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18 Story Sentence Search Results For "teme"
English:
because I stand and say, "White Eyes wants peace,"
Lenape:
eli nipaia òk luweya "Kukwèthakèxtun kahtatàm wëlankùntëmëwakàn,
English:
Perhaps this must be true. This is the reason the dogs and wolves fear each other.
Lenape:
Kìchi èt mah në le. Nal në wënchi yuki mwekaneyok òk tëmeyok xwëntuwàk.
English:
Once long ago the wolf leader said
Lenape:
Kwëtën lòmwe nikanixink tëme luwe
English:
It was the old type of hoe like they used before they
Lenape:
Lòmëwe èt kwipëlënay ènta hnakatèmën ènta kwipëlënay nèkao
English:
It has long been known that wolves and dogs hate each other.
Lenape:
Lòmwe nòchi wahkòt yuki tëmeyok òk mwekaneyok shinkaltuwàk.
English:
we will fight those wolves whenever we see them."
Lenape:
mathakawënanàk nèki tëmeyok ènta neyoke.”
English:
The wolves were already waiting over the hill.
Lenape:
Mèchi yuk tëmeyok pehëweyok òsaonke.
English:
Then when he finished saying that suddenly a big wolf stuck his head in the doorway,
Lenape:
Na ènta në kìshi luwèt wixkaochi na xinkwtëme sakhùkwè skonteyunk,
English:
When the animals would assemble in council, they would talk about when they hide from people.
Lenape:
Na hùnt ènta ma ehëlahtit hùntànkw òk aèsësàk, ahkënutëmëneyo hùntankw ènta kèna kònshiphahtit awèni.
English:
Then she said, "I hid it in the woods! I will go and get it!"
Lenape:
Na luwe, "Nkànhatun ènta shinkèk! Natëmënch!"
English:
Then finally those wolves gave up.
Lenape:
Na xantki lukaheyok nèk tëmeyok.
English:
those wolves. What should we all do now?
Lenape:
nèki tëmeyòk. Kèku hàch xu ktëlsahtihënuk mèchi?
English:
and you will all know me because when I am born a finger will be off
Lenape:
òk xu knënaihëmo èli ènta wëskahpia ntëmëlëncha
English:
"We really want some ashes, hot ashes."
Lenape:
"Punkw ta nkatatèmënèn, kèshtèk punkw."
English:
These dogs and wolves were friends long ago..
Lenape:
Yuki mwekaneyok òk tëmeyok witisëwak lòmwe.
English:
I want to talk about what some people now departed did a long time ago,
Lenape:
Yukwe nkata ahkënutëmen në èlsihtit hùnt lòmëwe awènikahke,
English:
Now I want to talk again about what
Lenape:
Yukwe shè làpi nkata ahkënutëmën
English:
Today I want to tell and old story about the dogs and wolves.
Lenape:
Yushè kishkwik nkata xuachimwi - mwekaneyok òk tëmeyok.