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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:she is dancing the raccoon dance
Lenape:nahënëmke [via]

Comments

The vowel of this verb mutates to /e/ before third person /w/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
nahënëmke
Structure:
nahënëm-ka-w
Meaning:
raccoon-dance-3