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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
179 Dictionary Entry Search Results For "awen"
English:
big people
Lenape:
amànki awènik
English:
dead person
Lenape:
ànkëlëk awèn
English:
he came from picking berries
Lenape:
apawënsu
English:
person; someone; who
Lenape:
awèn
English:
who?
Lenape:
awèn?
English:
deceased person
Lenape:
awèna
English:
Indian (of a tribe not known to the Delawares)
Lenape:
awènhake
English:
among the Indians (of an unknown tribe)
Lenape:
awènhakeike
English:
Indian woman
Lenape:
awènhakèxkwe
English:
Indians (of a tribe not known to the Delawares)
Lenape:
awènhakeyok
English:
person (obv.); whose
Lenape:
awèni
English:
people
Lenape:
awènik
English:
persons (deceased)
Lenape:
awènika
English:
people (deceased)
Lenape:
awènikahke
English:
whose; to whom
Lenape:
awènikii
English:
departed people
Lenape:
awèninkahke
English:
small person; a type of spirit
Lenape:
awèn'tët
English:
little people (type of spirits)
Lenape:
awèn'tëtàk
English:
powerful person (with supernatural powers)
Lenape:
chipi awèn {DN}
English:
x-ray (lit. when a person is looked at)
Lenape:
ènta awèn pënaon {DN}
English:
hounds; hound dogs
Lenape:
hawënàk {DN}
English:
hound; hound dog
Lenape:
hawën {DN}
English:
female hound dog
Lenape:
hawënuxkwe {DN}
English:
I do skillful work
Lenape:
hìtawënakwsi
English:
you all are skilled workers
Lenape:
hitawënakwsihëmo
English:
he is skilled at work
Lenape:
hìtawënakwsu
English:
they are skilled workers
Lenape:
hitawënakwsuwàk
English:
strange person; dangerous person
Lenape:
kànkami awèn
English:
great person; industrious person; ambitious person
Lenape:
kanshawèn
English:
he is a powerful person; he is ambitious
Lenape:
kanshawènu
English:
he is putting him to sleep (to bed)
Lenape:
kawënhe
English:
when he put him to sleep (to bed)
Lenape:
kawënhèt (w/ enta)
English:
thorn
Lenape:
kawënsh
English:
thorns
Lenape:
kawënshàk
English:
brush arbor
Lenape:
kawënsheikaon
English:
bush
Lenape:
kawënsheyok
English:
brush arbor
Lenape:
kawënshikaon
English:
gooseberries
Lenape:
kawënshuwichik
English:
Honey Locust (tree) [Gleditsia triacanthos]
Lenape:
kawënshuwik
English:
you did not give it to him
Lenape:
këmilawën (w. neg.)
English:
we answer him
Lenape:
kënaxkumawëna
English:
you stood me on my feet; you stood me up
Lenape:
kënipawënhai
English:
I stood you on your feet; I stood you up
Lenape:
kënipawënhël
English:
you got him on his feet
Lenape:
kënipawënhèn
English:
we should wet-nurse him
Lenape:
kënuhëlawëna a
English:
we visit them
Lenape:
kiikàmawënanàk
English:
we fear them
Lenape:
kòxawënanàk
English:
we hear them (incl.)
