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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 are wearing boots
Lenape:mputsahëmahëna [via]

Comments

Based on English borrowing: "boots."
/n/ coalesces with /m/ to form a single unit: /m/.
/mp/ creates a single sound much like /b/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/ of the MP suffix.
The /m/ of this suffix is elided before /n/.
The first person plural suffix /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
mputsahëmahëna
Structure:
n-mputsahëma-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-wear.boots-MP-1.pl