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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:they are all staying with each other (not in the sense of living together; but just staying with)
Lenape:witaèntin [vta]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/m/ assimilates to /t/ and is realized as /n/.
Third person /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.
Note: subordinative forms are triggered by words such as /na/ "then."

Analysis

Form:
na witaèntin
Structure:
na witaèm-ëti-ne
Meaning:
then stay.with-recip-subord.3