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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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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