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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
487 Sample Sentence Search Results For "pe"
English:
He has difficulty walking; He can hardly walk.
Lenape:
Ahchinki pëmëske.
English:
Count the apples.
Lenape:
Ahkim yuk apëlìshàk.
English:
If you were rich what would you buy?
Lenape:
Aho
pe
anè a kèku hèch a këmahëlàm?
English:
The coffee tastes strong.
Lenape:
Ahopëwe në kàpi.
English:
This young man is rich.
Lenape:
Aho
pe
yu washe skìnu.
English:
It is hard (difficult) to walk when it is hot.
Lenape:
Ahòt pëmëskan ènta kshëlàntèk.
English:
There are rocks in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Ahsëna hateyo Lëna
pe
hòkink.
English:
I gave you a handkerchief.
Lenape:
Akontpèpi këmilël.
English:
She will come again tomorrow to cook for us.
Lenape:
Alàpa làpi pè mai wixënihaokuna.
English:
He will come tomorrow.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu pè.
English:
Tomorrow my daughter will be coming.
Lenape:
Alàpa xu pè nichan.
English:
Those Delawares talk fast.
Lenape:
Alàpixsuwàk nèk Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
He beginds to walk.
Lenape:
Alëmi pëmëske.
English:
The leaves will begin to fall from the trees.
Lenape:
Alëmi pënipahkihëleyok.
English:
Some of those people are Delawares.
Lenape:
Alënte nèk awènik Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
He sent us on an errand to bring these good things to give to the chief.
Lenape:
Alukakehëna tìli pètuna weltëk kèkuna ènta milënt na sakima.
English:
That Delaware is skinny.
Lenape:
Aluku na Lëna
pe
.
English:
I put on a blue shirt; I am wearing a blue shirt.
Lenape:
Aonhèmpës ika ntatu.
English:
I ate an apple and then I went to school.
Lenape:
Apëlìsh nëmuhò na në shkulink ntan.
English:
You give up easily.
Lenape:
Apëwi këlukahëla.
English:
He swam to the other side of the lake.
Lenape:
Ashëwìl òsi mënëpèkunk.
English:
I put on green pants.
Lenape:
Askàskwèk pëlëchis ika ntatu.
English:
Someone is coming
Lenape:
Awèn pè.
English:
Someone will come when it gets daylight.
Lenape:
Awèn xu
pe
enta opànk.
English:
When will the man come?
Lenape:
Chinke hèch na lënu xu
pe
?
English:
When the birds made tracks. (such as in mud or snow)
Lenape:
Chulën'sàk ènta pènhatuhtit.
English:
Yes, I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
E-e, Lëna
pe
ta ni.
English:
Oh, it rained hard and repeatedly there was thunder and lightning.
Lenape:
E, kshilan òk sasapëlehële òk pèpèthakhòn.
English:
He put a pencil under the table.
Lenape:
Ekwi ehëntalipwinkink tòtun pènsìl.
English:
He walked under a bridge.
Lenape:
Ekwi tayahkunink pëmëske.
English:
When we left my house we walked by Walks-Downstream's home.
Lenape:
Enta alëmskeenkw wikia mpëmshahëna Nahuxwe wikit.
English:
When I finish soaking the dry hides I scraped them.
Lenape:
Enta kishi tòk
pe
ya nèk kaxxèsa na nchikhòmëna.
English:
When we came to visit our older sister.
Lenape:
Enta pèchi kiikàmat washe nëmis.
English:
I get dressed every morning.
Lenape:
Entxën opànk mpënchilahsi.
English:
Oh, finally the river overflowed.
Lenape:
E, xantki palish
pe
yu sipu.
English:
He went into the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink lih pënchi.
English:
He walks on the ground.
Lenape:
Hakink pëmëske.
English:
You speak well.
Lenape:
Hitai kpëmëtunhe.
English:
She is skilled at cooking Delaware food.
Lenape:
Hitai wixënu Lëna
pe
i mitsuwakàna.
English:
Potatoes and corn and onions are everything I can buy.
Lenape:
Hopënisàk òk xàskwim òk ulepënàk wèmi kèku nkàski ayëm.
English:
My (woman) friend, they have arrived.
Lenape:
Ichu, mèchi yuk
pe
yok.
English:
He put on a neckerchief.
Lenape:
Ikahatu akontpèpi.
English:
He put on a shirt; She put on a dress.
Lenape:
Ikahatu hèmpës.
English:
She is wearing a silk dress and bracelets.
Lenape:
Ikahatu silkhèmpës òk tëpinxkèpia
English:
Did the thing get there (arrive)?
Lenape:
Ika hèch pèchihële në kèku?
English:
Put them in the basket before we enter.
Lenape:
Ikalanihin në tànkhakànink nèsko pënchiànk.
English:
Sometimes they even bring frybread.
Lenape:
Ili hànkw tamse pètuwàk salàpòna.
English:
Don't whistle outside after dark or your mouth will go crooked.
Lenape:
Kàchi chipëweyàn kochëmink ènta piskèk, xu kpimtunehëla.
English:
He wants to come
Lenape:
Kahta
pe
.
English:
He wants to speak.
Lenape:
Kahta pëmëtunhe. {DN}
English:
He almost fell.
Lenape:
Kahti pënihële.
English:
The baby almost fell.
Lenape:
Kahti pënihële na mimëntët.
English:
He is half Caddo, and half Lenape.
Lenape:
Kaluhëlachi pahsi, pahsi Lena
pe
.
English:
What is it the Delawares call that little dog?
Lenape:
Kèku èt ta wàni Lëna
pe
èluwihëlat tànktitit mwekane?
English:
What do you want me to do, bring you a deer?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch a ntëlsi, kpètul hàch ahtu?
English:
What did you hear?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch kpëntàm?
English:
What do the Delawares call them?
Lenape:
Kèku hàch wàni Lëna
pe
tëluwihëlaok?
