The Lenâpé and Their Legends / With the complete text and symbols of the Walam olum, a new translation, and an inquiry into its authenticity

by Daniel G. Brinton

Eluwi. III, 5. Most. The superlative form eli, with the substantive verb suffix, wi.

Eluwiwulit. IV, 36. The best. From eluwi, and wulit, good.

Enolowin. IV, 9. Things who. Doubtful, perhaps, nanne, those; owini, beings, people.

Epallahchund. V, 53. Failer, who fails. Pallikiken, to shoot amiss; palliaan, to go away.

Epit. I, 8. Being there. I, 24. At. This is a suppositive form from achpin, called the "adverbial" by Zeis., Gram., p. 115, who translates it "where he is." It may also be translated by the preposition "at." See Heckewelder, Correspondence with Duponceau, Letter XXI.

Eshohok. II, 7. Much penetrate. Eschoochwen, to go through. Z.

Essop. I, 2, 3. He was.

Essopak. I, 17. Were. II, i, 2. Had become. A form from lissin, to be or do so.

Ewak. III, 3. They go. Ewak, they go. Z.; from aan, to go.

Ewenikiktit. V, 60. Who are they? Auwenik, who are they? Z. Gram., 116. The term Awanuts was that applied to the whites in general by the New England Indians. The Abbé Maurault derives it from a8eni, who, uji, whence; = whence come they? Histoire des Abénakis, p. 10.