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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:we will wait for him
Lenape:mpehawënàch [vta]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /w/ and /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position, and the future clitic is attached as though to a fully formed verb.
The /a/ of the first person plural suffix is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
mpehawënàch
Structure:
n-peh-a-w-nan-ch
Meaning:
1-wait-dir-3-1.pl-fut