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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 fetch it
Lenape:notëmëneyo [vti]

Comments

/w/ metathesizes with root-initial /n/ and the resulting /wa/ sequence is realized as /o/, as is the /wa/ of the third person plural suffix.
/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /m/ and /n/.
/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
notëmëneyo
Structure:
w-natëm-ne-waw
Meaning:
3-fetch.it-inan-3pl