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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:the way it looks
Lenape:èlinakòt [via]

Historical Example

elinago; elinaquot [1755] how it looks

Comments

Initial /y/ is elided, and the two vowels merge as /è/.
/wa/ is realized as /ò/ and is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
èlinakòt
Structure:
ye-ëlinakw-a-t
Meaning:
IC-look-vb-3conj