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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:in the garden
Lenape:hakihakànink

Historical Example

hackihakkanink [1760] on the plantation

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between the second root and the suffix; the sound is raised to /i/ before /n/ in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
hakihakànink
Structure:
haki-hakàn-nk
Meaning:
ground-planting-loc