-tët

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-tët anim or inan (animate plural -tëtàk, inanimate plural -tëta, animate obviative -tëta, genitive -tëti)

1. diminutive suffix

   ‎chulëns (“bird”) + ‎-tët → ‎chulëntët (“little bird”)

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