she
wanahkwit?
English:
This box is square.
Lenape:
Ahshae yu
she
puhwexòkw.
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Story Results
English:
11. A pregnant woman should not look at a rabbit. When her child is born the child will be hare-lipped like a rabbit.
Lenape:
11. Kètanichnit xkwe matàch pwënao chëmamës. Enta wëlahëlat na mwimëntëta kòhshëtune na mimëntët alàshi chëmamës.
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 alalehëlexèt èli na mimëntët wëshkinko xu shëshawëshkinkwe, linakòt awèn mèchi mata ahpi.
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 yu
she
xkwithakamika xu na muxumsëna na tëntay làpi mwilao na awèn.
English:
20. A menstruating woman should not go into the Big House, nor dance in the Doll Dance. she is in her menstrual period, and that will make unclean the things that are good.
Lenape:
20. Alëwixënit xkwe matàch tëmike xinkwikaonink tali, shëtako këntkate òhtas këntkan. Nisksu na xkwe, òk niskitun wèmi kèku weltëk.
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