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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 yelled at each other
Lenape:nlàxkàntihëna [vta]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ of the reciprocal suffix is elided.
/m/ assimilates to /t/ and is realized as /n/.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /h/ and /m/.
/m/ is elided before /n/.
First person plural /-nan/ is realized as /-na/ in final position.

Analysis

Form:
nlàxkàntihëna
Structure:
n-làxkàm-ëti-hm-nan
Meaning:
1-yell-recip-MP-1.pl