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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Detailed Entry Information
English:
Looking Small (Delaware name for Tonganoxie KS)
Lenape:
tànkinakwsi
Comments
Unstressed /ë/ is elided. Additional pronunciation changes took place in the process of borrowing the word into English.
Analysis
Form:
tànkinakwsi
Structure:
tànk-i-nakw-ësi
Meaning:
small-cnct-look-vb
