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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:he heard it well
Lenape:wëlsìtamën [vti]

Historical Example

wolsettamen [1755] he believes

Comments

/ww/ coalesces to a single occurrence /w/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /n/.
Inanimate /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.
Note: initial /ìs/ of the root "hear" metathesizes to /sì/; the form is used alongside the unmetathesized version /wëlìstamën/.

Analysis

Form:
wëlsìtamën
Structure:
w-wël-ìstam-ne
Meaning:
3-well-hear-inan