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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

Detailed Entry Information

English:louse

Lenape:xaihu [na]

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:

xaihu

Structure:

xaihuw

Meaning:

louse

This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers 0214422, 1064636 & 1562883

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