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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
he accompanies an atehumwit
Lenape:
wètekasu [via]
Comments
Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.
Used only of the man who accompanies a woman when she sings her vision song in Big House church.
Analysis
Form:
wètekasu
Structure:
wèteka-ësi-w
Meaning:
accompany-vb-3