Detailed Entry Information

English:we did not give you

Lenape:këmilëlhùmëna (w. neg.) [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /k/ and /m/, (2) between /h/ and /m/, and (3) between /m/ and /n/.
The second of these insertions is rounded to /ù/ before /m/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:

ku këmilëlhùmëna

Structure:

ku k-mil-ël-hm-nan

Meaning:

not 2-give-1.agt-MP-1.pl