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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 will eat
Lenape:nëmitsihënàch [via]

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound (1) between /n/ and /m/ and (2) between /h/ and /m/.
/m/ elided before /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ as though in final position, and the future clitic is added.
/a/ of the first person plural is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
nëmitsihënàch
Structure:
n-mitsi-hm-nan-ch
Meaning:
1-eat-MP-1.pl-fut