English:
What did you bring?
Lenape:
Kèku hèch kpètu?
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Kèku mpëntàm.
English:
What is the reason they came?
Lenape:
Kèku wënchi
pe
yok?
English:
You ate one potato.
Lenape:
Këmuhò kwëti hopënis.
English:
You ate the apples.
Lenape:
Këmuhòòk nèk apëlìshàk.
English:
I have a cabbage.
Lenape:
Kèpëch nulhala.
English:
Are you also afraid of the big winds?
Lenape:
Kè
pe
hàch kwitàmën në xinkwi kshàxink?
English:
Did that man cheat you too?
Lenape:
Kè
pe
hèch kiòlùkw na lënu?
English:
Do you also own a cat?
Lenape:
Kè
pe
hèch kulhala pushis?
English:
You wash your hands too.
Lenape:
Kè
pe
kshilënche.
English:
You too were created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Kè
pe
ta kishelëmùksi.
English:
I am a little bit Delaware.
Lenape:
Kèxiti Lëna
pe
ni.
English:
It rained and thundered a little bit yesterday.
Lenape:
Kèxiti mah sukëlan òk pèpèthakhòn lòkëwe.
English:
Our elders said "sàpël," they could not say "supper." (note: No R sound in Lenape)
Lenape:
Kikayuyëmënanàk luweyok "sàpël," ku kàski luweyok "sup
pe
r."
English:
Near the window there are many birds eating.
Lenape:
Kixki èhèshàntèkink xaheli chulënsàk pèchi mitsuwàk.
English:
There is a small lake near where I live.
Lenape:
Kixki wikia mënëpèkwtët hate.
English:
Let me read the newspaper.
Lenape:
Kona linai ntàkima na newspa
pe
r.
English:
Let me walk.
Lenape:
Kone linai pëmëskan.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
Kpëchehële na xkwe.
English:
The insects will crawl into your rectum.
Lenape:
Kpëchtiekakuk xu muxwèsàk.
English:
You should think about it.
Lenape:
Kpënaelìntàm a.
English:
The bugs will go into your rectum.
Lenape:
Kpënchtiekakuk nèk muxwèsàk.
English:
Do you hear me?
Lenape:
Kpëntai hèch?
English:
Do you hear us?
Lenape:
Kpëntaihëna hèch?
English:
Do you hear him?
Lenape:
Kpëntao hàch?
English:
Did you hear the Shawnees singing at Whiteoak?
Lenape:
Kpëntaok hàch nèk Shaonuwàk
pe
asuwihtit yu tali Whiteoak?
English:
You brought him food.
Lenape:
Kpètao mehëmichink.
English:
Did you bring your shawl?
Lenape:
Kpètu hàch kshòlëm?
English:
Take off the shirt.
Lenape:
Kshàxkëni në hèmpës.
English:
The water is warm.
Lenape:
Kshëpète në mpi.
English:
That white dish is hot.
Lenape:
Kshëte në opënchu.
English:
That Delaware walks fast.
Lenape:
Kshuxwe na Lena
pe
.
English:
No one heard about it.
Lenape:
Ku awèn pihpëntamuwën.
English:
The younger Delawares cannot even talk Delaware.
Lenape:
Ku ili kàski alënixsiiyok nèk wëski Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
You look at me well the way I look.
Lenape:
Kuli pënai shè në ni ntëlinakwsin.
English:
I never heard that word (or saying).
Lenape:
Ku mpipëntàmuwën në luweokàn.
English:
I never heard him myself.
Lenape:
Ku ni mpipëntao,
English:
I cannot drink those Pepsi's.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mënewëna nèl
Pe
psi's.
English:
I cannot drink those Pepsi's.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski mënewëna nèl
Pe
psi's.
English:
I cannot wait.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski
pe
hëwe.
English:
I cannot hear him.
Lenape:
Ku nkàski pëntaoo.
English:
I don't want to make you crazy.
Lenape:
Ku nkata manihulu këpëcheonkël.
English:
I do not hear him well.
Lenape:
Ku nuli pëntaoo.
English:
They never heard it because of what was said, breakfast, dinner, supper, nothing but eating together.
Lenape:
Ku pihpëntàmënuwiyo èli luwèntasik "breakfast, dinner, sup
pe
r," mata shùkw mitsahtin.
English:
We are not Delawares.
Lenape:
Ku ta niluna Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
I do not understand the Shawnee when he says something.
Lenape:
Ku ta ni mpëntao wa Shawnu ènta kèku luwèt.
English:
He does not know the Lenape language.
Lenape:
Ku uwatu Lëna
pe
i lixsëwakàn.
English:
Do you know many of the Lenape stories?
Lenape:
Kuwatu hàch xaheli achimëwakàna Lëna
pe
i?
English:
He tried to walk.
Lenape:
Kwchi pëmëske.
English:
It is hoped that everyone will remember the Lenape forever.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha apchìch wèmi awèn mwëshalawoo yuk Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
I wish I was rich.
Lenape:
Kwëlaha ntaho
pe
in.
English:
We have waited a long time.
Lenape:
Kwëni m
pe
hëwehëna.
English:
I get dressed every day.
Lenape:
Kwëti kishku mpënchilahsi.
English:
He is still alive.
Lenape:
Kwiakwi pëmawsu. {DN}
English:
I swam to the middle of the lake.
Lenape:
Lai ntashëwìl mënëpèkunk.
English:
It is beginning to rain again, I hear it.
Lenape:
Làpi alëmi sukëlan, mpëntàmën.
English:
He will come again.
Lenape:
Làpìch
pe
.
English:
They will come again.
Lenape:
Làpìch
pe
yok.
English:
They came again.
Lenape:
Làpi mah
pe
yok.
English:
He will come again.
Lenape:
Làpi xu pè.
English:
What the Delaware said.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
èluwèt.
