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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:they begged it of us
Lenape:nëmehëmèntuwalkunënanàk [vta]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /n/ and /m/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the inverse suffix is elided.
/w/ of the inverse suffix is vocalized as /u/ between consonants.
Inanimate /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ when followed by /-nan/, but the deleted vowel is replaced by junctural /ë/.

Analysis

Form:
nëmehëmèntuwalkunënanàk
Structure:
n-mehëmèntuwal-ëkw-ne-nan-àk
Meaning:
1-beg-inv.3-inan-1.pl-pl.anim