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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:he is coming in this direction weeping
Lenape:pètewtëm [via]

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a consonant other than /k/ or /h/.

Analysis

Form:
pètewtëm
Structure:
pèt-ewtëm-w
Meaning:
this.way-weep-3