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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:we will kill him
Lenape:nhilawënàch [vta]

Comments

The root is reshaped as /hnil/.
Prefix /n-/ metathesizes with root-initial /h/ and merges with /n/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /w/ and /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ as though in final position,
and to this the future clitic is added. The vowel /a/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
hnilawënàch
Structure:
n-hnil-a-w-nan-ch
Meaning:
1-kill-dir-3-1.pl-fut