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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 found those (inan.)
Lenape:nëmàxkamënèna [vti]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /n/ and /m/, also between /m/ and /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-n/ as though in final position although it is followed by inanimate plural /-a/, which normally occupies the same slot. Compare this form with /nëmàxkamënèn/ "we found it, those."
The vowel of /-ne/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
nëmàxkamënèna
Structure:
n-màxkam-ne-n-a
Meaning:
1-find.it-inan-1.pl-pl.inan