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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:my neck
Lenape:nuxkwekànkàn [ni]

Historical Example

Nequoykangan [1633] neck
nochquegangan [1760] my neck

Comments

/ë/ is inserted as a transition sound between /n/ and /x/.
The inserted sound is raised to /u/ before /x/.
Stress falls on the penult.

Analysis

Form:
nuxkwekànkàn
Structure:
n-xkwekànkàn
Meaning:
1-neck