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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
183 Dictionary Entry Search Results For "water"
English:
across the
water
Lenape:
kamink
English:
across the
water
s
Lenape:
òspèkwe
English:
a round hole of
water
;
water
hole
Lenape:
òlpekàt
English:
as far as the
water
goes; the distance across the
water
Lenape:
sèkpexën
English:
ash
water
(used to make hominy); lye
Lenape:
punkòpu
English:
a type of corn bread (to make this you first make and dry hominy; then pound it and sift it, using the finest siftings. Mix these with
water
, and sometimes beans or currants; and bake)
Lenape:
lënahpòn
English:
a well; a spring (of
water
)
Lenape:
thùpèkw
English:
bag for storing grease (made from the entire skin of an animal);
water
-wings
Lenape:
putalas
English:
Bartlesville (lit: across the
water
)
Lenape:
Kamink
English:
blue
water
Lenape:
aonpèkàt
English:
clean
water
Lenape:
pilpekàt
English:
clear
water
Lenape:
mushpèkàt
English:
cold
water
Lenape:
thàpèkàt [DN]
English:
cold
water
Lenape:
thëpi
English:
cold
water
creek (Tobyhanna, PA)
Lenape:
tëpihane
English:
cold
water
creek (Toppahannock)
Lenape:
tëpihanèk
English:
deep clear
water
Lenape:
pulpèkàt
English:
deep place full of
water
Lenape:
xitkwèk
English:
dirty
water
Lenape:
niskpèkàt
English:
dirty
water
- Nescopeck, PA
Lenape:
niskëpèk
English:
ebb; receding
water
Lenape:
wënhikahële
English:
flowing
water
Lenape:
pem'pexën
English:
foam (on
water
; etc.); it is foamy
Lenape:
pitay
English:
go get me some
water
.
Lenape:
natëmai mpi
English:
he came from across the
water
Lenape:
òsahpèkwe
English:
he crosses the
water
(such as a stream, lake, ocean, etc.)
Lenape:
xkohke
English:
he dislikes
water
; he does not like
water
Lenape:
shinkpie
English:
he fell in the
water
Lenape:
chòpwihële
English:
he fetches
water
, he gets
water
Lenape:
nathëpie
English:
he fetches
water
; he goes after
water
Lenape:
nathëpe
English:
he is catching rain
water
Lenape:
nahkupèhike
English:
he is
water
ing horses
Lenape:
mënihuse
English:
he likes
water
Lenape:
winkpie
English:
he plunged into the
water
; he dove into the
water
Lenape:
chòpòkil
English:
he pulled him out of the
water
Lenape:
kohpalao
English:
he put it in the
water
Lenape:
chòpwënëmën
English:
herbal infusion made by soaking plants in cold
water
Lenape:
tapàsikàn
English:
he threw him in the
water
Lenape:
chòpònehëmalao
English:
he threw him in the
water
; he threw it in the
water
Lenape:
chòpònihin
English:
he threw it in the
water
for him
Lenape:
chòpònehëmao
English:
he throws
water
on him
Lenape:
nuskënëpalao
English:
he throws
water
on me
Lenape:
nuskënëpalùkw
English:
he wades through
water
Lenape:
chusku
English:
I am dry (as a condition of needing
water
); I am dehydrated
Lenape:
nkaxksi
English:
ice
water
Lenape:
kun'pi
English:
ice
water
Lenape:
kunapu
English:
I cross the
water
Lenape:
nxkohka
English:
if he crosses the
water
Lenape:
xkohkate
English:
I filled it with
water
to the brim
Lenape:
nchuwpèxtun
English:
if they cross the
water
Lenape:
xkohkahtite
English:
I get
water
Lenape:
lilëma
English:
I go after
water
; I fetch
water
Lenape:
nathëpia
English:
I go by
water
Lenape:
mpëmilahta
English:
I jumped into the
water
Lenape:
nchòpòkil
English:
in the
water
Lenape:
mpiyink
English:
in the
water
Lenape:
mpinkink
English:
in the
water
Lenape:
mpink
English:
I pulled him out of the
water
Lenape:
nkàpala
English:
I pulled him out of the
water
Lenape:
nkahpala
English:
I pulled it out of the
water
Lenape:
nkahpàtun
English:
I put him in the
water
; I baptized him (by immersion)
Lenape:
nchòpwëna
English:
I repeatedly ducked him under the
water
Lenape:
mpëpòhkëna
English:
it has run dry; the
water
has run dry (applied to a creek or river; flowing
water
only); the
water
is receding (only applied to a creek or river; never to a pond or lake)
Lenape:
hikahële
English:
I threw him forcefully into the
water
; I threw it forcefully into the
water
Lenape:
nchòpòhèn
English:
I threw him in the
water
; I threw it in the
