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

Opekasit. IV, 47. Easterly looking. Waopink or opūnk, opossum. From the root wab, white. [See p. 43].

Opeleken. I, 8. It looks bright. Root wab or op. See last word.

Otaliwako. V, 43. There snake or Otalis (Cherokis).

Otaliwi. V, 56. Cherokees of Mts.

Ouken. III, 12. Fathers. Ochwall, his father. Zeis. Gram, p. 100.

Owagan. I, 22, or Owagon, I, 7. Deeds, action. A verbal suffix. [See p. 101].

Owak. I, 4. Much air or clouds. An error for woak, and. Comp. Zeis. Spelling Book, p. 122.

Owanaku. I, 2. Foggy. Awonn. Z. Auan, N. J., fog.

Owini. I, 12. First beings I, 16; II, 5, 9. Beings. Rafinesque says of this word, that it "may be analyzed o-wi-ni, 'such they men' or beings." It would seem to be a form of the substantive verb termination wi.

Owinkwak. I, 10. First beings also. Owini, and wak, and.