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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:stay with us
Lenape:witaeminèn [vta]

Historical Example

witawemineen [1755] stay by us

Comments

The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-n/ in final position after /-ne/.
The /e/ of /-ne- is laxed in a closed syllable.
Notes: (1) the first person patient suffix implies a second person agent, (2) subordinative forms are triggered by words like /na/ "now."

Analysis

Form:
na witaeminèn
Structure:
na witaem-i-ne-nan
Meaning:
now stay.with-1.pat-subord-1.pl