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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:deer
Lenape:ahtu(hw) [na]
Associated image for entry 'deer'

Historical Example

Atto [1633]
Hartw [1648]
attoon [1684] buck, deer
àhtòh [1755]
Auhtóá [1824] deer

Comments

Note: Stress falls on the final syllable. (At an earlier stage of the language there was an additional syllable, making the stress pattern "normal" at that stage.) The final /hw/ is heard very faintly.

Analysis

Form:
ahtuhw
Structure:
ahtuhw
Meaning:
deer