Search Results of "bridge" English to Lenape

English:bridge

Lenape:tayaxkun

Possible Word Results

English:I build a bridge

Lenape:ntayaxkunhe

English:I cross over a bridge; I cross over a footlog

Lenape:ntayaxkwi

English:large bridge

Lenape:xinkwi tayaxkun

English:on a bridge

Lenape:tayaxkunink

English:we build bridges

Lenape:ntayaxkunhehëna

Sentence Results

English:He walked under a bridge.

Lenape:Ekwi tayahkunink pëmëske.

Story Results

English:7a. One should not abuse dogs as they will not allow him across the 'bridge' when he dies. (The belief is that a bridge is in the Milky Way, and one must cross it to get to Heaven).

Lenape:7a. Awèn kètëmakihate mwekaneyo ta wingi lelëma xkoxkàn ànkëlëke tayaxkunink tali.

English:7b. In the sky there is a bridge, and when a person goes home to where the Creator lives he must cross that bridge, the deceased elders said.

Lenape:7b. Enta mushhòkunk tali hate në tayaxkun, enta awèn machite Kishelëmukònk wikit kënch ta xkoxkate në tayaxkun, luweyok kìkayunkahke.

English:he must first cross a large bridge.

Lenape:kënch xkoxkate xinkwi tayaxkun.

English:in the sky that is where the bridge is. Nora added in English that all the dogs that have died guard the bridge and if you ever abused a dog he will tell the others not to let you across.

Lenape:mushhakunk hate në tayaxkun.