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Lenape Talking Dictionary

By English WORD or PHRASE

By Lenape WORD or PHRASE

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English:lightning
Lenape:sapëlehële [vii]

Comments

/w/ is elided in final position after a vowel.

Analysis

Form:
sapëlehële
Structure:
sapële-hële-w
Meaning:
shine-vb-3