OF THE LENNI LENAPE INDIANS. 



[of nouns. ] 



lOj 



KX Wll'l I S 



Wulit, good 



Comp. Ulowiwi wulit, more good, better 



Mchinqui, great 



Comp. Allowiwi m'chek, greater 



w abhellemat, wide 



Ulow iwi wahhellemat, wider 

 There are some exceptions) as, 

 Ika, yonder. Ik.dissi, further. 



The Superlative is expressed by eluiri, must or the most. 



i \ Wll'l I g 



Eluwiwulik, the very best, the supremely good 

 Ulowilen, ehiwilek, that which is above everj 



lliuiil 

 Eluwantowit, God above all 

 Kluwiahoalgussit, the beloved above all things 



Eiuwassit, the most powerful, the most majestic 

 Eluwitschitanessit, 1 1 ■ * - strongest of all 

 Eluwitschiecbsit, the mostholy 

 Eluwitakauwussit, the best, the supremely good 

 Eluwilissit, the most gracious one 



OF GENDERS. 



The Rentiers in the Delaware are not divided as in our languages into 

 masculine and feminine, but into animate and inanimate. To the former 

 class belong trees and all plants of a large growth; annual plants and 

 grasses to the latter. Adjectives of the former class grmialh end in t, 

 those of the latter in A:. The masculine and feminine, where it is neces- 

 sary to discriminate, are expressed in various ways. 



EXAMPLES. 



Animate, masculine and feminine, welsit, the 



best 

 Inanimate, welbik, the beet 

 .■Imntate, masculine and feminine, gunaxit, 



great, long 

 Jniimnuiii , gunaquot, great, long 

 eschiechsit, pun-, holy 

 fmitumaft , geschiechek, pure, holy 



Allimati . piNlt. purr, i h 



Iiuinimitte, pilbik. purr, clean 



Animate, allauchsit, allowat, strong, mighty 



Inanimate, allohak, strong, mighty 



. hamate, scheuchsit, weak 

 Inanimate, schawek, weak 

 Animate, metzil, bad, tricked 

 Inanimate, medhik, bad, uiekcd 

 Animate, wacheyekumuil, he who is the liijht 

 Inanimate, waeheyek. the ligbl 

 .lmmiitt. pommauchsowaganit, be who is die 

 life, from pommauchson &g in, life 

 aft . lenk'iiii. rhe little 

 liuuumati . leimettik, the little 



Speaking of quadrupeds, the masculine is generally expressed l>\ hn 

 nowechum, which signifies the male of beasts, thus : 



Lennowechum nenaynnges, moccanen, gosch- i And of fowls and hiids, 



goscli. tlie male .,| tlie horse, dog, hog | Lennowelielleu, the Dale ol fowls, { 



The feminine of the human species is expressed as follows : 



Orhqueu. a woman 

 Ochqnewak) women 

 OchquetschitscD, .1 girl 

 Orbdonm^, a woman's co 

 Wast 1 nans, the eldei brothei 

 hi in \li-, the elder sister 

 * besmui ,thi rothei or riste \>> n bii !. 



is prefixed in the masculine, lenno, man. 



\ (»!,. 111. il I) 



and in the feminini ochqw fromochqueu. 



Woman 



Mate Rrfuchomes, the grandfather 



/■v in 1 Miiiiii. the grandinothei 

 Nolium, kohum, ohumall, my, thy, bis or he 

 grandmothei 



!.'■' 1 No 'Ink. in\ uncle 

 1 1 m Piwitak, ibe aunt 



