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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:their mother
Lenape:kohèsëwoo [na]

Historical Example

khahoeesewaawoll [1760] their mother

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /k/; the resulting /wa/ sequence is realized as /o/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /s/ and /w/.
The two sequences of /wa/ are realized as /o/, and an unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound in the resulting /ëo/ sequence.

Analysis

Form:
kohèsëwoo
Structure:
w-kahès-waw-a
Meaning:
3-mother-3pl-obv