122 BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY [bull. 47 



Yaduxta*^' ko tca'ka°-nedi', where is the wagon [standing]? 



Wagon the where the std. 



Ob. 



Tohoxka' ya** xa°' tca'ka'^-nedi', where is the horse [standing] ? 



Horse where the std. 



Ob. 



A°ya' tcina'ni yuke'di, how many men are there? (if alive). 



Men how many they are (?) 



Tohoxka' ko tcina'ni yuke'di, how many horses are there? 



Horse the how many they are (?) 



5 Ati' tcina'ni, how many houses are there? 



House how many 



Aya°' tcina'ni, how many trees? 



Tree how many 



Kcixka' ko tcina'ni yuke'di, how many hogs are there? 



Hog the how many they are (?) 



Hi°'iiiye'hu°ni', I do not know you. 

 Kuyankye'hu°ni', don't you know me ? 

 10 Ya'nkyehu^' pi'hedi'di", he ought to know me 



Tcina'n j^uke' nkye'htl^ni, I do not know how many there are. 



How many they are I do not know 

 (?) 



Ha°ya' tca'naska, how large is the man ? 



Man how large 



Ta'^ya'^' tca'naska, how large is the village? 



Village how large 



Kcixka' tca'naska, how large is the hog? 



Hog how large 



15 Ta'' yi'iikiya"^ tca'naska' ko e'naska Ba'yus-ya°', Lecompte is as 



Village small how large the so large Bunkie 



[Lecompte] 



large as Bunkie (a town of Louisiana). 

 Latci' ko Dji'm ku-e'naska'ni na', Charley [Prater] is not as large 



Charles the Jim not as large (masc.) 



[is] 



as Jim. 

 Tca'naska nkye'ho'^ni aya"^' ya", I do not know how large the tree is. 



How large I do not know tree the 



Toho'xk tcina'ni yuke' nkye'ho°ni, I do not know how many horses 



Horse how many they are (?) I do not know 



there are. 

 Aya"^' tcina'ni nkye'ho°ni, I do not know how many trees there are. 



Tree how many I do not know 



20 Kcixka' ne'di ko tca'naska uki'kinge ko' skane' e'naska na', this 



Hog the std. ob. how large half the that that large 



(masc.) 



hog is half as large as that one. 

 Ta° yi'nkiya" ti' tcina'ni ko' eti'ke na' Ba'yus-ya'", there are as 



Leoompte house how the (compara- . Bunkie 



many tive sign) 



many houses in Lecempte as there are in Bunkie. 

 Ta'^ya'^^ haya' tcina'ni ko' Ta'' yi'Sldya"* haya' e' kuna'tuni', there 



Alexandria people how many the Lecompte people that there are not 



so many 



are not as many people in Lecompte as there are in Alexandria. 



