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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
small brown butterfly; little owl; burrowing owl (ME & WT only)
Lenape:
kukhutët [na]
Historical Example
kookhootit [1770] a little owl
Comments
The /t/ of the diminutive suffix supplants final /s/ of the noun root.
Analysis
Form:
kukhutët
Structure:
kukhus-tët
Meaning:
owl-dim
