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woman. Ta'n^ks haya'"'Xti', are you a 

 Biloxi woman? Ta^rieks nka'"'xtV, I am 

 a Biloxi woman. kUsa'"'' ha'"'XiV, a 

 white woman. Tcia^ ha''>'XtV, a Choc- 

 taw woman. To'we haP'XtV , a French 

 woman. 



a^i'xu or a'^xudi', a stone, stones, a rock, 

 rocks. — a'^'^xu a'klduxW , (lying) across 

 a stone, a'f^'xu kwia^ya'"', under the 

 stone, a'^'^xu ia^wiya'"', upon the stone. 

 a^^xu itka^ya'"', in the stone. a'"'^xu 

 atcka'ya'"', near the stone, afi^ocu 

 a'tckaxW, by (very near, touching) the 

 stone. a^^xu e'usa'"'hWyan, on the 

 other side of the stone. a'"''xu 

 ndosanHii'"', on this side of the stone. 

 a'f'^xu extlxtV, far from the stone. 

 a^^xudi na^nkiwa'ya'"' or a'"'^xudi iva'de, 

 toward the stone, a^xu^di kohV, the 

 rock is high, ai^xu^di d-A^niho'"^V , 

 "turning stone," a grindstone. A'"'xu' 

 tana', "Big Eock," Boyce, Rapides 

 Parish, La. 



a^^pni^. — atohV ai^pnV, something worn 

 around the neck, a necklace (?) or string 

 of beads (?). 



a°saduki^, a needle (see ansudi^). — a'"^- 

 sadukV a'nkada'ki udu'xta'"', to pull 

 thread through a needle; to thread a 

 needle. 



aUsaJi^kudi, a mulberry tree (28: 5). 



a^ski' (Bj., M.), aosuki^ (Bk.), bi- 

 valves, including oysters and mussels. 



a'lsna^, a^^suna' (14: 4, 5, 7), a^^suna 

 (28: 30, 46) generic: a duck, ducks (cf. 

 kaMcayV, tdha'nhona', taxpa' pt(^asi\ 

 aklni). — a'"'sn.a^ niye'di, ducks are fly- 

 ing. a'"'Sna so'"'Sa niyedi, one duck is 

 flying. a'"'sna' mi'ska, small ducks. 

 a''"'Sna' nita'ni, large ducks, a'f^sna' ma- 

 hedi\ the diving duck (Bj., M. ), the 

 "duck that whoops." d'^syia' xu'M, 

 "the bad-smelling duck," the Mus- 

 covy duck. 



a°sudi^ or a^^sudi^ C23: 1, 6), generic: a 

 pine tree; the long-leaved pine {Pinus 

 palustris?) (cf. un'sadukV). — pddi a^su- 

 dita, the owl pine, a^sudi' nita''^xli, 

 "the very large pine," probably the 

 Pinus ponderosa, as this large pine of 

 Louisiana has needles over 18 inches 

 long, a^su slnto'n'nV , pine rosin. a'^'SudV 

 onyan', OT a'sidiyo'"'' (p. 121: 18), a pine 

 forest. — an'sudi o'>^yan xa^^ ko tca'kan- 



nankV, where is the pine forest? J.%m- 

 don' tanyan', "Pine forest Town," 

 Pine vi He, Rapides Parish, La. 



aatcka', a crow (13:1; 14: 27 ) .—An'tcka- 

 honna' (13: 1; 14: 1, 4, 24, 25; 26: 15, 

 30), Antckana' (13: 2; 14: 11, 13, 15; 

 26: 12, 34), The Ancient of Crows. 

 ai^'tcka noxe', "it chases the crow," 

 the kingbird or bee martin. ai^Hcka 

 nta'wayV, the mistletoe. 



a^ita, to hold the head up (as a horse or 

 dog) {ayan'ta, nkaHa). — natia^'tata, to 

 hold the head up often in order to 

 swallow, as the goose, chicken, or duck 

 does; also applied to a horse or dog, 

 but not to human beings (6: 9) . ciHa^ 

 ha'nde, she was throwing her head 

 back (28: 210). 



ai^taska^, ndaska^, ndask, a basket. 

 {aHaska seems the better word, and was 

 obtained later than ndaska. ) — aHaska' 

 a'padVnyyS na', I pay you for the bas- 

 kets, nda'sk o'^'tii'', he made baskets. 

 ndiVsk ayo^nV, you made baskets, or 

 did you make baskets? nda'sk nko'"''ni, 

 I made or make baskets, axo'k dutca'ti 

 natco'"-' nho^' nko^ nda'sk nkon', I make 

 baskets and mats out of split cane 

 (Bj.,M.). 



a^^tatka' or a^^tska^, a child, infant. — 

 anatka' anhin' yUd', he thought that he 

 heard a child cry. a'"-talka' manki' 

 no'unte^ a child was born to-day. 

 aHatka' adiyan^ te'di, a child whose 

 father is dead. aHatka' mankiyan' a' di- 

 yan te'di, children whose father is 

 dead. aHatka' o'n-ni te'di, a child whose 

 mother is dead. — aHatka' xoxtetu'ya'"- 

 tcadV, a child both of whose parents 

 are "expended" or no more (i. e., 

 dead). aHska' yVnki, an infant. aH- 

 ska' yVnki siHo', a male infant. aHska' 

 yVnki sanW, a female infant, a^'tska 

 no'"'pa', two children, twins. {Also 

 15: 2, 5, 6; 18: 1; 26: 1, 43, 57, 64, 

 65, 74.) 



aHuda'yudi^ (cf. ayu), the black gum 

 tree. 



a^iya', ha^iya', a person (object of an ac- 

 tion); a man (object of an action). — 

 a'"'''ya sl^'ldn ne' nkycho''>'''ni, 1 know the 

 standing man. a^ya' te'dl, the corpse 

 of a man. a%a'' hauti', a sick man. 

 a«i/a^ ka'denV, a mute man. a'"'ya^ ka'- 



