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ada^tctkaye^, to scorch any object {ada^- 

 tctkahayef, ada'tdkahunhe') . — ataxnV, 

 ataxnV, atagni, to be burnt (ayVtaxni, 

 ya'nkataxni). — a^taxnixtV, to be burnt 

 severely {ayVtaxnixti, yafnkata^xnixtV) 

 (3: 25). nyVnkado^dide^ a^taxnixtV, now 

 is my grandchild burnt severely (3: 

 26) . — kihaHaxni, to be burnt for another, 

 as his house, etc. {¥kiha^taxnV ., yai^xki- 

 ha^taxnV; kiha^taxnitu'', Vkiha^taxnitu\ 

 ya'n^xkiha'taxnitu'). ayVti Vkihataxni^, 

 your house was burnt, nktitu^ ya'n^x- 

 kiha'taxnitu', our houses were burnt! 

 nktVyan nko'"^ni pixW xye^ni ya'"-'xkiha'- 

 taxni', I made a very good house for my- 

 self, but it was burnt (5:6). aW kiha'- 

 taxni^, his house was burnt. (Also 20: 

 47; 28: 82, 83, 167.) 



adi, father (see atcki). — adiyafi^, a father, 

 his or her father {aya^diyan, nka'diyan). 

 axtu, their father (31: 11, 32). nkax- 

 tu^, our father (31: 26). nWdiyan e 

 ande', or nka'^diya'"' e manki^, I have a 

 father, aya'diyan e ande', or aya^diya'"' e 

 manki^, you have a father, a^diya^ e 

 andef or a^diya^ e manki^, he or she 

 hasafather. {Also 26: 65; 31: 2, 6, 32, 

 33 . ) — ta''ta, masculine vocative for father 

 and father's real or potential elder 

 brother. — aduwo' , his "elder father," 

 his or her father's elder brother (real or 

 potential) {yaduivo', nkaduwo'). 



adi, to climb, climbing. — ilka^di, I climb 

 (28: 97, 105, 113, 117, 119, 130) .—adVx, 

 climbing(28: 119,130). arfi^ he climbed, 

 climbing (26: 42; 28: 46). adi% he 

 climbed (17:4). 



&di, to gore or hook (of a cow). — waka^ 

 d'di, the cow gored or hooked him; 

 waka^ yid'di, the cow gored or hooked 

 you ; waka' yankd^di, the cow gored me 

 (p. 146: 33-36). waka' iyid^ na, beware 

 lest the cow gore you (p. 146: 36). 



a^duwa'xka, to swallow. — a^duwa^xka, 

 she swallows it whole (28: 158). nka^- 

 duwa^xka, let me swallow them whole 

 (28: 157). 



a'd^ihi. — a^d^ixstanha''^ ( =a^d4ihi-}-stan 

 han), the style of wearing the hair for- 

 merly the rule among the Biloxi girls 

 and women, a'diixtcitu' {=a^d^ihi 

 -ftaf-j-itt), the style of wearing the hair 



formerly common among the Biloxi 

 men and boys. 



ahi^, ahe'', ahe'', he (20: 26), skin, nails 

 (of hands and toes), horn, hoofs, scales of 

 fish, bark of trees (cf . hiJi). — isi^ ahi', the 

 toe nails, teak ahV, the finger nails, si 

 a^hiya'"', hoofs, o alii', fish scales, aya""^ 

 ahV, bark of trees. aHa ahoi^i, crook- 

 necked squash ("pumpkin with rind 

 bent" ?). (Also 26: 28, 56, 84, 85, 86; 

 27: 4,9, 13, 16,27; 31: 16, 25). 



ahi', empty (28: 147, 149, 150).— ahiye", to 

 empty, "to cause to be empty." pdhi'"^ 

 ahiyc', he empties a sack, pahi''^ a'hi- 

 haye, you empty a sack, pahi''^ a'hi- 

 hunke\ I empty a sack. 



ahi'i''yehi^, a yard (measure). — ahi'i^yehi^ 

 so^sa', one yard. ahi''^yehi' no^pa', two 

 yards, doxpe hi'i^yehi, a yard of cloth. 



aho^ ahu^ haho^ (21: 40), a bone (28: 

 78). — pa aho' kipude', a suture, sutm'es, 

 "head bone joints." aho'kqhudV, a bone 

 necklace, ptcun ahudV tpa'^^hi^, "the 

 soft bone of the nose " , the septum of the 

 nose. sponV ahudi', the ankle bones. 



aho^ye, a debt. — aho'ye kdefxyi tca'ye, 

 he ' ' marks out " or cancels a debt (aho'ye 

 kde'xyi tca'haye, aho'ye kde'xyi tca'- 

 hunke). — aho'yeye, to ask him for what 

 he owes, to dun a debtor (aho'yehaye' , 

 aho'yehunke'). ah,o'yehi'"'ye\ I owe you. 

 aho'yehiyV, he owes you. aho'yeyanke' , 

 he owes me. — i'kiyaho'ye, to owe a debt 

 to another (ya'kiyaho'ye, a'xkiyaho'ye). 

 i'kiydho'ye a'nde, he still owes him. 

 ya'kiyaho'ye aya'nde, you still owe him. 

 a'xkiyaho'ye nka'nde, I still owe him. 

 inki'yaho'ye nka'nde, I still owe you. 

 yaiiki'ydho'ye aya'nde, you still owe me. 



a''ka,a'kaya»,theyoungestone(28:71). — 

 tando' a'kayan, her youngest brother. 



akaii, suppose (28: 237). 



aka'itci'', to lick (aya'kaHci', nka'kafi- 

 tci': a'kaHctu', aya'kaHctu' , nka'kaHc- 

 tu'). — a'kaHckVke, to lick off. ayu'- 

 yan nka'kaHcki'ke nka'nde xa na', I am 

 used to licking the dew off of vegetation 

 (1:7). (AlsoQ: 17, 28: 42.) 



ake'', to use a knife (i. e., to cut with it) 



(a'yake, nkake'). 

 a''kida. — a'kidadi', to count (aya'kidadi', 

 nka'kidadi; pi. a'kidatu', aya'kidatu', 



