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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

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English:their fires
Lenape:wtënteyëmëwoo [ni]

Comments

Root-final /w/ of the noun is elided between vowels, and /y/ is inserted as a transition sound between /e/ and /ë/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /w/.
Two sequences of /wa/ are realized as /o/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and the /oo/ sequence.

Analysis

Form:
wtënteyëmëwoo
Structure:
w-tëntew-ëm-waw-a
Meaning:
3-fire-poss-3pl-pl.inan