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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:you people are glad
Lenape:kulelìntàmuhëmo

Historical Example

golelentamuhummo [1760] you (pl) are glad

Comments

/ë/ is inserted between /k/ and /w/; the resulting /ëwë/ sequence is realized as /u/.
/ë/ before /n/ is realized as /i/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /h/, also between the /h/ and /m/ of the semantically empty MP suffix.
The first of these inserted sounds is rounded to /u/ following /m/ and is assigned stress.
/wa/ is realized as /o/; /w/ is elided in final position.

Analysis

Form:
kulelìntàmuhëmo
Structure:
k-wëlelëntàm-hm-waw
Meaning:
2-be.glad-MP-2pl