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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
we have blue dresses (incl.)
Lenape:
aonhèmpsahëna [via]
Comments
Unstressed /ë/ in /hèmpës/ is elided.
An unrelated /ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.
Analysis
Form:
aonhèmpsahëna
Structure:
aon-hèmpës-a-hm-nan
Meaning:
blue-dress-vb-MP-1.pl