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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 son; their sons
Lenape:kwisëwoo [na]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted between /s/ and /w/.
Both sequences of /wa/ are realized as /o/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /ë/ and the first /o/.
NOTE: The obviative suffix is required to indicate that different third persons are indexed in the prefix and root, but the suffix does not specify the number represented by the root.

Analysis

Form:
kwisëwoo
Structure:
w-kwis-waw-a
Meaning:
3-son-3pl-obv