Detailed Entry Information

English:they eat

Lenape:mitsuwàk [via]

English:The birds came to get something to eat.

Lenape:Nèk chulënsàk pèchi mai mitsuwàk.

/iw/ is realized as /u/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between the resulting /u/ and /a/ of the plural suffix.

Form:

mitsuwàk

Structure:

mitsi-w-àk

Meaning:

eat-3-pl.anim