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Lenape Talking Dictionary

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By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Hakihakànink

In The Garden - Conversation between Nora Dean and Lucy Blalock . . . 1964 . . . [Original sound file is from an 8 mm movie film.]
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There are strawberries here,
Lenape:
Nora: Tehim yushe tali,
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English:
and onions, and these
Lenape:
òk ulepënàk, òk yuki
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English:
peas. They are already tall
Lenape:
tùkòlàkwsita. Mèchi yushe kwënahukuk
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English:
potatoes. The white people say, "Irish potatoes."
Lenape:
hopënisàk. Shëwanàkw luwe, "Irish potatoes."
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English:
The Delawares brought (these) grasses a while ago,
Lenape:
Wàni Lënape wèski pwètuneyo skiko.
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English:
I wish I owned a cow,
Lenape:
Kwèlaha wèhshùmwis nulhala,
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English:
then I would graze her there.
Lenape:
Na hànk ntiasin në ta tali.
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English:
The grass is overgrown. Um, there is a lot there,
Lenape:
Lucy: [Apt]alskwe. N: Um, xaheli yushe tali,
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[because] it was put there what white people call, "Fertilizer."
Lenape:
ikahatasu Shëwanàkw luweyok, "Fertilizer."
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English:
It looks good. Um-huh. It looks like it will rain. It will rain again.
Lenape:
L: Wëlinakòt. N: Um-huh. Alàshi xu sukëlan. L: Sukëlan làpi.
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When there is a big wind, are you too afraid of it?
Lenape:
N: Enta xinkwi kshàxink, kèpe hàch kwitàmën nën?
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No, I am not very afraid.
Lenape:
L: Ku ta, Ntahi kwitamu.
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Here is some Lamb's Quarters [a plant]. Have you ever eaten this? L: Um-huh.
Lenape:
N: Shè lah yu xkànësak. Këmihëmichi hàch yushe? L: Um-huh.
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What is this? Seems like a gourd, or maybe not?
Lenape:
N: Kèku hàch yushe? Alàshi a ta xkànakhàkw, shihàch ku? L: Um-huh.
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Is that Shëwàsko? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: White people call it "Dock." Um-huh, it tastes good.
Lenape:
L: Shëwàsko hàch nën? N: Shëwàsko, um-huh. L: Shëwanàkw tëluwèntàmën "Dock." N: Um-huh, winkanu.
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Look at this copper, or is it? A rope, perhaps.
Lenape:
Pëna yushe màxkahsën, shihàch ku? L: Alàhshi tùkòpi, konaèt.
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L: A cat is washing his face. I have heard what the old people said, "When a cat is washing his face
Lenape:
L: Pushis ksinkwe. Ni mpihpëntàmëmën luweyok awèninkahke, "Ènta na pushis ksinkwèt
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English:
you will have someone visit, someone will visit you from way off."
Lenape:
kata xu kiikàmëke, awèni xu kiikàmùkw òhëlëmi wènchiaichi."