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English:they are rotten (decayed)

Lenape:alëluk [via]

allellul [1770] they (obv.) are rotten

/w/ is vocalized as /u/ in this environment, and /à/ is elided.

Form:

alëluk

Structure:

alël-w-àk

Meaning:

be.rotten-3-pl.anim