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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:he made for them
Lenape:mònitawoo

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with /m/ and the resulting /wa/is realized as /o/.
/w/ is elided in final position.
/ww/ coalesces to a single /w/, leaving two /wa/ sequences, both of which are realized as /o/.
An unrelated /w/ is inserted as a transition sound between the remaining /a/ and the final /oo/ sequence.

Analysis

Form:
mònitawoo
Structure:
w-manitaw-a-w-waw
Meaning:
3-make.for-dir-3-3pl