English:
Is that person a Lenape?
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
hàch nàn?
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
hòkink ntàpi.
English:
I am here in the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
hòkink ntàpi.
English:
He stays among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
ika ihahpu.
English:
I go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
ike nta.
English:
I will go among the Delawares.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
ike xu nta.
English:
Delaware man.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
i lënu.
English:
He is a Lenape.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
nàn.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
ta ni.
English:
This one is a Lenape, not French.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
wàn, ku ta Pëlanshëman.
English:
The Delawares are now few.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
yok mèchi txituwàk.
English:
The Delawares call the telephone sëkahsën.
Lenape:
Lëna
pe
yok tëluwèntamëneyo në telephone sëkahsën.
English:
Yesterday I went to Bartlesville and I saw many Delawares.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah Kamink nta, xaheli Lëna
pe
yok neyo.
English:
Yesterday I saw a young man who is half Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mah neyo skìnu pahsi Lëna
pe
.
English:
Yesterday a little dog came.
Lenape:
Lòkëwe mwekanetët pètu.
English:
Long ago when the Delawares lived in the east.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe ènta yuki Lëna
pe
yunkahke wikhatihtit wehènchiopànk.
English:
Long ago John Wilson he brought it here.
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èt naka John Wilson tìli pètun.
English:
Jim came here not long ago.
Lenape:
Lòmisëwe mah
pe
na Jim.
English:
I heard a long time ago that these dogs can speak Delaware.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nochi mpihpëntàmen yuki mwekaneyok kàski alënixsuwàk.
English:
He said, 'Father, the time has come.'
Lenape:
Luwe, 'Nuxa, mèchi tpëskwihële.'
English:
The white people long ago said we will live so long and finally we will lose everything.
Lenape:
Luweyok lòmëwe yuki shëwanahkok xantki pètawsinèn tìlìch ànkhitunèn wèmi kèku.
English:
I looked at him a little.
Lenape:
Mahtiti mpënaw.
English:
The Delawares were supposedly mad.
Lenape:
Manunksuwàk hànkw nèk Lena
pe
yok.
English:
We heard no one.
Lenape:
Mata awèn mpëntawiwëna.
English:
That woman is redheaded.
Lenape:
Màxkant
pe
na xkwe.
English:
Have you had supper?
Lenape:
Mèchi hàch kìshi sàpëli?
English:
Has it arrived? (such as a package)
Lenape:
Mèchi hèch pèchihële?
English:
Has it arrived?
Lenape:
Mëchi hèch pèchihële?
English:
The Senecas have already been here.
Lenape:
Mèchi nèk Menkweyok kìshi pëmëskeyok.
English:
I am beginning to get dried off.
Lenape:
Mèchi ntalëmi
pe
nkwsi. {DN}
English:
He is already gray-headed.
Lenape:
Mèchi opànt
pe
. {DN}
English:
He is already here.
Lenape:
Mèchi
pe
.
English:
It is already dry.
Lenape:
Mèchi
pe
nkwte. {DN}
English:
Now the time has arrived.
Lenape:
Mèchi tpëskwihële.
English:
It is already a big lake.
Lenape:
Mèchi xinkwi mënëpèkw.
English:
I hear him now.
Lenape:
Mèchi yukwe mpëntao.
English:
He barked when he looked at him. (refers to a wolf or dog)
Lenape:
Mëkike ènta pënaot.
English:
He barked when he saw him.
Lenape:
Mëkike ènta pënaote.
English:
They came to the store.
Lenape:
Mèmhalamùntikaonink
pe
yok.
English:
He looked toward the lake,
Lenape:
Mënëpèkink linkwèxin.
English:
You people came to the lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk kpahëmo.
English:
We came to a lake.
Lenape:
Mënëpèkunk mpahëna.
English:
Give me some meat and potatoes, I am hungry.
Lenape:
Mili wiyus òk hopënisàk, nkatupwi.
English:
She went and threw him in the lake.
Lenape:
Moy chòpònihink mënëpèkwtëtink.
English:
He went and threw him in the lake.
Lenape:
Mòy chòpònihin mënëpèkunk.
English:
I will knock him in the head when I see him.
Lenape:
Mpa
pe
lpiteho ènta neyok.
English:
I came to gamble.
Lenape:
Mpèchi may hatike.
English:
I am waiting for Tom Chulens.
Lenape:
M
pe
ha na Tom Chulens.
English:
My pants are green.
Lenape:
Mpëlchis askàskwe.
English:
I am talking on the tape recorder today.
Lenape:
Mpëmëtunhe sëkahsënink tali yukwe ènta kishkwik.
English:
We walked past Nahuxwe's house.
Lenape:
Mpëmskahëna Nahuxwe wikit
English:
We looked at those things.
Lenape:
Mpënamëna nèl kèku.
English:
I watched TV for three hours.
Lenape:
Mpënamën TV naxa awëlink.
English:
I was looking at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Mpënao na chulëns enta kënthwihëlat.
English:
I stuck my finger in my cat's mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèna mpushisëm.
English:
I stuck my finger in the snake's mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèna na xkuk.
English:
I put my finger in my mouth.
Lenape:
Mpënchtunèna nhakai.
English:
I am gong to the bank.
Lenape:
M
pe
n'kink nta. {DN}
English:
I heard that he had died,
Lenape:
Mpëntamëm tìli ànkëlën.
English:
I heard the (wintertime) story and I believe it.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në athiluhakàn, nulamhìtàmën.
English:
I hear the creek flowing.
Lenape:
Mpëntàmën në sipu pèmitàn.
English:
I heard insane laughter when they laughed.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm këkpëchei këlëksahtin.
English:
I hear something.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm kèku.
English:
I heard that it might be a deep snow.
Lenape:
Mpëntàm konaèt mëxate.
English:
I hear a bird.
Lenape:
Mpëntao chulëns.
English:
I hear a bird singing.
