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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:I throw water on you people
Lenape:kënuskënëpalhumo [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /k/ and /n/ and (2) between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
The second of these insertions is rounded to /u/ before /m/.
/wa/ is realized as /o/, and /w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
Some speakers omit the first person agent suffix (as in this example).

Analysis

Form:
kënuskënëpalhumo
Structure:
k-nuskënëpal-ël-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-throw.water-1.agt-MP-waw