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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:you talk about him
Lenape:ktakima [vta]

Comments

There is also a restriction that goes with that because it can mean, "You talk about a deceased person so strongly or so much that you pull him out of the dirt." This is said of what happens when you talk about a departed person and the one talking starts shaking, etc., caused by the spirits being too close to him. That seems to go with the prohibition about saying the names of departed people especially late in the day or evening or especially nighttime.

Analysis

Form:
ktakima
Structure:
k-t-akim-a-w
Meaning:
2-MP-talk.about-dir-3