Detailed Entry Information

English:rice (lit: that which swells up)

Lenape:pèhpastèk [ni]

Comments

The IC prefix metathesizes with root-initial /p/, dropping /y/ and merging /ea/ as /e/, which is laxed in a closed syllable.
Root-final /e/ is also laxed in a closed syllable.

Analysis

Form:

pèhpastèk

Structure:

ye-pah-paste-k

Meaning:

IC-redup-swell-inan-conj