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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
they gather berries; they pick up wampum beads in the Big House
Lenape:
mawënsuwàk [via]
Comments
/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /u/ and /à/.
Analysis
Form:
mawënsuwàk
Structure:
mawënsi-w-àk
Meaning:
gather.berries-3-pl.anim