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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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nka^kidatu^) . a'kidadinV na^unhihV, I 

 wishthat he had notcounted(p. 144:19). 



akida, across (cf. Idtista'). — aya'''^ akeda^- 

 mailko^, or aya'"'^ aheda^manko'n^ni, to 

 make a cross stick (for suspending ket- 

 tle) {aya'n' akeda^mank ayo'"^ni, ayan^ 

 akeda^mank nko''^ni). aya'"^ akeda^vian- 

 ko^ so'n'honni' atcafke, he makes a 

 cross stick on which to hang a kettle.) 

 {aya'n^ akeda^manko'"^ so''^ho'"mi' yatca'ke, 

 ayan^ akeda^mankon^ son^ho'>'ni^ iika- 

 tcakeftu). ayan akida^manki i^^pi, he 

 put the stick across, ayan ahida^manki 

 ayin^pi, you put the stick across, ayan 

 akidafmanhi nki''^pi, I put the stick 

 across. — a^kiduxte\ to cross, as a stream 

 {ya'kiduxte^ , nkafkiduxte') . ayixyan^ 

 a^kiduxte\ to cross a bayou; he has 

 crossed the bayou, ayixyai^ a^kta ndef 

 nka'Mduxte^ I went straight across the 

 bayou, an^xu a^ktduxte^, (lying) across 

 a stone. 



akidi^, akidi (14: 27), insects. — pt^ato 

 akidV, "the cotton insect": a caterpil- 

 lar. akVdi xapka' {=xijapka), "flat 

 bug": a bedbug, akidi^ si^psiwe'di, 

 so called from the noise it makes 

 when caught: "Sp! sp!" — the "Bessie- 

 bug" of Louisiana, a small black bug 

 which is found in decayed logs. — alci- 

 dV tan^inhin^ tonxka^ "broken backed 

 insect": the buffalo-bug or doodle- 

 bug, a small whitish insect about 

 2 inches long, with "nippers" (an- 

 tennae?). It lives in sandy soil, and 

 when one stoops over its hole and 

 thrusts down a straw, the insect is said 

 to grasp the straw, by which it is drawn 

 to thf^ surface. Found from Washing- 

 ton, D. C, to Louisiana. 



akl^'duwaxi'', to go to one side, aside 

 {aya'hiduwa^xi, nka'kUuwa^xi) . — akV- 

 duwaxi' kidaf o'n^i\ he went to one side 

 as he was returning thither (3: 21). 



akinj, a goose. — a^Mkune' iopa' inktqf, I 

 have four geese (5: 7). aWra xohi', 

 the "ancient akini," generic — a 

 goose. akVni xo'x sa'"^, the white 

 goose (Bj., M.). Probably the snow- 

 goose, white brent-goose, Texas goose 

 (Chen hyperboreus) . akVni xo'x to- 

 xkaf , the gray or common wild goose 

 (Bj., M.). The Canada goose, or Ber- 

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nida canadensis. Bk. gave this as 

 a'kikune' kotha\ 



akita'', to attend to it (9: 15; 12:3).— 

 akitatu\ they follow it (12: 6). aya'- 

 tammi pa aya'kUa' dandef, you will at- 

 tend to work only (p. 146: 1). nlca'- 

 tamini' pa nka'kUa' dande', I will at- 

 tend to work alone(p . 1 46 : 2) . — a^kidHsV, 

 to help him (man's word) (aya'^kidtsi^, 

 nka'kidisi'). — akVtsi, to help him 

 (woman's word), akttsi', used in 1: 1 

 (aya^kitsV , nka'^kltsV; akitstu\ aya'kits- 

 tu' , nka'kitstu') . nyakVtsi, I help you. 

 ya'nkakitsV , you (thou) helped me. 

 Men can say to women, yanka'kitsidaha' , 

 help us; but they can not use any 

 other part of this verb. akVtsidaha^ 

 he helped them. aya'kitsVdaha' , you 

 helped them. nka'kUsi'daha', I helped 

 them, ewande' ya'^nkakitsVdaha', he 

 helped us. ayindV ya'nkakitsVdqha', 

 you (sing.) helped us. ayinxtu' ya'n- 

 kalatstu'daha' , you (pi.) helped us. — 

 akitsta', help him! (said by a man to 

 a man). The only other parts of this 

 verb in use are: yanka'kitsta' , help 

 (thou) me! (said by a man to a man). 

 yanka'kitsta'daha' , help (thou) us! (said 

 by men to a man). 



akititu'', to shut. — yihi' a'kititu'ye\ shut 

 your mouth ! bring your lips together! 

 (p. 138: 23). ihia'kititu'ye^ tell him to 

 shut his mouth (p. 138:24). tcid^keyihV 

 ka'kititu'hayeni\ why don't you shut 

 your mouth? (p. 138: 25). 



akiya^, last; the last one, next (9: 12, 13) 

 (cf. kiya). — akiya' nda' dande' , I will go 

 last. akyextVyan, (the very) last. 



akodi'', a gourd (cup). 



akste. — ahsteW, to be stingy {aya'- 

 ksteke, rika'ksteke' ; akste'ketu', aya'- 

 ksteketu', nka'ksteketu') . anyato' yande' 

 akste'ke wa'', that man is stingy (m. sp.) . — 

 kakstenV, not to be stingy, to be gen- 

 erous {kaya'ksteni' , nka'kstenV ; kakste- 

 tunV, kayafkstetunV , nka'kstetuni') . 

 With the masculine oral periods: nkak- 

 ste'ni na' , I am not stingy . nkakst^tuni 

 na', we are not stingy. hi^yVnkakste' 

 ni'ki ni', I am not (stingy?) : said by a 

 female (Bj., M.) (can this be equiva- 

 lent to n^a'Z;siem^f). — kakste'nixtV ,10^1^ 

 very generous (kaya'kstenixtV , nka'- 



