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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
I tell of him
Lenape:
ntachima [vta]
Comments
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.
Note: some speakers omit the morphophonemic /-t-/, creating a new form /nachima/.
Analysis
Form:
ntachima
Structure:
n-t-achim-a-w
Meaning:
1-MP-tell.of-dir-3