DORSKY-swANTON] THE BILOXT AND OFO LANGUAGES 129 



Tane'ks a'^'yaxtitu', are you (pi.) Biloxi women? 



Biloxi are you women? 



Tane'ks nka°xti', I am a Biloxi woman. 



Biloxi i am a 



woman 



Tane/ks sa°'ya si°to', he is a Biloxi boy. 



Biloxi (young?) boy 



Tane'ks sa°'ya isi^'to, are you a Biloxi boy? 



Biloxi (young ?) are you a 

 boy? 



5 Tane'ks sa"'ya uiiksi'^'to, I am a Biloxi boy. 



Biloxi (young?) I am a boy 



Psde'hi ma'nkd^e inkta', this (reel.) knife is mine. 



Knife this reel. ob. fis] mine 



Psde'hi ma'nkiya'^ ifikta'ni, that (reel.) knife is not mine. 



Knife that recl.'ob. [is] not mine 



Psde'hi no'^pa' raa'nkd^e indi'ta, these two (reel.) knives are his. 



Knife two this reel. ob. [are] his 



Psde'hi no°pa' ma'nkiya" i'ndikta'ni, those two (reel.) knives are not his. 



Knife two that reel. ob. [are] not his 



10 Tane'ks ha°yadi' ade' nka'de te', I wish to speak the Biloxi language. 



Biloxi people speak I speak wish 



Tane'ks ha°yadi' ade' yade'di, do you speak the Biloxi language? 



Biloxi people speak do you 



speak? 



Tane'ks ha^yadi' ade' nkade'ni, I do not speak the Biloxi language. 



Biloxi people speak I do not 

 speak 



Tane'ks sa°'ya sanki', she is a Biloxi girl. 



Biloxi (young?) girl 



Tane'ks sa*^'ya isa'nki, are you a Biloxi girl? 



Biloxi (young?) are you a girl? 



15 Tane'ks sa'^'ya ufiksa'nki, I am a Biloxi girl. 



Biloxi (young?) I am a girl 



Tane'ks ha°yadi' ade' yo'^ hiya'nkuka'de ka°', psde'hi ma'iikdfe 



Biloxi people speak "^in you talk to me if knife this reel. ob. 



pana"' ayindi'ta. dande', all these knives shall be yours if you 



all fbe] yours shall 



will talk to me in Biloxi. 

 Psde'hi ma'nki3^a° pana"^' ifikta', all those (reel.) knives are mine. 



Knife that reel. ob. all [are] mine 



A^se'wi ma'nkd<^e nyi'ku dande', I will give you this (reel.) ax. 



Ax this reel. ob. Igivetoyou will 



A^se'pi ne' yaxku', give me that (std.) ax! 



Ax that give to me! 



std. ob. 



20 A^se'pi ma'nkiya" yaxku', give me that ax (lying down)! 



Ax that reel. ob. give to me! 



Si°to' sanki' ha ha'nu'^, is that a boy or a girl? 



Boy girl or is that? 



Toho'xk waka' ha ha'nu^, is that a horse or a cow ? 



Horse cow or is that? 



Tane'ks ha°ya'di Ma'mo ha^ya'di ha ha'nu"^, is he a Biloxi man or an 



Biloxi man Alibamu man or is he? 



Alibamu man? 



