awèn

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Pronoun

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awèn (plural awènik, obviative awèni, diminutive awèn'tët, absentative awènika/awènikahke)

  1. (indefinite) someone, anyone, an indefinite person or people
    Ahchipinakwsuwàk yuki awènik.
    These people look strange.
    Awèn pè.
    Someone is coming.
    Nëmëshalaok awènika.
    I remember those who are deceased.
  2. (interrogative) who?
    Awèn hàch nàni?
    Who is that?

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References

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  • Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “awèn”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project
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