BILOXI-ENGLISH DICTIONARY 



Note. — The Biloxi-English section is arranged under stems, or under the simplest 

 element in the material at our disposal that can be distinguished. In the English- 

 Biloxi part reference is made not to the equivalent of the English word, but to 

 the stem or stems in the Biloxi-English section under which the equivalent 

 may be found. The order preserved is the usual English alphabetical order, 

 except that c (=Engli8h sh), j (the sonant of English sh), tc (English ch or tch), 

 and dj (the sonant of the preceding) are placed after s, all being connected with 

 the sibilant group, and x and x after k, to which they are related. Nasalized vowels 

 are placed after the simple vocalic forms, but sounds distinguished by diacritical 

 marks are not classed by themselves. This would have been done in an absolutely 

 scientific arrangement, but it is believed that convenience of reference is of more 

 importance. In carding verbs Dorsey places the form for the third person sin- 

 gular first, since it is identical with the infinitive, and after it the forms for the 

 second and first persons successively, and sometimes the plural forms in the same 

 order without giving separate translations for any but the first. 



The letters Bj. in parentheses after a word or expression mean that Betsey 

 Joe, Dorsey's best informant and a woman 74 years old at the time of his visit, is 

 authority for it; (M.) refers to Maria, Betsey Joe's daughter, and (Bk.) to Bank- 

 ston (or, as the writer was given it. Banks) Johnson, Maria's husband, whose father 

 was a Biloxi but his mother an Alibamu. The few examples that come through 

 Doctor Gatschet — most of his material having been superseded by that of Dorsey — 

 are indicated by a following (G.). Of the other abbreviations, cv. signifies curvi- 

 linear, st. sitting, std. standing, sp. speaking; see also the Introduction. 



a-, a prefix denoting habitual action; as, 

 duse', to bite, as a dog does; afduse, to 

 be in the habit of biting, pxuye^di, to 

 gore, etc. ; a^pxuye^di, to be in the habit 

 of goring (see pxu). pstu'lci (?), to 

 sew; a^psWhi, to be accustomed to 

 sewing. naxW , to kick; a^naxte, to be 

 in the habit of kicking. 



a-, on. — xehe, to sit; a^xehe, to sit on it. 

 sinhi'"', to stand; a^si^hin, to stand on 

 it. ada'go'nni, to glue on, as arrow- 

 feathers. a^tanJiin (from tan), to run 

 on it. atoho^ (from tflho), to recline on. 



a-f ! a-f !, caw of the crow (14: 27 '). 



ade^, a.&<^', to blaze or burn, a blaze (see 

 peti, uxte^, wude). — aya^^ adef wo (m. 

 sp.), or ayan' adef (w. sp.), does the wood 

 biun? ayaf*^ adef ma^nlci, the wood lies 

 (i. e., is) burning, a^han^, adV , yes, it 

 bums. etuxldW ade\ it burns never- 

 theless {or at any rate) . kudoxta/kihe^ 

 ad£\ though it is wet it burns, aya^^ 

 uxwV ade' pixtV, dry wood burns very 



well. — adqsan'ye, heating it (28: 208). 

 unktca^k atutV, my hand is (was) burnt 

 (p. 149: 20). da'xuni^yetu, they burnt 

 her (26: 71, 81). adeye', to make a fire 

 blaze, to kindle a fire {ade'haye, ade'- 

 hunW ,ade^hayetu' , ade^hUnketu^) . — kade^- 

 yenV, not to make it blaze, kade^hun- 

 kenV, I did not make it blaze (pi., kade^- 

 yetunV, kade^hayetunV , kade^hUnketu- 

 nV). kade^hayenV dande' , you will not 

 make it blaze. — kade^ni, or kadeni', not 

 to burn or blaze, aya^^ kade'ni ma^nki, 

 the wood does not burn as it lies; the 

 wood is not burning, aya^^yan kade^ni 

 xa ma'nkif is not the wood yet burning? 

 kadeni' xa, it burns no longer, ka^deni- 

 xtV, it does not burn at all. tddikef 

 ka^deni^, why does it not burn? — 

 adatctka^, to be scorched or burnt (ayV- 

 datctka, ya^nkadatctka). Tce^tkana' aso^- 

 tV wa^nihiya^ hi^ adatctka^, Ina^ e^tukC"^- 

 ni, the Rabbit's hair between the shoul- 

 ders was scorched by the sun (3: 23). — 



1 In this Dictionary the flgiires in heavy-faced type refer to the number of the myth, or, when preceded 

 by "p.," to the page containing the phrase cited; the following number In each case is that of the line 

 of the myth or the line of the page containing the phrase referred to. 



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