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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:Indian dice game
Lenape:mamantuhwin [ni]
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Comments

The Indian dice game is played with the pieces in a wooden bowl. The bowl is hit down on a folded blanket causing the dice to jump in the bowl and the score is kept by the way they land.

Inanimate /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
mamantuhwin
Structure:
mamantuhwi-ne
Meaning:
whirl.around-inan