DORSEY-s WANTON] THE BIL.OXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 29 



kiya' kipa'nahi kiyo'wo kiya' kide' koko'x e hi"' i'^'txahe'ni e'tike ne o° 



again turned around another again went he made said when he alone was doing it 



home a noise, 

 etc. 



de'-hed-ha'^', "Ko'^ni'," kiy6', "Ma' huwe' oxpatu' na'," kiya' e. 



that fin- when "O mother," he told "Turkey cooked they have ." again he 



ished her, devoured said 



it. 



"Ko'^ni', tcindaho'-pa ma'nki na'," kiye'di. "Aka'naki datca-di'," 



"0 mother hipbone alone lies ." he told her. "Come out gnaw on it" 



(male to female) 



kiye'di. Kawake'ni e'taxkiye' ka° dupa'xi. Dupa'x ka"^ te o'' 



he said to her. Nothing when he opened He opened when dead was 



the door. the door 



30 nafiki'. Pa^'hi"^ tcupa"'-k adukse' ha"^ kox-ta'di. 



sitting. Bag old (ob.) he put when he ran off. 



over her 



NOTES - 



1. tdtdJiki, nlki^ "What is the matter," or "what result;" "there 

 is none " — ^egiha, 'a" ^inge, e'a" jiinge^ "in vain, to no purpose." 



2. Ma iHchia^ "the Ancient of Turkey gobblers;" iHci<iiHcya^ 

 "an old man;" -na^ "the Ancient one," or eponym used in the myths 

 in forming the name of each mythical character, as TcUJca-na^ "the 

 Ancient of Rabbits;" Tumotckana^ " the Ancient of Wildcats; " 7^w^^<^- 

 na^ " the Ancient of Brants," etc. ; Ind-he^ " he too," i. e. , " the Ancient 

 of Turkey gobblers." Hi, used to modify other verbs when they occur 

 before verbs of saying or thinking: ind-he utoho do'^hi hi pa'^hi^-Jca 

 kiya hiye (2, 3); do'^xtu hi Jciye-daha (6); utoho hi (9); ua hi (19); uwa 

 hi (20) ; ndux-ni hi (22) ; naxenanki hi (24) ; et passim. 



4. de-hed-Jia'^^ in full, de heda^ ha^^ "when he finished that;" this 

 occurs very often in the myths. 



4. de heya^ Mdi, "he went so far, and stopped:" the latter clause 

 is implied, not expressed. 



5. iitci, cf. utoho (toho). 



7. kox-m = Mha'"'ni. ant-kde, in full, aiide or hande and Txde "he 

 continued doing so until — ." 



8. antatc-koye. Instead of placing the bag with the side toward 

 himself so that he could roll it easily, he placed it with one end toward 

 himself and pretended to try to turn it end over end. 



11. Kd^ni^ "O mother;" ko'^niya'^ = vV'niya^^ "his mother;" nhiklx 

 k%di from kix kidi {<.kl^ ha^, kldif); kamankiya^ 1st sing, archaic for 

 nki^pi {<.i'^j>i). 



12. Iduwe .... yanda na,' yande^ 2d sing, from hande or ande, 

 becomes yanda before na in prohibitions. 



13. Kawakehi handeha'^^ "what it is anyhow" (?). 



14. soHa-k dusi. "She held but one, as the other escaped." The 

 old woman was blind. She held the turkey's legs in one hand and its 

 wings in the other, thinking that she held four turkeys. 



