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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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atcu'', a''tcxu, dried or jerked meat 

 (20: 18; 28: 4Q).— a^tcii yuM^di, they 

 were barbecuing (20 : 12). 



atada^, a stain or spot (of dirt). 



atada^xayi^, a grasshopper (Bk.). 



atix. — Atl^x tcldd'"-na\ the former name 

 of the town of Rapides, Rapides Parish, 

 La., now called Eapidya'"'. 



atxe^, atxe^, ice, frozen. — ama^atxe', fro- 

 zen ground. 



ato^ (Bj., M. ), ado^ (Bk.), a potato, po- 

 tatoes. — ato^ a^dukitxke^, to peel pota- 

 toes, ato^ \itcutu\ they planted pota- 

 toes ( 1 : 1). atd viiska^, small potatoes 

 (p. 149: 12, 13). ato' potcka^,at 

 potcka^, Irish potatoes (5: 3). ato^ 

 watcku^ye, sweet potatoes. 



atohi^, beads, a bead necklace. — atohV 

 anpnl^ (Bj., M.), something worn 

 around the neck. 



ato^we (16: 2), atuwe (28: 5), (he or 

 she) lodged in it {Vyato^ive, nkato^we). 



atoye^, maggots. 



atsi, to sell, to buy {ayatsV, nka'tsi). — 

 wa^xi nka^tsi, I bought shoes, ta^ ahV 

 ayatsVya^ {C"'na^xc na^dnkihi'' , I hope 

 to hear that you have bought deer 

 skins (4: 4). — ahi'^'^atsV, to sell {ya^- 

 hi^^atsi, nka'M'"'atsV), inksiyo^ ahii^atsV, 

 to sell meat, toho^xk aHii^aUV, to sell 

 a horse. inksVyo ayVndi Vnkiya^hi'"'- 

 a^tsi, I sell meat to you. inka^tiya'"'^ 

 inksiyo^ a'M'n'aHsi de^di, her husband 

 went to sell meat, toho^xk a^hinaHsi 

 pVliedi^din, he ought to sell a (or 

 the) horse, nka^hinutsi^ kehe^detu, we 

 have finished selling it. — kiya^hina^- 

 tsi, to sell something for another {ya^- 

 kiya'hi"'a^tsi, axkiya^Id''^a^tsi). {Also 

 24: 1; p. 121: 15.) 



atuki', a raccoon. — Atuka^, Raccoon (the 

 mythic animal) (7_: 4). 



atukse^, adukse (27: 8),atkse, acover, 

 covering, or lid (for a kettle, etc.). — ati 

 atkse, roof, ' ' house cover. ' ' atu^ kso'Hi.i 

 (aiukse+oi^m), to put a lid on a kettle, 

 etc. [atu^ksoyon^nl, atu^ksonko'n'^ni). 

 adukso'^'ho'^, (she) covered it up (23: 

 9). atiXk tcukon^ye, (they) locked him 

 in (28: 140) (cf. tcAkonnV). 



awode^, skirt (16: 9). 



awuxu^xkudi^, the sweet bay. A tea 

 made from the bark and leaves was 



used by the Biloxi to promote perspi- 

 ration. 



ay. — ayVndi, ayindV, hayi^nd, ayVnt, 

 thou, you (sing.), thee. — Inksiyo' 

 ayVndi Vnkiya^hi'^'a'tsi, I sell meat to 

 you. ayVndi ko^ kuya''i'^ya''>'nV, do you 

 hate me? ayVndi ko' ya^xkitca^di ha^wAn^ 

 perhaps you have forgotten me. ha- 

 yVnd yanka^ne you found me. ayWt 

 kunyikte^ni dande^, I will not hit you. — 

 ayindhe^, ayindhe'', hayindhe^, ayVnt- 

 heda'"', you too. ayVndhe efdako'"' xti, 

 you (too) do just as he did (or, does) 

 (see edeko'f'Xti under o«). akutxyV in- 

 du^si ko' ayindht' akutxyi' huyai^' xkiya' , 

 when you receive the letter, do you 

 (in turn) send me one. — ayindi'ta, 

 ayVndita'ya'"', your own. toho^xk tci^- 

 diki a^nde. ko^ a'yindlHa, which is 

 your horse? — ayinxtu^, ayinxtitu^, you 

 (pi.) (28: 234). ayin'xlu ko^ kuyan'- 

 xtunV, do you (pi.) hate him? 

 ayin-xt'da' ya'H'na^xtetu^daha^, you (pi.) 

 kicked us. — ayi^^ xtuhef , or ayin^xtuhe^ 

 {ayinxtu -\- he) , you (pi.) too. — ayiHxa' 

 or ayin''txya, thou alone. ayi'"''txcdu' , 

 ye or you alone, ayin^txyatv/, ye or 

 you alone.— ayi^tac^a^o", thy or your an- 

 imate objects (refers to one person, not 

 to many ) . toJio^xkayViada^o'"' ikismelii/, 

 they stole your (sing. ) horses from you. 

 (.4feo26: 79; 27: 11.) 



ayaii^, a tree, trees, wood, a stick. — aya^' 

 sin']dn ni' j^o te^di, or ayan^ sinHiin ne' 

 ko tedV xe ( w. sp. ), the standing tree is 

 dead, ayai^ toho^ te^di, the fallen tree 

 is dead, aya''^'' noi^pa' a/manki^ ko te^di, 

 or ay a'"''' no'f'-pa' xa' xa mankV ko te'di, 

 the two standing trees are dead, aya'^' 

 ki'naxadi' mailkV ko te'di, the scattered 

 trees are dead, aya'"'^ poska^ mankV ko 

 te^di, the cv. group of trees is dead. 

 aya'"^ ko tca'ka'"' nedV, where is the 

 standing tree? aya'"'^ no^paf ko teak 

 ha^maki^, where are the two trees? 

 aya'"'^ tclna'ni, how many trees? aya'"'^ 

 tca^naska, how large is the tree? 

 tca'naska nkye^ho''^nl^ aya'"''ya''>', I do 

 not know the size of the tree, aya'"-' 

 duktcdu', to smooth wood with an ax. 

 a^ya^ tcudV, she puts wood on the fire. 

 a'ya'"' miXsixda', a wooden bowl or dish. 

 aya""^ wa'de, or ayaP'^ newa^ya'"', toward 



