OF THE IXNNI LENAPB INDIANS. 



[of nouns.] 



103 



4. There are also substantives formed of two substantives together, or 

 a substantive with an adjective or verb : 



Yagawan, a hut 



EXAMPLES. 



i hen or fowl. 



From which two words are formed. 



Tipasi^awan, the hen coop 

 Qoschgoschieawan, the bog sty 



Mosigawau, the cow stable 



Also, 



Pemauchsowaptonamik, the word of lifo 

 WulelendaJOMW^tonamik, the glad titling 



gospel 



Ktemakauschsowagan, .1 poor miserable life 

 Inachtapan, bad. stormy weather. 



Mutalugacan, a bad wicked servant 



id 



Pitawikham, the front roof of a house 

 Patamocwigaw in, a house of prayer, (the Lord's 

 house, I "'I Pauunawos, God, the Lord). 



Pallalogasowagan, crime, evil deed 

 M ttl dogasowagan, « wicked, -uil'ul act 

 t discontent, unhappuiess 



I schitanatenawagan, strength ol the spirit of the 



inn. i in. in 

 ix-chtcchaiiilisuwagan, a holy life and conduct. 



Diminutives are formed by the suffix tit*, as, 



Am- in. us. amementit, a little child 



Nitschan, nitsrhantit, my little friend (from 



Niu-. In. 'ii. 1; a coaxing expression used by 



parents tn their children) 

 PDawetschitseh, ptlawetit, a little boy 

 Ochquetit or quelil, a little girl 

 Liiiii'iiii. ■ little man 

 Wikwjiniit, a little room (house) 

 Sipotit, a little creek or brook 



Hilguttit, a little tree 



. iiit, .i pig 

 Tipatii, a chicken 

 Motit, a little calf 



ArbjiD.intit. i little loaf or little piece of bread 

 (lyuin. ,i little piece "i meat (us i- given to chil- 

 dren) 

 Tscholeiitit, a little bird— Tscholentittak, [Plur.) 



OF ADJECTIVES. 



There are not many of these, because those words, which with us are 

 adjectives, here are verbs, and although they are aol inflected through 

 all the persons, yet they It tv I inses. ["he a Ijectives proper end in uwi 

 and oivi, and art; derived sometimes from Bubstantivea and Bometimes from 

 verbs. 



I.\ WIN I s 



Hallcmiwi, eternal 



Genamnwi, grateful; from genam, thanks 



rgauchsawi l* I, kind; Inn .to be 



good Of kind 



Wulelendamuwi, merry; from wulelendain, to re- 

 joice, t'> be i"\ ful at m< 



chanquiwi, spiritual; from irtschltschank, 

 the spirit 



• .Voir by thr Translator — The diminutive tit i- only BSed In the iniiii.it.- gender. In Ihe 



iri.iiiiui ite the termination ' ived, as urikwantei, ,< -mill li tuse, amocholet, \ small ca 



[d etty tittle animal, the liminutive form Is i$,tchu,o\ mamalu, the 



lawn "I i deer, kuligaUehit, lh) prettj little tw ! 9ee tin' Pn nice | rhi re i • ■ ne eia p 

 tion- to tlii- rule, a- lur instance, aBumei, a little dog;, In which thi in oimate dimlnutivi 



ployed, but these are not miii • 