Lenape:
kpëntawënanàk
English:
you buried him
Lenape:
ktawëna
English:
we tell him
Lenape:
ktëlawëna
English:
we have him; we kept him
Lenape:
kulhalawëna
English:
we know him
Lenape:
kuwahawëna
English:
we chase them
Lenape:
kwihëlutawënanàk
English:
she picks berries again
Lenape:
lapawënsu
English:
in the middle or a room; in the middle of a house
Lenape:
lawënte
English:
we burned him
Lenape:
lusawëna
English:
we will burn him
Lenape:
lusawënàch
English:
northern person; person from the north
Lenape:
luwàneyunki awèn
English:
people from the north
Lenape:
luwàneyunki awènik
English:
wintertime person
Lenape:
luwàni awèn
English:
no-good person
Lenape:
mahchikwi awèn
English:
bad person
Lenape:
mahtawèn
English:
bad people
Lenape:
mahtawènik
English:
sinner
Lenape:
mahtawsit awèn
English:
person who is not here; person who is dead; dead person
Lenape:
mata ahpit awèn
English:
nobody; no one
Lenape:
mata awèn
English:
we fight them
Lenape:
mathakawënanàk
English:
gather them up (animate)
Lenape:
mawën
English:
pluck him (such as a chicken)
Lenape:
mawën
English:
gather it all up; all; to pluck feathers from a bird
Lenape:
mawëni
English:
to pick berries; ceremony in Big House Church picking up wampum beads)
Lenape:
mawënsi
English:
you all pick berries; you all pick up wampum beads (in Big House Church)
Lenape:
mawënsihëmo
English:
we pick berries
Lenape:
mawënsihëna
English:
she gathers berries; he picks up wampum in the Big House Church (a ceremony)
Lenape:
mawënsu
English:
she gathers berries
Lenape:
mawënsu
English:
they gather berries; they pick up wampum beads in the Big House
Lenape:
mawënsuwàk
English:
berries; fruit (berries only)
Lenape:
mehëmawënsink
English:
one who repeatedly picks berries
Lenape:
mehëmawënsit
English:
we gave them a drink
Lenape:
mënihawënanàk
English:
we given them
Lenape:
milawëna
English:
shameful person
Lenape:
mixani awèn
English:
I did not hit him with it
Lenape:
mpàkamawën (w/neg.)
English:
my dumpling
Lenape:
mpàkawënikàn
English:
my dumplings
Lenape:
mpàkawënikàna
English:
we pray to him
Lenape:
mpatamawëna
English:
we will wait for him
Lenape:
mpehawënàch
English:
we looked at him; we went to see him (as on business); we watched him
Lenape:
mpënawëna
English:
we will look at him
Lenape:
mpënawënàch
English:
we will watch to see how he jumps around
Lenape:
mpënawëna èlakihëlëk
English:
we look at them
Lenape:
mpënawënanàk
English:
we hear him
Lenape:
mpëntawëna
English:
we hear them
Lenape:
mpëntawënanàk
English:
we select him (by looking at him); we chose him
Lenape:
mpipinawëna
English:
we buried him
Lenape:
mpòkhakehawëna
English:
we let him alone
Lenape:
mpunihawëna
English:
we bother him
Lenape:
nachihawëna
English:
we bother them
Lenape:
nachihawënanàk
English:
anyone
Lenape:
nahkòi awèn
English:
we mocked him; we imitated him
Lenape:
nanaxkwsitawëna
English:
we run ahead of her
Lenape:
naomawëna
English:
we look for them
Lenape:
natunawënanàk
English:
I asked him for it; I asked him about it
Lenape:
natutàmawën
English:
I asked them about it
Lenape:
natutàmawëneyo
English:
I did not ask him about it
Lenape:
natuxtawën (w. neg.)
English:
rather than; more than
Lenape:
nawènahta
English:
we answer them
Lenape:
naxkumawënanàk
English:
we gathered them
Lenape:
nëmaèhëlawënanàk
English:
we bought something from them
Lenape:
nëmahëlàmawënanàk
English:
we overtook him; we caught up with him
Lenape:
nëmatalawëna
English:
I pick berries
Lenape:
nëmawënsi
English:
we begged them
Lenape:
nëmehëmèntuwalawënanàk
English:
we remember him
Lenape:
nëmëshalawëna
English:
I did not give it to him
Lenape:
nëmilawën (w. neg.)