Lenape:
Mpëntao chulëns
pe
asuwit.
English:
I hear that person.
Lenape:
Mpëntao na awèn. {DN}
English:
I heard Bill Shawnee when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpëntao na Bill Shawnee ènta asuwit.
English:
I heard Doug when he sang.
Lenape:
Mpëntao na Doug ènta asuwit.
English:
I brought the book.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na lekhikàn.
English:
I brought the puppy.
Lenape:
Mpèshëwa na mwekanetët.
English:
I brought him some food.
Lenape:
Mpètao mehëmichink.
English:
I brought the basket.
Lenape:
Mpètun në tànkhakàn.
English:
I heard it long ago.
Lenape:
Mpihpëntamën lòmëwe.
English:
I heard it long ago when I was a young woman.
Lenape:
Mpihpëntamën lòmëwe ènta uskixkweiane.
English:
We selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipinamënèn në hèmpës.
English:
I selected the dress.
Lenape:
Mpipinamën në hèmpës.
English:
Water flows from a spring.
Lenape:
Mpi wënchihële thëpèkunk.
English:
My late grandfather was Pètuxòlënt.
Lenape:
Muxumsa naka Pètuxòlënt.
English:
A dog came a while ago.
Lenape:
Mwekane mah wèski pè.
English:
He gave him the neckerchief he had around his own neck.
Lenape:
Mwilao në akontpèpi nèka hukwènit.
English:
Some wild potatoes grew downstream.
Lenape:
Nahi ènta sakihtit tekënei hopënisàk.
English:
The white man is catching rain water.
Lenape:
Nahkupèhike na shëwanàkw.
English:
He is catching rain water.
Lenape:
Nahkupèhike sukëlàntpi.
English:
Then the dog turned around and he looked at me.
Lenape:
Na kwëlpihëla na mwekane, mpënakw.
English:
That one-drop Quapaw made me mad.
Lenape:
Na kwëti pànkpèk Okahpa ntahihùkw.
English:
The man is at the land of the Lenape.
Lenape:
Na lënu ahpu Lëna
pe
hòkink.
English:
The man is meaner than the woman.
Lenape:
Na lënu alëwi mahta
pe
yu nawènahta na xkwe.
English:
The man put on his pants.
Lenape:
Na lënu ika tòtun pëlchis.
English:
The man got dressed.
Lenape:
Na lënu pënchilahsu.
English:
Go get that Delaware woman.
Lenape:
Nal na Lënapèxkwe.
English:
The dog walked behind the wagon.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pëmëske wtenk në tëchehëlasink.
English:
The dog heard the hoe when it fell over.
Lenape:
Na mwekane pwëntàmën në kwipëlënay ènta amwihëlèk.
English:
That little dog came.
Lenape:
Na mwekanetët
pe
.
English:
The raccoon made tracks.
Lenape:
Na nahënëm pènhatu.
English:
That is the way the Delawares lived.
Lenape:
Na në èlawsihtit wàni Lëna
pe
.
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay! Let's ask him.'
Lenape:
Na ntëkwën, 'Në
pe
! Ntutëmawtàm.'
English:
Then I told them, 'Wait for me a little while.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlaneyo, 'Pèhi takiti.'
English:
Then I said, 'My friend, we came to help.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlan, 'Nchu, pèchi nhakewsihëna.'
English:
Then I told him, 'Okay, let's ask him.'
Lenape:
Na ntëlkwën, 'Në
pe
, ntutëmawtam.'
English:
White-Wing said, 'Okay, let's smoke!'
Lenape:
Na Opilunkòn luwe, 'Nëpèhta hupotàm!'
English:
White-Wing was looking for some help.
Lenape:
Na Opilunkòn pèchi nhakewsu.
English:
That white dog came.
Lenape:
Na òpsit mwekane
pe
.
English:
The boy wants an apple.
Lenape:
Na pilaecëch kahtale apëlësha.
English:
That little dog came.
Lenape:
Na tànktitit mwekane
pe
.
English:
Go get the little white dishes.
Lenape:
Nati nèl opënchutëta.
English:
Go get the white dishes.
Lenape:
Nati nèl opënchuwa.
English:
Go get the white dish.
Lenape:
Nati në opèk lokèns.
English:
Go get the white dish.
Lenape:
Nati në opënchu.
English:
Go get the little white dish.
Lenape:
Nati në opënchutët.
English:
They looked for sunbeams.
Lenape:
Natunamuk wipèko.
English:
Then when Jim called me he said it was thundering and raining hard.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim ènta ahtumit luwe pèthakhòn òk kshilan.
English:
Then I told Jim on the telephone that there was repeatedly lightning and thunder here last night.
Lenape:
Na wa Jim ntëla ènta sëkahsënink sasapëlehële mah òk pèpèthakhòn yu tali welakwike.
English:
The squirreel ran down the tree.
Lenape:
Na xanikw pënakusihële hìtkunk.
English:
That eight year old boy came to the house.
Lenape:
Na xash kahtënamit pilaechëch wikwahëmink
pe
.
English:
That snake will come.
Lenape:
Na xkuk xu
pe
.
English:
The woman put on the old dress.
Lenape:
Na xkwe ika tòtun në xuhèmpës.
English:
The woman had a tantrum.
Lenape:
Na xkwe kpëchehële.
English:
The woman told the boy, you will bring the water.
Lenape:
Na xkwe tëlao nèl pilaèchëcha, kpètunch në mpi.
English:
I have even eaten crows.
Lenape:
Naxpëne ahasàk nëmìmhò.
English:
Even their (Shawnee) word elakuchiakwe is like our elànkuntiànk.
Lenape:
Naxpëne në (Shawnee) 'elakuchiakwe' alàshi kiluna elànkuntiànk.
English:
The water is getting closer (like in a flood).
Lenape:
Na yu pèchi kixki në mpi.
