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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:he is hairless; he is bare (i.e., not having hair; cp. /supsu/ he is bare, i.e., without clothes)
Lenape:pàmpiwsu [via]

Comments

Unstressed /ë/ is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Analysis

Form:
pàmpiwsu
Structure:
pàmpiw-ësi-w
Meaning:
be.hairless-vb-3