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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 clean it
Lenape:mpilitunèn [vti]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-n/ in final position after /-ne/.
/e/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
mpilitunèn
Structure:
n-pilitu-ne-nan
Meaning:
1-clean.it-inan-1.pl