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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he is crawling
Lenape:pëmùxkwsu [via]

Comments

/ë/ of the root is rounded to /ù/ between /m/ and /x/.
Unstressed /ë/ of the verbal suffix is elided.
/iw/ is realized as /u/.

Analysis

Form:
pëmùxsu
Structure:
pëmëx-ësi-w
Meaning:
crawl-vb-3