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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:the pitiful ones; those who are dead and buried
Lenape:kètëmaksichik [na]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ of the verb ending is elided.
Third person conjunct /-t/ mutates to /ch/ before /i/.

Analysis

Form:
kètëmaksichik
Structure:
kètëmakësi-t-ik
Meaning:
be.pitiful-3conj-conj.pl