English:
I waded quickly through the muddy water.
Lenape:
Nchuskihëla në siskua
pe
.
English:
The little rock fell.
Lenape:
Në ahsën'tët pënihële.
English:
Those deer came.
Lenape:
Nèk ahtuhuk
pe
yok.
English:
The birds came to get something to eat.
Lenape:
Nèk chulënsàk pèchi mai mitsuwàk.
English:
That hot dish is white.
Lenape:
Në kèshtèk lokèns o
pe
.
English:
Those Delawares did not know it.
Lenape:
Nèk Lëna
pe
yok ta ku watuneyok,
English:
Those Senecas have already been here.
Lenape:
Nèk Menkweyok kìshi
pe
yok.
English:
Those raccoons came.
Lenape:
Nèk nahënëmuk
pe
yok.
English:
Those Quapaw (Indians) bring the food.
Lenape:
Nèk Okahpaok tëli pètuneyo në mehëmichink.
English:
Those wolves came.
Lenape:
Nèk tëmeyok
pe
yok.
English:
I buy an apple.
Lenape:
Nëmahëlao apëlìsh.
English:
I made a peach cobbler.
Lenape:
Nëmanitu '
pe
ach cobbler.'
English:
I am going to look at some shoes.
Lenape:
Nëmay pënamëna chipahko.
English:
I went to see the man but he was asleep.
Lenape:
Nëmay pënao shëk kawi na lënu .
English:
I see the creek flowing slowly.
Lenape:
Nemën në sipu pèm'
pe
hëlak.
English:
I gave him a Delaware name.
Lenape:
Nëmila Lëna
pe
i luwènsëwakàn.
English:
He have me the handkerchief.
Lenape:
Nëmilùkw në akòntpèpi.
English:
I ate an apple.
Lenape:
Nëmuhò apëlìsh.
English:
I too will help them.
Lenape:
Nèpèch nëwichëmaok.
English:
Okay, let's smoke!
Lenape:
Nëpèhta hupotàm!
English:
Okay, my friend, let's go hunting.
Lenape:
Nëpèhta, nchu, alaitàm.
English:
I too am sleepy.
Lenape:
Nè
pe
nkatunkòm.
English:
Me neither.
Lenape:
Në
pe
òk ku.
English:
Me neither!
Lenape:
Nè
pe
ta ku!
English:
I too was created by the Creator.
Lenape:
Nè
pe
ta nkishelëmùksi.
English:
That black rock fell.
Lenape:
Në sëkèk ahsën pënihële.
English:
He has not yet learned to crawl.
Lenape:
Nèsko pëmuxsi.
English:
Jim has not come yet.
Lenape:
Nèsko
pe
na Jim.
English:
I grabbed it quickly because it was falling.
Lenape:
Nëwèchilahtu èli alëmi pënihëlèk.
English:
I built a house at the lake.
Lenape:
Nëwikhe mënëpèkunk.
English:
I am building a house across the river or lake,
Lenape:
Nëwikhe òspèkwe.
English:
I would like to eat a pear.
Lenape:
Nëwinkama hàkhàkopëlìsh.
English:
I like to eat potatoes.
Lenape:
Nëwinkàmaok nèk hopënisàk.
English:
He saw the big wolf sticking his head in the door.
Lenape:
Neyo na xinkwtëme
pe
sakhùkwet skontink.
English:
We saw him butchering.
Lenape:
Neyuwëna pè wiyus'hèt,
English:
I am a Delaware, are you a Delaware?
Lenape:
Ni Lëna
pe
, Lëna
pe
hèch ki?
English:
Two potatoes.
Lenape:
Nisha hopënisàk.
English:
I have two pairs of pants.
Lenape:
Nisha pëlëchisa nulhatu.
English:
Two young men came.
Lenape:
Nisha skìnuwàk
pe
yok.
English:
I am a Delaware.
Lenape:
Ni ta Lëna
pe
.
English:
My mother's older sister is coming tomorrow.
Lenape:
Nkahès mwisa xu pè alàpa.
English:
I want an apple.
Lenape:
Nkatala apëlìsh.
English:
I want to live the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nkata Lëna
pe
owsi.
English:
I want to dance the Delaware way.
Lenape:
Nkata Lëna
pe
wka.
English:
I want to burn cedar.
Lenape:
Nkata lusa pëphòkwës.
English:
I want to go look at him.
Lenape:
Nkata may pënao.
English:
I want to give her a dress.
Lenape:
Nkata mila hèmpës.
English:
I want to give them a dress.
Lenape:
Nkata milaok hèmpës.
English:
I want that white dish.
Lenape:
Nkatatàmën në opèk lokèns.
English:
I almost fell.
Lenape:
Nkati pënihëla.
English:
I want to eat a potato.
Lenape:
Nkatupo hopënis.
English:
I carried a handkerchief.
Lenape:
Nkëlënëm akontpèpi.
English:
I walked silently but the dog growled, he must have heard me.
Lenape:
Nkimuwe shek na mwekane lùkwixin, mpëntakw èt.
English:
I have already thought about it.
Lenape:
Nkìshi pënaelìntamën.
English:
He followed the other man as he walked down the road.
Lenape:
Nòòlao nèl takok lënuwa ènta pëmëskat tëmakànink.
English:
I looked at the bird when he suddenly flew away.
Lenape:
Npënao na chulëns ènta këthwihëlat.
English:
My uncle and my father and I hunted near a creek.
Lenape:
Nshis òk nux òk nè
pe
ntalaihëna kixki sipunk.
English:
I love the Delaware language.
Lenape:
Ntahotàmën Lëna
pe
i lixsëwakàn.
English:
I began to watch those two.
Lenape:
Ntalemi pënaok nèk nisha.
English:
I told Nora, 'Tomorrow they will be coming.'
Lenape:
Ntëla Nora, 'Alàpa xu
pe
yok.'