water
Lenape:
nchòpònihin
English:
I throw
water
on him
Lenape:
nuskënëpala
English:
I throw
water
on you
Lenape:
kënuskënëpalël
English:
I throw
water
on you people
Lenape:
kënuskënëpalhumo
English:
it is cloudy; murky
water
; it is turbid
Lenape:
tëmpihpèkàt
English:
it is cold
water
Lenape:
thëpèye
English:
it is cut in two by flowing
water
Lenape:
tëmitàn
English:
it is deep
water
Lenape:
xitkwe
English:
it is full of
water
Lenape:
chuwpèkàt
English:
it is iridescent; it is a shimmering light (such as light reflecting off the
water
)
Lenape:
òsëlehële
English:
it is pulled out of the
water
and wrung out
Lenape:
sikapepapaxtun
English:
it is shallow
water
Lenape:
tatxëpèxën
English:
it is still
water
Lenape:
këlam'pèkàt
English:
it is
water
y
Lenape:
lëntpèkàt
English:
it tastes
water
y
Lenape:
lëntpukòt
English:
it was in the
water
until it came apart
Lenape:
pikhihële
English:
I was put in the
water
; I was baptized
Lenape:
nchòpwënëke
English:
I will have
water
Lenape:
mpìch
English:
large body of
water
Lenape:
kitàn
English:
lukewarm
water
(in a lake, etc.)
Lenape:
nipënëpèkàt
English:
muddy
water
Lenape:
siskuape
English:
mudpuppy;
water
dog (Necturus maculosus)
Lenape:
tuwèkw
English:
my
water
Lenape:
nëpiyëm
English:
near the
water
Lenape:
iape
English:
on top of the
water
Lenape:
xkwitpiènk
English:
place at the edge of the
water
Lenape:
shawpèkunk
English:
place from which the
water
has receded
Lenape:
wènhikahëlak
English:
place of running
water
Lenape:
pëmëpèsink
English:
place to drink (
water
) - Manayunk, PA
Lenape:
mëneyunk
English:
place where all the
water
has drained away
Lenape:
wèkopèkw
English:
Place where
water
is always still
Lenape:
kèhkëlàm'pèxink
English:
rain
water
Lenape:
sukëlàntpi
English:
red
water
Lenape:
mèxkpeka
English:
reed
water
Lenape:
màxkpi
English:
Rocky Place that is
Water
y - Assunpink, NJ
Lenape:
Ahsën'pink
English:
running
water
; flowing
water
Lenape:
pèmpehëlak
English:
salt
water
Lenape:
shëwanpi
English:
salt
water
Lenape:
shëwànpi
English:
slow-running
water
Lenape:
shòhpehële
English:
spring (of
water
)
Lenape:
thàpèkunk
English:
still
water
; calm
water
Lenape:
këlam'pexën
English:
swiftly running
water
; it flows fast
Lenape:
kshëpehële {DN}
English:
Take him out of the
water
!
Lenape:
kahpal
English:
the sun is drawing
water
(what the sunbeams do)
Lenape:
winkpèkw
English:
the
water
flows slowly
Lenape:
pèm'pehëlak
English:
the
water
has receded; low tide
Lenape:
hìkpèxën
English:
the
water
is as deep as always; it has the same amount of liquid in it as it did to start with
Lenape:
entxëpekàt
English:
the
water
is flowing
Lenape:
pèmëpehële {DN}
English:
the
water
is receding
Lenape:
hìkpehële
English:
the
water
is shallow
Lenape:
tatxëpekàt
English:
the
water
is swift; it is swiftly flowing
water
Lenape:
kshëpehële
English:
the
water
is too salty
Lenape:
shëwàpe
English:
the
water
recedes
Lenape:
wikpèkihële
English:
the
water
(river; creek; etc.) is rising
Lenape:
pètakwixën
English:
they are drinking
water
Lenape:
mëneyok mpi
English:
they cross the
water
Lenape:
xkohkeyòk
English:
they get
water
Lenape:
nathëpieyok
English:
they plunged into the
water
; they dove into the
water
Lenape:
chòpòkihëluk
English:
they threw it in the
water
Lenape:
chòpònihineyo
English:
they took him out of the
water
Lenape:
kòhpalaneyo
English:
they
water
their horses
Lenape:
mënihuseyok
English:
this side of the river; this side of the
water
Lenape:
wëntaxkame
English:
this side of the
water
Lenape:
wëntahkame
English:
those who live in the
water
Lenape:
mpiawsichik
English:
to cross the
water
Lenape:
xkohka {DN}
English:
to put out a fire with
water
Lenape:
tenkpatu
English:
to take it out of the
water
Lenape:
kahpatënëmën
English:
to throw something in the
water
Lenape:
chòpònihi
English:
under the
water
Lenape:
lamchëpèkwe
English:
under the
water
Lenape:
èkwpiyink
English:
under
water
Lenape:
èkwpiye
English:
warm
water
(in a container) (cp-kishuwipèkàt)
Lenape:
kishuwapu
English:
warm
water
(in a lake; stream; etc.)
