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Lenape Talking Dictionary
By English WORD or PHRASE
By Lenape WORD or PHRASE
Weòpsichik Pèchi Witawsumku
Origin of White People . . . Told by Nora Thompson Dean to Nicholas Shoumatoff in 1977.
English:
It is said that long ago the Delawares had different thoughts
Lenape:
Lòmwe hùnt yuki Lënapeyok mësiliteheyok ènta
English:
about where the White people came to us.
Lenape:
washe Weòpsit pèchi nutxùkhùmëna.
English:
Some said that long ago when the ocean
Lenape:
Alënte luweyok lòmwe ènta yushe kitahikàn
English:
crashed against the rocks,
Lenape:
ènta nèl ahsëna mëshikakuk,
English:
there was a lot of foam from which they [Whites} began to be made.
Lenape:
xahèli pitay alëmi manituwàk.
English:
Then it is said long ago by the elders,
Lenape:
Na hùnt luwèn lòmwe kikainkahke,
English:
that is where these White people came from.
Lenape:
nal në wënchi washe Weòpsit ènta pèchi may nutxùkhùmëna.
English:
Some of the people said various things,
Lenape:
Alënte awènik mësi luweyok,
English:
that is all I myself heard from the old Delawares
Lenape:
shëkw nal në shëkw nkàski mpëntamën ni xuwi Lënapeyok
English:
said. That is the reason why the white people
Lenape:
èluwèhtit. Nal në she në wënchi yukshè Weòpsichik
English:
came to live with us.
Lenape:
pèchi yushe witawsumku.
English:
That is all I can recall.
Lenape:
Nal yu pèchi nkàski mëshatàm.
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