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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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my hair is gray, andhi"^ tcttcHtka^, liis 

 hair stands on end, bristles up. anahW 

 dAktcudu^ to take the scalp of a foe. 

 ay a'"'' na^liV, tree moss, "tree hair." — 

 naxko^, the hair on the sides of the 

 human head. {Also 11:2; 20: 14, 15, 

 26, 34; 26: 37, 75.) 



anaki^, fruit, berries. — maxo'"''tkxo'ki 

 a'naki, "ancient palmetto fruit:" a co- 

 coanut; cocoanuts. ta"s psond anakV, 

 berries of the nightshade, a^nak sVdi, 

 "yellow fruit," oranges, a^nak sVdi 

 so^sa^, an orange. ana^xkukayV, the 

 small cocklebur. ana^xkuka xohV, 

 "the ancient cocklebur," the large 

 cocklebur. 



anan^, winter (12: 5). — ana''>'kai>^ yihV, to 

 be waiting for winter to come {ana'"'- 

 ka'n^ ayihl^, ana^ka'"'^ rikihV). 



ane' (31: 3), anedi'(3i: 1, 3), a louse, 

 lice (31: 3). 



ani^, ni (26: 14), water. — anV ko skutV, 

 how deep is the water? anV ksuhedi, 

 to blow or spurt water from the mouth. 

 anV ksuhe^yc, probably a synonym. anV 

 tata^xedV, the gentle patter of rain (see 

 waxS). anV hinV, to drink water, a'ni 

 anVpahi^^, a water barrel. anV ka'"'hV, 

 todipavessel into water. anV xwVtka, 

 the water is muddy ( Bk. ) . anV knedi\ 

 in the water. anV Vkin te\ do you want 

 water? ani' akudiHn^ xkidonW , "water 

 looks - down - on sees - himself, ' ' an 

 image or reflection in the water, ani' 

 kuwe, to "go into the water," i. e., to 

 sink. anV nkuwe^, I sank in the water. 

 a^ni kyaHion, a well (1: 8). anV kyd 

 o'^hiV, ' ' water made by digging, ' ' a well. 

 anV kyd o'^-nVk nka'ketu\ let us dig a 

 well (1: 4). anV kyd o'''''ni kedV xyo 

 (the Rabbit told him that) he must dig 

 the well (alone ) (1:6). anV nepilii, or 

 anV nupind, "water which has a good 

 odor," eau de cologne, anV nitanyan\ 

 "large water," the ocean. anV pu- 

 pu^xi, foam, ani^ xoxoni\ a wave, 

 waves ( see xoxo, to swing). anV xyukV, 

 a current. anV xyiinuklda^nahV, "cur- 

 rent turns around," an eddy, ani' 

 snihV, a spring. anV tao''HiV, an over- 

 flow (of. D., amnitan; (p., nida'"). a'ni 

 tV, "water house," a cistern, ani^- 

 o'tni'', "made of water," or "watery," 



juice, anipa^, "bitter water," whisky. 

 anipa^ anV2)ald'^, a whisky barrel. 

 nipa^, whisky (24: 1). anVpa tckuye^, 

 "sweet whisky," wine, anipa'xka, 

 ' ' sour water, ' ' beer. anVpahi'^^, a bar- 

 rel, a^ni ani^pahi'"^ , a water barrel. 

 anipa^ anVpahin^ a whisky barrel. 

 ani'paha^dudi' {anipahi'"'-{-adudi), a bar- 

 rel hoop. anipaniio'"'nV {anipa-\-hini-'r 

 o'>hii), "that from which one drinks 

 whisky," a tumbler, animi' hudl\ a 

 prickly ash tree. iinnV (probably in- 

 tended for ani^, water?). unnV usi''^- 

 hinye^, to plunge (hot iron) into water. 

 A^'SnVlioixyan^ (said to be derived from 

 ani snihi and ayixya''^), "Cold Water 

 Bayou," Spring Bayou, between Le- 

 compteand Calcasieu, La. Nl' sdhd'ya'"', 

 "Strong Water," the former name for 

 Alexandria, Rapides Parish, La.; it is 

 now called Ta^ya^. NVsni xo'"^ yix- 

 ya^^, Cold Water Creek, Rapides Par- 

 ish, La. JSTisixyan^ {ani-^-sidi-^-ayixyn'"'); 

 "Yellow Water Bayou," Bayou Boi^uf, 

 near Lecompte, Rapides Parish, La. 

 {Also 9: 11, 13, 14, 16; 10: 5, 30, 32, 

 33; 15: 3; 18: 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 15, 18; 

 19: 11; 26: 14.) 



a^'nix, to play. — a'mxa' mxye, he plays 

 at intervals as he goes along (21: 5, 

 12). ama;2/a^, ball play (29: 1). nkiHd^ 

 nixyV, I play with him (29: 19) . iyiHd^ 

 nixyV, she plays with you (29: 20, 21). 



ani^sti, anisti^ (21 : 25; 28: 206) , ani^sti 

 (26: 27), sure enough. — ani'stl kika^ 

 seems to mean " it is uncertain' ' in the 

 following: teyii^ hetu^ — anVsti kika^ — 

 nkye''ho''hii na^, they say that he killed 

 him — it is uncertain (?) — I do not 

 know it. 



antatcko'', crosswise. — aHatcko'ye, to 

 place crosswise (instead of erect) 

 {aHatcko'haye, aHatclco'hanke'). 



a^QJi, exact meaning uncertain; vf\ihct/nde 

 it is said to mean, a long time, as a'nde 

 a'o'"' dl'lia'"-, when he had been gone a 

 longtime (2: 18). 



a'padenska'', a butterfly. 



apadi. — apadiye^, to pay him {apa^dhaye^, 

 apa'dhank^'; apa'diyetu', apa^dliayetu^, 

 apa^dhanketu^ Futures: apa'diya^ dan- 

 de^, apa'dhaya' dande^, apa^dhanka^ 



