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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 look at him
Lenape:mpënawënàch [vta]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
The expected sequence /aw-a/ is reduced to /aw/; unique to verbs ending in /aw/ if more than one suffix follows.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /w/ and /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position, and the future clitic is added as though to a fully inflected form.

Analysis

Form:
mpënawënàch
Structure:
n-pënaw-a-w-nàn-ch
Meaning:
1-look.at.one-dir-3-1.pl+fut