English:
we helped them
Lenape:
nëwichëmawënanàk
English:
we eat with him
Lenape:
nëwipumawëna
English:
we kill him
Lenape:
nhilawëna
English:
we will kill him
Lenape:
nhilawënàch
English:
we kill them
Lenape:
nhilawënanàk
English:
cute little person
Lenape:
ninkëminakwtitit awèn
English:
we stood him up (person or a plant)
Lenape:
nipalawëna
English:
we stood them up (people or plants)
Lenape:
nipalawënanàk
English:
uplift me (as in a prayer)
Lenape:
nipawënhai
English:
I got him on his feet; I stood him up
Lenape:
nipawënhèn
English:
we got him on his feet; we stood him up
Lenape:
nipawënhènèn
English:
we two are fighting him; we two are working on him (such as cleaning someone; or making something for someone)
Lenape:
nishuhawëna
English:
we want him
Lenape:
nkatalawëna
English:
we want them
Lenape:
nkatalawënanàk
English:
I put him to sleep (not used for mercy-killing of animals; such as a dog)
Lenape:
nkawënhèn
English:
we carry him
Lenape:
nkëlënawëna
English:
we carried it for them
Lenape:
nkëlënëmawënanàk
English:
we take care of him
Lenape:
nkenahkihawëna
English:
we take care of them
Lenape:
nkenahkihawënanàk
English:
we scratched their backs
Lenape:
nkëshëwipxkònènawënanàk
English:
we pitied him
Lenape:
nkëtëmakelëmawëna
English:
we visit him
Lenape:
nkiikàmawëna
English:
we visited him
Lenape:
nkiikàmawënana
English:
we visited them
Lenape:
nkiikàmawënanàk
English:
we prepared him for burial
Lenape:
nkwëchkwënawëna
English:
we ran after him
Lenape:
nkwihëlutawëna
English:
we long for them; we miss them
Lenape:
nkwilumawënanàk
English:
we are tired of him
Lenape:
nsèkihawëna
English:
we kick him
Lenape:
nshakhwìkawëna
English:
we kick them
Lenape:
nshakhwìkawënanàk
English:
we like him; we love him
Lenape:
ntaholawëna
English:
we talk of him; we discuss him
Lenape:
ntàkënimawëna
English:
I do not blame him for it
Lenape:
ntàkwimawën (w. neg.)
English:
I buried him
Lenape:
ntawëna
English:
I come from picking berries again
Lenape:
ntëlapawënsi
English:
we told him
Lenape:
ntëlawëna
English:
we ask them
Lenape:
ntuxtawënanàk
English:
we believe them
Lenape:
nulamhìtawënanàk
English:
foreigner
Lenape:
òsahpèkwe awèn
English:
dumpling
Lenape:
pàkawënikàn
English:
dumplings
Lenape:
pàkawënikàna
English:
to sift; to sieve
Lenape:
pawënëm
English:
they sieved it
Lenape:
pawënëmëneyo
English:
sifter; sieve; sifter basket
Lenape:
pawënikàn
English:
to put something in for someone
Lenape:
pënchilahtawën
English:
we will cut him up
Lenape:
pikshawënàch
English:
different person; someone else
Lenape:
pili awèn
English:
different people
Lenape:
pili awènik
English:
double room; two rooms
Lenape:
pitawënte
English:
her dumpling
Lenape:
pòkawënikàna
English:
starving people
Lenape:
shawlamwichik awènik
English:
bachelor; bachelorette (lit.: 'someone who never married')
Lenape:
taku awèn uhëlaiyo {DN}
English:
he was buried (lit: he was lowered)
Lenape:
tawëna
English:
when they were buried
Lenape:
tawënasihtit (w. enta)
English:
when he was buried
Lenape:
tawënasit (w. enta)
English:
he was buried
Lenape:
tawënasup
English:
chicken and dumplings
Lenape:
tipasi pàkawënikàna
English:
town person; city dweller
Lenape:
utènaii awèn
English:
he has a good name
Lenape:
wëlawènsu
English:
place of good slopes Wilawanung
Lenape:
wëlawënunk
English:
peculiar person
Lenape:
wëlelëmi awèn
English:
everyone
Lenape:
wèmi awèn
English:
everyone
Lenape:
wèmi awènik
English:
we sent for him
Lenape:
wènchimawëna
English:
mixed group of people (like different tribes or races)
Lenape:
wiàmxki awènik
English:
we help him
Lenape:
wichëmawëna