Detailed Entry Information

English:they could do nothing

Lenape:kwila lësuwàk [via]

/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound in the resulting /ua/ sequence.

Form:

kwilalìsuwàk

Structure:

kwilalìsi-w-àk

Meaning:

do.nothing-3-pl.anim