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Lenape Talking Dictionary

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Alahòtuwàk

They All Hunted . . . Told by Nora Thompson Dean in 1968
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English:
A long time ago when the Delawares lived
Lenape:
Lòmwehkamik ènta yuki Lènapeyòk wikhatihtit
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toward the east in the far away land of Pennsylvania.
Lenape:
wëntahkwi wèhènchiòpànk kithakàna Pennsylvania.
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English:
There must have been many of them at that time, and there must have been
Lenape:
Xaheluk èt mah nìki lëkhìkwi òk èt mah
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many different tribes as well at that time.
Lenape:
pili lakeichik xaheluk nìki lëkhìkwi.
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A person had to always be on the alert,
Lenape:
Kënch awèn nkëme kwèxsite,
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and it must have been difficult for a person to live.
Lenape:
òk èt mah ahot ènta awèn lehëlexe.
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English:
He had to go looking for food because there were not stores
Lenape:
Ènta ntunànk mehëmichink èli màta hate mèmhalëmuntikaona
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like there are now in our lifetime.
Lenape:
alàshi yukwe ènta mèchi pètawsienk.
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English:
The people used the animals, they lived from them.
Lenape:
Nìnhakatamaneyo nèki aèsësàk nal në wënchi wèntawsineyo.
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A person had to hunt all the time to kill deer,
Lenape:
Kënch awèn nkëme alaite hnilate ahtuhuk
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and fish, and the fur-bearing fur-bearing animals.
Lenape:
òk namènsàk òk wixëwësichik aèsësàk.
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They used those fur-bearing animals for their pelts
Lenape:
Hnàkatamëneyo nèki wixëwësichik aèsìsàk tòxèsëmëwo
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when they made clothing, and
Lenape:
ènta manituhtit ehahkwink òk
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bags in which to store grease, and when they made moccasins and other things.
Lenape:
putalasàk òk lènhàksëna, mësi kèku ènta manituhtit.
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The Delaware men camped at many different places,
Lenape:
Mësi òk yuli maikeyòk nèki Lënapei lënuwàk
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at big rivers, and in big forest
Lenape:
xinkwi sipunk òk xinkwi shinkèk
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they all hunted when they wanted to find food.
Lenape:
alahòtuwàk kahta màxkamuk mehëmichink.