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6 Story Sentence Search Results For "ope"
English:
potatoes. The white people say, "Irish potatoes."
Lenape:
hopënisàk. Shëwanàkw luwe, "Irish potatoes."
English:
nearby the lake at the edge of the water where these children played together.
Lenape:
kixiti në mënëpèkunk sh
ope
nk tënta paphatineyo nèk mimënsàk.
English:
They stopped at a big river that is called White River.
Lenape:
Nokihëlaneyo xinkwi sipu luwènsik Opèksipu.
English:
And the old man said, “All the white blood has been replaced, then now he had Lenape blood.”
Lenape:
Ok luwe na hilusës, “Xu wèmi ktanihin na òpèk mhukw, na Lënapei mhukw ikahatu.”
English:
oh, they were wrinkled and dry and white,
Lenape:
o, pisëleyo òk kaxkteyo òk òpeyo,
English:
He yelled loudly and said, “Dafunen, dafinen!”
Lenape:
Xinkòlamu, luwe, “Dàfinèn, Dàfinèn!” [His impr
ope
r pronunciation of Ntapinèn - Here we are.]
