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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
wealthy man
Lenape:
ahopeìnu [na]
Comments
Initial /l/ of "man" is dropped in compounding.
/w/ is elided between vowels, and the double occurrence of /i/ coalesces to a single occurrence..
Analysis
Form:
ahopeìnu
Structure:
ahopewi-lìnu
Meaning:
be.wealthy-man