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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:I do not live with you people
Lenape:witawsuhulhùmo (w. neg.) [vta]

Comments

Note: a second person prefix /k-/ is expected but omitted; similarly a negative suffix is expected between the first person suffix and the MP suffix, but the negative particle /ku/ is used alone.

Analysis

Form:
ku witawsuhulhùmo
Structure:
ku witawsuh-ël-hm-waw
Meaning:
not live.with-1.agt-MP-2pl