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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:I cleaned him
Lenape:mpiliha [vta]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
mpiliha
Structure:
n-pil-ih-a-w
Meaning:
1-clean-vb-dir-3