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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 looks at us
Lenape:mpënakuna [vta]

Historical Example

mpennaguna [1755] he looks at us

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
The sequence /awë/ is realized as /a/; the process is unique to verbs ending in /aw/.
/w/ is vocalized as /u/ between consonants.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
mpënakuna
Structure:
n-pënaw-ëk-w-nan
Meaning:
1-look.at.one-inv-3-1.pl