English:
He grazes near a lake.
Lenape:
Ntiasu kixki mënëpèkunk. {DN}
English:
I am glad because I have lived until this day.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàm èli pètawsia yukwe ènta kishkwik.
English:
I am glad that I can again walk around on this earth.
Lenape:
Nulelìntàmën èli kàski làpi pëmësketàmën yushe xkwithakamika.
English:
I have a yellow dress.
Lenape:
Nulhatu wisawhèmpës.
English:
I hear him well.
Lenape:
Nuli pëntao.
English:
I cross the lake.
Lenape:
Nxkohka mënëpèkw.
English:
I walked around the tree.
Lenape:
Okai mpëmska na hìtkunk.
English:
And they do not even want to understand the Delaware language.
Lenape:
Ok mata ili kòta nënustamëneyo në Lëna
pe
ixsëwakàn.
English:
Me too.
Lenape:
Ok nè
pe
.
English:
The road is white.
Lenape:
Opèk tëmakàn.
English:
The river is white.
Lenape:
O
pe
sipu.
English:
The river is white.
Lenape:
O
pe
sipu.
English:
This dish is white.
Lenape:
O
pe
yu lokèns.
English:
My gloves are white
Lenape:
O
pe
yu nëwixkwelënchèpia.
English:
That person came across from another land.
Lenape:
Osi hàkink wënchi
pe
na awèn.
English:
Fine, and you?
Lenape:
Osòmi, kè
pe
hàch?
English:
Half Lenape.
Lenape:
Pahsi Lëna
pe
.
English:
I am half Delaware.
Lenape:
Pahsi Lëna
pe
ni.
English:
Five potatoes.
Lenape:
Palenàxk hopënisàk.
English:
The creek overflowed.
Lenape:
Palish
pe
yu sipu.
English:
He walks on the ice.
Lenape:
Pampëmëske nushhùkònink.
English:
The birds are singing.
Lenape:
Pe
asuwichik nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He is in the act of going (somewhere).
Lenape:
Pè at.
English:
He often comes for a visit.
Lenape:
Pèchi hànkw kiike.
English:
Those birds flew toward me.
Lenape:
Pèchihëleyok nèk chulënsàk.
English:
He came to gamble.
Lenape:
Pèchi may hatike.
English:
The Golden eagles came there to eat.
Lenape:
Pèchi may mitsuwàk nèk aihàmuk.
English:
He came to see us.
Lenape:
Pèchi may nèhkuna.
English:
Here comes the sun.
Lenape:
Pèchinkwehële kishux.
English:
The snow is waiting.
Lenape:
Pèhëwe na kun.
English:
Wait for me a while, I will go dig them up.
Lenape:
Pèhi takiti, xu nëmai ktahòòk.
English:
A preacher baptized that man.
Lenape:
Pèhpëmëtunhès chòpwënao nèl lënuwa.
English:
He is giving a war-cry.
Lenape:
Pe
kukuwèmwit.
English:
Those boys and girls are all walking together.
Lenape:
Pëmëskhatuwàk nèk pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk.
English:
He sits beside me.
Lenape:
Pëmichi lëmatahpu.
English:
The man flew inside an airplane.
Lenape:
Pëmihële na lënu lamunkwe pëmihëlakink.
English:
Look at that.
Lenape:
Pëna nëshe.
English:
The road goes downhill.
Lenape:
Pënàse në tëmakàn.
English:
Just look at all the things I won!
Lenape:
Pëna tamwe wèmi kèku nsihëwe!
English:
Look, chicken and dumplings.
Lenape:
Pëna, tipasi pàkawënikàna.
English:
The tree limb was blown off.
Lenape:
Pënàxën në tuhòn.
English:
Look at this thing.
Lenape:
Pëna yushe kèku.
English:
He went into a hole in a tree.
Lenape:
Pënchi hìtkunk ènta òlèk.
English:
They drove a big stick up his anus.
Lenape:
Pënchtiènao xinkwi hìtùkw.
English:
That dog is tracking.
Lenape:
Pènhalike na mwekane.
English:
The man fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële na lènu.
English:
The broom fell down.
Lenape:
Pënihële në chikhikàn.
English:
The dish fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële në lokèns.
English:
The tree limb fell.
Lenape:
Pënihële në tuhòn.
English:
My brooch fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihële nkëlakhun.
English:
The dishes fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl lokènsa.
English:
Those earrings fell off.
Lenape:
Pënihëleyo nèl sahkaxehuna.
English:
The leaves fell off the trees because it was windy.
Lenape:
Pënipahkihëleyòk hìtkuk èli kshàxën.
English:
Dry those dishes.
Lenape:
Pe
nkòkho nèl lokènsa.
English:
The dish is dry.
Lenape:
Pe
nkòn në lokèns.
English:
The dishes are drey.
Lenape:
Pe
nkònu nèl lokënsa.
English:
The clothes are drying.
Lenape:
Pe
nkwihëleyo nèl hèmpsa.
English:
The ground is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Pe
nkwihële yu hàki.
English:
My shirt is dry (after having been wet).
Lenape:
Pe
nkwte ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
Look at that Osage.
Lenape:
Pënow na Wëshashi.
English:
Oh, look at him!
Lenape:
Pënow tamwe!
English:
I used cedar because I wanted to purify myself.
Lenape:
Pëphòkwës nakala èli kata pilhìksi.
English:
We knocked on his door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmënèn mwëskonteyëm.
English:
He knocked on the door.
Lenape:
Pëpuhwitehëmën skontay.
English:
He stuck his head in the door.
Lenape:
Pe
sakhukwèt skonteyunk.
English:
He brought them a deer.
Lenape:
Pèshëwao ahtuhu.
English:
Nine turkeys.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk chikënëmuk.
English:
I ate nine mulberries.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk òkhatim nëmichi.
English:
He is ninety years old.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk txinxke kahtënamu.
