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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 vomit
Lenape:nëmëlàntàmuhëna [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /n/ and /m/, (2) between /m/ and /h/ and (3) between /h/ and /m/.
The second insertion is raised and rounded to /u/ following /m/.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
nëmëlàntàmuhëna
Structure:
n-mëlàntàm-hm-nan
Meaning:
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