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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:white rivers
Lenape:opèksipuwa [ni]

Comments

/e/ is laxed in a closed syllable.
/w/ is inserted as a transition sound between /u/ and /a/.

Analysis

Form:
opèksipuwa
Structure:
op-e-k-sipu-a
Meaning:
white-vb-inan.conj-river-pl.inan