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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:cleansing ceremony with cedar smoke
Lenape:pilhìksutin [ni]

Comments

Inanimate /-ne/ is realized as /-n/ in final position.
Note: This is a ceremony in the Big House church held about the ninth night lit: they cleanse by burning, a reference to the ceremonial burning of cedar. Other references to ceremonical burning of cedar use the root /-hiks-/.

Analysis

Form:
pilhìksutin
Structure:
pil-hìksuti-ne
Meaning:
clean-burn-inan