DORSEY-s WANTON] SHE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 125 



Te'ht"ye'-daha' dande', I will kill you (pL). 

 Tohoxka' inkikta' dande', I will hit your hors©. 



Horse I hit for you will 



I'nkidu'si dande', I will shake hands with thee [you]. 



I hold your will 



Tca'k i'nkidu'si te ni'ki, I do not wish to shake hands with thee [you.]. 



Hand I hold your wish none 



5 M+! do'xpe kudeni', Why! what an ugly garment! (female speaking, 



Oh! garment ugly 

 (fern.) 



used in praise of fine clothing). 

 M+! ka'pi xye', Oh! how pretty (female speaking, means, hoio ugly!) 

 Akutx}^' idu'si ko' ayind-he' akutxyi' huya'^'xki3^a', when you get 



Letter you re- when 'you too letter send it to me 



ceive it 



this letter, send me one. 

 Ay^hi"^ yaiika', nde o°'kne, when you came, I had gone [already]. 



You came when Igo[nel had 



(reached) (I had. gone) 



E'ya'* nkihi°' yanka', de o°'kne, when I reached there, he had 



There I reached ' when hego[ne] had 

 (arrived) 



already gone. 

 10 E'ya'^ nkihi"' yanka', te o"' mafiki', when I reached there, he lay 



There I reached when dead in the he lay 

 (arrived) past 



{or made) 



dead [already]. 

 l°hi"' yanka', nko"^ he'da'^ n6, when he reached there, I had 



He when I made finished j)ast 



reached it sign 



there 



already made or done it. 

 I°hi°' yanka', ayo°' he'da'' ne, when he reached there, you had 



He when you made finished past 



reached it sign 



there 



already made or done it. 

 Ayi'hi" yanka' nde' kne, I went when ( = after) you arrived. 



You arrived when I went 



(reached 

 there) 



Ayihi'nt nde' kne, I went at the moment that you arrived. 



J ust as you I went 



arrived 



16 P'hi'nt nde' kne, I went at the moment that he arrived. 



Just as he I went 



arrived 



Nki'^hi'nt de' kne, he went at the moment that 1 arrived. 



Just as I he went 



arrived 



Wahu' xohi' ide' ka° nde'ni, 1 did not go because it hailed. 



Hail fell because I did not 



go 



Tohoxka' to'hana' i'dusi', did you get the horse yesterday^ 



Horse yesterday did ymi 



get it? 



Kuxwi' o°, she makes coffee. 



Coffee she makea 



