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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
Indian dice game
Lenape:
mamantuhwin [ni]
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