English:
I am ninety years old.
Lenape:
Pèshkunk txinxke nkàtënami.
English:
Bring the man.
Lenape:
Pèshu na lënu.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikwahëmink.
English:
Bring him to my house.
Lenape:
Pèshu nëwikwahëmink.
English:
The white people brought us whiskey.
Lenape:
Pètakuna wàni weòpsit wëshki.
English:
Drive that cow in this direction.
Lenape:
Pètskao na wèhshùmwis.
English:
The little one brought some food.
Lenape:
Pètutu mehëmichink.
English:
The smoke came this way.
Lenape:
Pètuxweyu nëni kwèshhatèk.
English:
Those two young men came.
Lenape:
Pe
yok nèki nisha skinuwàk.
English:
They came to where I live.
Lenape:
Pe
yok yushe ènta wikia.
English:
The cloud is coming this way.
Lenape:
Pe
yu në këmhòkw.
English:
The smoke is coming this way.
Lenape:
Pe
yu në kwèshhatèk.
English:
The clouds are coming this way.
Lenape:
Pe
yu nèl kùmhòko.
English:
Boys and girls are walking together.
Lenape:
Pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk papëmëskatuwàk.
English:
Boys and girls are walking.
Lenape:
Pilaechëchàk òk xkwechëchàk papëmëskeyok.
English:
The Delawares live differently from the White people.
Lenape:
Pililawsuwàk yuki Lena
pe
yok nawènahta Shëwanahkok.
English:
The preacher misspoke when he preached.
Lenape:
Pita
pe
une na pèpëmëtunhèt ènta pëmëtunhèt.
English:
Peel this apple.
Lenape:
Pxàkha wa apèlìsh.
English:
Lead me by the hand wherever I go.
Lenape:
Sahkakwënich tëta
pe
aàn.
English:
Sunday I go to Bartlesville, those Delawares want to try to speak Lenape.
Lenape:
Sàntèke Bartlesville nta, nèk Lëna
pe
yok kèta kwchi alënixsihtit.
English:
He was bald when he was born.
Lenape:
Sapëlànt
pe
ènta mhitahpit.
English:
The brooch is shiny.
Lenape:
Sapëlee në këlakhun.
English:
Tom has black hair.
Lenape:
Sëkànt
pe
na Tom.
English:
There is a man coming this way.
Lenape:
She na lënu
pe
yat.
English:
That is the exact way to where I live.
Lenape:
Shè në pëskwi wikin.
English:
There is someone else who is gathering acorns.
Lenape:
Shè òk na pili awèn pè ònàxkwimhèt
English:
A white person made the peach cobbler.
Lenape:
Shëwanàkw manitu në '
pe
ach cobbler.'
English:
Here are some Lenape words.
Lenape:
She yu Lëna
pe
i aptunakàna.
English:
Stretch out the tent.
Lenape:
Shipënëmën në hèmpsikaon.
English:
This hand of mine is numb.
Lenape:
Shipëne yu nàxk.
English:
Spread out the blanket.
Lenape:
Shipën në ahkwiyàn {DN}
English:
A rattlesnake is rattling.
Lenape:
Shixikwe pè shëshuhwit.
English:
Salt and pepper.
Lenape:
Sikhay òk pèpël.
English:
My shirt is wet.
Lenape:
Skà
pe
ntahèmpsëm. {DN}
English:
Young women, are you Delawares?
Lenape:
Skixkweyok, Lëna
pe
hèch kiluwa?
English:
He is very rich.
Lenape:
Sòmi aho
pe
yu.
English:
You are acting very foolish in this house.
Lenape:
Sòmi kpëchehòsi yu wikwahëmink.
English:
If I lie down too close to the edge of the bed I might fall off.
Lenape:
Sòmi shòwi nshenkixi xu mpënihëla.
English:
I went to the stable.
Lenape:
Stèpëlink nta.
English:
Sometimes Uncle Bob comes.
Lenape:
Tamse hànkw
pe
na nuxtët Bob.
English:
Sometimes they bring soup and meat and hominy.
Lenape:
Tamse pètuwàk kshitay òk wiyus òk sëteyo.
English:
Where did the Delawares go?
Lenape:
Tani hàch eyok nèki Lëna
pe
yok?
English:
Where did that person come from?
Lenape:
Tani wënchi na awèn
pe
?
English:
There are strawberries and onions there.
Lenape:
Tehim në shè tali òk ulepënàk.
English:
The year is 1971.
Lenape:
Tèlën òk pèshkunk òk nishash òk kwëti kahtëne.
English:
I walk up the road.
Lenape:
Tëmakànink mpëmska.
English:
Wherever they go.
Lenape:
Tëta
pe
yahtit.
English:
Wherever he goes.
Lenape:
Tëta
pe
yat.
English:
They speak softly when they talk together.
Lenape:
tòkënixsuwàk ènta pèmtunhèhtit.
English:
He lifted the man.
Lenape:
Tòspënao nèl lënuwa.
English:
I go to Turtle Creek -or- Turtle River.
Lenape:
Tul
pe
hanink nta.
English:
A turtle went there.
Lenape:
Tul
pe
mah ika e.
English:
You went to town then you gave her a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kta na këmilan hèmpës.
English:
You went to town then you gave me a dress.
Lenape:
Utènink kta na këmili hèmpës.
English:
The Delaware said long ago.
Lenape:
Wàni Lëna
pe
mah lòmëwe luwe.
English:
These Delawares are happy.
Lenape:
Wàni Lëna
pe
wëlatènamu.
English:
The Delawares will walk in the frost.
Lenape:
Wàni Lëna
pe
xu tupànuxweyok.
English:
I am glad when I come to visit.
Lenape:
Wanishi ta ènta pèchi kiikeyàn.
English:
Rosemary will soon be coming.
Lenape:
Wa Rosemary xuniti
pe
.
