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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he lives sinfully; he lives wrongly
Lenape:chanawsu [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Analysis

Form:
chanawsu
Structure:
chanaw-ësi-w
Meaning:
wrong-vb-3