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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:those things made me sick (but not by disease)
Lenape:nëmahchihkwëna [vti]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /n/ and /m/, also between /w/ and /n/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the inverse suffix is elided.
Inanimate /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ before inanimate plural.

Analysis

Form:
nëmahchihkwëna
Structure:
n-mahchih-ëkw-ne-a
Meaning:
1-make.sick-inv-inan-pl.inan