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Lenape Talking Dictionary

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By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:to have her first menstrual period
Lenape:kukhusi

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This means the first time in her life that a girl has her period. It is built on the name for an owl because in the old way the girl was secluded at that time. It is not used for the first day of a womans monthly period.