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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 am clean
Lenape:mpilsi [via]

Comments

/n/ assimilates to /p/ and is realized as /m/.
Unstressed /ë/ is elided.

Analysis

Form:
mpilsi
Structure:
n-pil-ësi
Meaning:
1-clean-vb