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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 seine; we fish with a net
Lenape:answehëna [via]

Comments

/m/ is elided before /n/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
answehëna
Structure:
answ-e-hm-nan
Meaning:
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