English:
I wonder if I should use cedar smoke when I purify the house.
Lenape:
Wechia pëphòkwësi kwèshhatèk nhakatàm ènta pilhìksëmën në wikëwam.
English:
Does Mary have a red dress?
Lenape:
Wëlatu hèch na Mary màxkhèmpës?
English:
He sounds strange when he talks.
Lenape:
Wëlelëmixsu ènta pëmëtunhèt.
English:
She was glad because Walks Downstream and I came to help him.
Lenape:
Wëlelìntàm èli Nahuxwe òk nè
pe
pèchi wichinkeyànkw.
English:
He talks just like a Lenape.
Lenape:
Wëli alàshi Lëna
pe
pëmëtunhe.
English:
That Delaware woman is good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlinakwsu na Lëna
pe
xkwe.
English:
Those Delaware women are good looking.
Lenape:
Wëlinakwsuwàk nèk Lëna
pe
xkweyok.
English:
He is actually walking.
Lenape:
Wëli pëmëske.
English:
Everyone came there.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn ika
pe
.
English:
Everyone who saw him was surprised.
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn neyòte chi
pe
lìntàm.
English:
Everyone who comes to help me can get full (of food).
Lenape:
Wèmi awèn pèchi may wichëmite kàski kispu.
English:
Everything is bright.
Lenape:
Wèmi kèku sapëlee.
English:
The lightning repeatedly flashed everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi li sasapëlehële.
English:
All who came here were tired.
Lenape:
Wèmi
pe
yachik wikwihëleyok.
English:
They all came.
Lenape:
Wèmi
pe
yok.
English:
He came from everywhere.
Lenape:
Wèmi wënchi tali
pe
.
English:
Pass me the potatoes.
Lenape:
Wëntahlëni nèk hopënisàk.
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wëntaxlëni nèk shukëlipënisàk.
English:
Hand me the sweet potatoes.
Lenape:
Wëntaxlëni nèl shukëlipënàk.
English:
The house leaks.
Lenape:
Wënt
pe
në wikëwam.
English:
Perhaps the white meat will taste good. (like from a chicken)
Lenape:
Winkàn èt në opèk wiyus.
English:
He likes the shore.
Lenape:
Winkatàmën në shoh
pe
.
English:
Those potatoes and onions taste good.
Lenape:
Winkëluk nèk hopënisàk òk ulepënàk.
English:
He likes to watch them.
Lenape:
Winki pënaoo.
English:
He liked to watch fireflies in a bottle.
Lenape:
Winki pënaoo sasapisàk hàkhàkwink.
English:
The dress is gray.
Lenape:
Wipunkon në hèmpës.
English:
Does Mary have a yellow scarf?
Lenape:
Wisaèk akontpèpi hèch wëlatu na Mary?
English:
Does Tom have yellowish hair?
Lenape:
Wisaont
pe
hèch na Tom?
English:
All the Delawares were afraid.
Lenape:
Wishas'hatuwàk wèmi nèk Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
The chickens were afraid when it thundered.
Lenape:
Wishasuwàk nèk tipasàk ènta pèpèthakhòn.
English:
My spouse is across the river.
Lenape:
Witaemàk òspèkwe.
English:
Suddenly a wolf came.
Lenape:
Wixkaochi tëme
pe
.
English:
I walked behind.
Lenape:
Wtenk mpëmska.
English:
He walked behind.
Lenape:
Wtenk pëmëske.
English:
Many Lenape were there long ago.
Lenape:
Xaheli Lëna
pe
yok ahpupanik lòmëwe.
English:
There are many Delawares here.
Lenape:
Xaheli Lëna
pe
yok ahpuwàk yu tali.
English:
Finally we heard him behind the house.
Lenape:
Xantki òsikamike mpëntawëna.
English:
Finally he told the elder, Show them to me.
Lenape:
Xantki tëlao nèl kìkaya, Mpënamënàkw.
English:
Many people came.
Lenape:
Xeli awènik
pe
yok
English:
I heard it in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Xinkwikaonink mpëntamën.
English:
Girls and boys are walking together.
Lenape:
Xkwechëchàk òk pilaechëchàk pëmëskatuwàk.
English:
I will put something in your eye(s).
Lenape:
Xu këpësihëlël.
English:
You will fall off.
Lenape:
Xu kpënihëla.
English:
You will bring them.
Lenape:
Xu kpètaook.
English:
When they have the payment everyone will be rich.
Lenape:
Xu moni miltin nèk wèmi awèn aho
pe
i.
English:
I will speak.
Lenape:
Xu mpëmtunhe.
English:
I will think about it.
Lenape:
Xu mpënaelìntàmën.
English:
They will bring me some food so I can eat.
Lenape:
Xu mpètakuk mehëmichink xu nkàski mitsi.
English:
Soon I will speak better than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe alëwi wëlët nawènahta ki.
English:
Soon I will speak rather than you.
Lenape:
Xuniti mpëmëtunhe nawènahta ki.
English:
Soon the Delawares will shiver from the cold.
Lenape:
Xuniti nànkahchuwàk Lëna
pe
yok.
English:
Soon it will be nine o'clock.
Lenape:
Xuniti pèshunk këlak.
English:
I will tell my grandfather, Look at me!
Lenape:
Xu ntëla nëmuxumës, Pënai!
English:
The woman will come here.
Lenape:
Xu
pe
na xkwe.
English:
It will not fall off.
Lenape:
Xu ta pënihële.
English:
Now it is thundering.
Lenape:
Yukwe pèhakhòn.
English:
We are now experiencing summer.
Lenape:
Yukwe ta nipënëmihëna.
English:
I heard this song in the Big House Church.
Lenape:
Yushe asuwakàn ènta Xinkwikaonink mpëntàmën.
English:
This place where the old Delawares had lived.
Lenape:
Yu tali yushe xuwi Lëna
pe
yunkahke wihikihtit.
