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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:I will hunt rabbits
Lenape:nuchchëmamsèch [via]

Comments

/nn/ coalesces to a single occurrence /n/.
Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/e/ is laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:
nuchchëmamsèch
Structure:
n-nuch-chëmamës-e-ch
Meaning:
1-hunt-rabbit-vb-fut