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26 Story Sentence Search Results For "water"
English:
and several Delawares were
water
ing their horses
Lenape:
òk kèxa Lënapeyok mënihuseyok.
English:
A spirit that lived in the
water
came into her,
Lenape:
Na mpiyink èntalawsit manëtu pèxus'hìkao,
English:
because we carry
water
over the whole area.
Lenape:
èli wèmi pëmëxòhtunèn yu mpi èlkikwixink
English:
before anyone comes to get
water
," he said.
Lenape:
ta chich awèn mpi natamu," luwe hùnt.
English:
Everywhere where there is a lot of
water
Lenape:
Wèmi yu tali ènta xaheli mpi
English:
for
water
, and for the sun shining upon us here on this earth. .
Lenape:
mpi òk yu ènta kishux pèchi òxekamakuna yushe xkwithakamika.
English:
from across the
water
, the Delawares lived with difficulty,
Lenape:
òspèkwe wënchi, wàni Lënape ahchinki lehëlèxe,
English:
I saw him, he was swimming this direction in the
water
," [he told this] when he told his vision in the church.
Lenape:
neyo petashëwihëlëk mpink," ènta wënchikaneit.
English:
Is the
water
deep?
Lenape:
Xitkwe hàch?
English:
many spirits lived there under the
water
.
Lenape:
xaheli manëtuwàk tëntalawsineyo èkwpiyenk.
English:
nearby the lake at the edge of the
water
where these children played together.
Lenape:
kixiti në mënëpèkunk shopenk tënta paphatineyo nèk mimënsàk.
English:
Now the one jumped back into the
water
.
Lenape:
Na yukw na kwëti ktëki mpink lakihëleyunkahke hùnt.
English:
One is, "Young women should not bathe in the nude [in a large body of
water
],
Lenape:
Kwëti, "Matàch yuki skixkweyok ènta tixëmwihtit supsiyëwàk
English:
One old man said, "Take him out of the
water
, we will cut him up."
Lenape:
Na kwëti hilusës luwe, "Yukwe ta kahpal, pikshawënèch."
English:
She said to her, "When you hear me that is me carrying
water
.”
Lenape:
Tëlao hùnt (or ènta) “pëntayane ni ntëli ìka wìchi pëmëxòhtun mpi."
English:
so that some spirit in the
water
will not come into them."
Lenape:
wënchìch mata manëtu pèxus'hìkawiyok mpinkink."
English:
Then again the next morning he went there, then went to where they always got
water
.
Lenape:
Na hùnt nèli làpi òpànke làpi nanë tòn, nanë wële tòn èhèhèli mpi natamihtit hùnt.
English:
Then they took that person out of the
water
and began to cut him up.
Lenape:
Na kòhpalaneyo na awèn, alëmi piksha.
English:
Then when they carry
water
it thundered all over and they spilled the
water
.
Lenape:
Na ènta pëmëxòhtuhtit mpi hùnt pèthakhòn wèmi yu tali sukhamëneyo yuni mpi.
English:
There was a spring there at the lake, that the old one always got
water
. That is where the young man went.
Lenape:
Thëpèkw në hate mënëpèkw, na në tihëlilaman na khìkay. Na në tòn na skìnu.
English:
The
water
began to boil.
Lenape:
Alëmi wënte në mpi.
English:
was seen on top of the
water
.
Lenape:
nèwkwësu xkwìchi mpinkink.
English:
water
, and for the sun shining upon us on this earth
Lenape:
mpi òk yu ènta kishux pèchi òxekamakuna yushe xkwithakamika
English:
We shall protect you from our enemies and show you the riches of this land and
water
.
Lenape:
Kenahkihëmòch wënchi shinkalkwenk òk pënëntulën yushe weltëk hàki òk mpi.
English:
When he saw what is called
water
skiing
Lenape:
Enta nemën në “waterski” èluwèntasik
English:
When they went to
water
their horses at the creek, that one old woman
Lenape:
Enta mënihusèhtit sipunk, kwëti na xawshisës
