The Lenâpé and Their Legends: With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticityBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
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The Lenâpé and Their Legends: With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Delaware Indians; Delaware language -- Texts; Picture-writing, Indian
Wulamo. II, 1; IV, 1; V, 1. Long ago. _Wulamoe_, long ago.
Wulaton. III, 3; IV, 11. To possess.
Wulliton. III, 16. _Wulaton_, to save, to put up. K. _Wuliton_, to make
well. K.
Wulatenamen. V, 41. To be happy. Ibid.
Wulelemil. III, 17. Wonderful. _Wulelemi_, wonderful.
Wuliton. II, 15. To make well, to do well. Z. _Gr._ p. 222.
Wulitowin. IV, 20. Good who (did). See last word.
Wulitshinik. V, 4. Good stony _or_ well, hardy. _Wulit_, good; _assin_,
stone.
Wulitpallat. V, 30. Good warrior. _Wulit_, good; _itopallat_, warrior.
Wunand. I, 17. A good god. Root _Wun_. See p. 104.
Wundanuksin. IV, 32. Being angry. _Wundanuxin_, to be angry at or for.
K.
Wunkenahep. V, 12. West he went. _Wundcheneu_, it is west.
Wunkenapi. III, 20. Western man. _Wundchen_, west; _ape_, man.
Wunkeniwi. III, 6. Westerlings. See above.
Wunkiwikwotank. V, 13. West he visited. See above. _Kiwichen_, to visit.
Wunpakitonis. V, 13. West abandoned. _Pakiton_, to throw away.
Wunshawononis. V, 13. West southerners. _Shawano_, south.
Yagawan. III, 8. (In the) huts. Ibid.
Yagawanend. IV, 50. Hut maker. See last word.
Yuch. I, 6. Well. _Yuh_. H. _Yuch_. K. _Yuk_, these. K.
Yukepechi. IV, 1. Till there. _Yukepetschi_, till now, hitherto. K.
Yuknohokluen. IV, 48. Let us go saying. Doubtful.
Yulik. I, 6. These. _Yukik_, these. K.
Yutali. I, 2, 22. There. _Jutalli_, just here. K.
APPENDIX.
AGOZHAGÀUTA. (_page_ 14. _Note_.)
With reference to this word I have been favored with the opinions
of Gen. Clark, Mr. Horatio Hale, and the Rev. J. A. Cuoq, all able
Iroquois scholars.
Gen. Clark and Mr. Hale believe that it is a dialectic or corrupt form
for _agotsaganha_, which is a derivature from _atsagannen_ (Bruyas,
_Radices Verborum Iroquaeorum_, p. 42). This verbal means, in one
conjugation, "to speak a foreign language," and in another, "to be of a
different language, to be a foreigner." The prefix _ago_ or _ako_ is an
indefinite pronoun, having the same form in both singular and plural,
and is used with national or tribal appellations, as in _akononsionni_,
"People of the Long House," the general name of the Five Nations. Gen.
Clark notes that the term _agotsaganens_, or _agotsaganes_, was the
term applied by the Iroquois to the Mohegans, = "People who speak a
foreign tongue." (Jogues, _Novum Belgium_ (1646), and _Pa. Colonial
Records_, vol. vi, p. 183.)
The Rev. Mr. Cuoq believes that the proper form is _akotsakannha_,
which in his alphabet is the same as _agotsaganha_, but he limits its
meaning to "on est Abnaquis," from _aktsakann_, "être Abnaquis." (See
his _Lexique de la Langue Iroquoise_, pp. 1, 155.) The general name
applied by the Iroquois to the Algonkins he gives as _Ratirontaks_,
from _karonta_, tree, and _ikeks_, to eat, "Tree-eaters" (_Lexique_, p.
88); probably they were so called from their love of the product of the
sugar maple.
DIALECT OF THE NEW JERSEY LENAPE. (_p. 46_)
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