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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
I am seen
Lenape:
nèhkwësi [via]
Comments
/nn/ coalesces to a single occurrence /n/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the inverse suffix is elided.
/w/ of the root is devoiced and realized as /h/ before /k/, and the preceding vowel is laxed in a closed syllable.
Stress falls on the penult.
Analysis
Form:
nèhkwësi
Structure:
n-new-ëkw-ësi
Meaning:
n-see-inv-vb