Lenape:
kishuwipèkàt
English:
water
Lenape:
mpi
English:
water
bottle
Lenape:
mpiàkhàkw
English:
water
bucket
Lenape:
mpihus
English:
water
fall
Lenape:
sukpehëlak
English:
water
fowl
Lenape:
mpiaèhële
English:
water
fowls
Lenape:
mpiaèhëleyok
English:
water
from here and there - Massepeage, NY
Lenape:
mësipèk
English:
water
from melted snow
Lenape:
linkte kuntpi
English:
water
from streams that run here and there - Massebackhun
Lenape:
mësipekunk
English:
water
lily;
water
lily root(s)
Lenape:
mpiànàxkwim
English:
water
melon
Lenape:
èskitàmink
English:
water
melons
Lenape:
èskitaminko
English:
water
moccasins
Lenape:
kwëntahshèsàk
English:
water
moccasin (snake)
Lenape:
kwëntahshès
English:
water
oak
Lenape:
shoxakw
English:
water
snake
Lenape:
mpiaxkuk
English:
water
snakes
Lenape:
mpiaxkukàk
English:
water
s (that no longer exist)
Lenape:
mpiyè
English:
Water
Strider (insect on
water
) [Gerris sp.]
Lenape:
mèxèlkatèlis
English:
water
striders
Lenape:
mexelkatèlisàk
English:
water
that flows fast
Lenape:
kshëpehëlak
English:
water
that flows hither and yon
Lenape:
mëspehële
English:
water
which is found in the hole in a tree or in a hole in a stump and which is used to wash the face for the purpose of cleansing the skin. It is believed that this will help keep a young-looking face.
Lenape:
chichànkpi
English:
water
y; (some speakers use for) juice
Lenape:
mpiapu
English:
wave (of
water
)
Lenape:
tkuwe
English:
we cross the
water
Lenape:
xkohkahëna
English:
we fetch
water
Lenape:
nathëpiahëna
English:
when they
water
their horses
Lenape:
mënihusèhtit (w. enta)
English:
where he gets
water
; he got
water
there
Lenape:
tëlilàman
English:
where the
water
always flows - Pymatuning, PA
Lenape:
pèmitànink
English:
where the
water
flows downward (name for Pennypack Creek in southeastern PA)
Lenape:
Pënëpèkw
English:
where the
water
flows (early Delaware village along Delaware River near Philadelphia, PA)
Lenape:
Pèmikpeka
English:
whirligig beetles,
water
beetles
Lenape:
mamantuhwisàk
English:
whirligig beetle,
water
beetle
Lenape:
mamantuhwis
English:
you catch rain
water
Lenape:
kënahkupehike
English:
you fetch
water
Lenape:
kënathëpia
English:
you people cross the
water
Lenape:
xkohkahëmo
English:
you people fetch
water
Lenape:
kënathëpiahëmo
English:
you people throw
water
on us
Lenape:
kënuskënëpalihëna
English:
you pull him out of the
water
Lenape:
kahpala
English:
you pull him out of the
water
Lenape:
kàpala
English:
you put him in the
water
Lenape:
kchòpwëna
English:
you repeatedly duck him under the
water
Lenape:
këpëpòhkëna
English:
you threw him forcefully in the
water
Lenape:
kchòpòhèn
English:
you threw him in the
water
Lenape:
kchòpònihin
English:
you throw
water
on him
Lenape:
knuskënëpala
