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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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nax^nV, a deaf man. af'^ya' ka^ doho'f'nV , 

 a blind man. a^ya^ so^sa^, one man, 

 a man. ai^i/a^ no^pa', two men. o«ya^ 

 cWni, three men. a'^ya' na'tcka, a few 

 men. a''>-ya' yi^hi, many men. a'^'ya' 

 pana^^, all the men. O^ya^ tdina'ni, 

 some men. a'"'ya' nVki, no man. a''>'ya^ 

 kiyo'wo, another man. a'fiya^ kuka' 

 yeHio'"' ie' lia'nde etuxa\ Tee' tkanadl' , 

 the Rabbit wished to know (lit., was 

 wishing for some time to know) what 

 sort of person he was (3: 5). a^'ya 

 xo'hi, old woman (16: 2). Ta'^ya''^' 

 liai^ya' tcma'ni ko' TanyVfikiyan ha'"'ya' 

 e' kuna'tunV , there are not as many 

 people in Lecompte as there are, in 

 Alexandria, ha^'ya yan'xktedl' nixki', 

 because a man hit me. ha^ya' yin- 

 ko'^'ni', a married man. ha'^'ya' hena'ni, 

 everybody, all the people. — anya'di, ha^- 

 yadV, hayaihW (nom. and obj. cases), 

 a man, a person, some one. ema'"^, 

 a^ya'di hu' lane', look out! some one is 

 coming. Ma'mo a'H'yadl', an Alibamu 

 person, the Alibamu people. Tcaxta' 

 a'n-yadV, a Choctaw, the Choctaw 

 people. TunVcka a'"'yadV, a Tunica, 

 the Tunica people, anya'di ma'nkiwa'- 

 yan, toward the reclining man. a'"-ya'di 

 na'nkiwa'ya'"', toward the sitting man. 

 aV'ya'di neiva'ya'"; toward the standing 

 man. a^ya'di nV neiva'yan, toward the 

 walking man. a^ya'di ta'^'hW newa'- 

 ya'"', toward the running man. a''hja'- 

 di a^xtVya'"' he', a man and a woman. 

 a'"'ya'di yihi' a'n-xti'ya'"' yihi^ he', men 

 and women, anxti' anya'diya'"' he', a 

 woman and a man. yaduxta^' ia^hin^ 

 nutkohi' ndosa^'hin anyadl' sin'hi'"' ne 

 ndo'"'hi', I see (or saw) the man stand- 

 ing on this side of the railway, a^ya'- 

 di no^pa' da^ni ha ndo'"-daha' , I saw 

 two or three men. a^ya'di sa^hai^nV, 

 a strong man. anya'di ne' sa^hai^m', 

 this man is strong. a'"'ya'di e'wane' 

 sa'^'hanni' , that man is strong. Tane'ks 

 ha'^-yadl', he is a Biloxi person. Ta- 

 ne'ks a'yanya'di, are you a Biloxi? 

 Tane'ks nka^yadi', I am a Biloxi. Ta- 

 ne'ks ha'>''yatu', they are Biloxi. Ta- 

 ne'ks aya'n'yaru/, are you (pi.) Biloxi? 

 Tane'ks nka'^^yatu, we are Biloxi. I'ta 

 hanyadi', he is a Deer person. Ita'yan- 

 ya'di, are you a Deer person? Ita'ya'"'- 



ya'tu, are you Deer persons? lek yan- 

 ya'di, are you one of the people belong- 

 ing here? Tane'ks haya^dl', a Biloxi 

 person, the Biloxi jieople ( Bk. ). — a'f'ya' 

 akHdstV tane'ya'"', "man store has else- 

 where," a storekeeper (perhaps this 

 should be divided thus: anya' akuds 

 ti'tane'yan). a'"'ya' siipt', "black man," 

 a negro man. a^Hja' dagonni' , "small 

 man made" (?), a doll, ha^ya' in'tcya 

 txa', "people all old men," the ancients, 

 the people of the olden times (Bk.). — 

 haya'ndi kiqn'ni, a man wanting in 

 a good mind, without good sense. — 

 ai^ya'sahi', hayasa'hi, ha^'yasa^hi', an 

 Indian; he is an Indian, ayan'yasahi', 

 you are an Indian, nkai^'yasahi', I am 

 an Indian. a'"-ya' saxtu' , ha^'yasaxtu', 

 they are Indians, aya^'yasa'xtu, you 

 ( pi. ) are Indians, nkan^yasa'xtu, we are 

 Indians, ka'wa nkye'huHuni' naxo', 

 nka'n^yasa'xtu hi', when we were (or 

 lived as) Indians in the past, we knew 

 nothing (5: 8). hayasa'hi indya', an 

 aged Indian man. haya'sahi' yuke' 

 kakyi'hiXHuni' , they who are (still) 

 Indians know nothing. Ha'yasa'hi 

 a'yixyan', Indian Creek, La. hayasa'x, 

 a contraction of hayasaJd, an Indian, 

 hayasa'x a^yato', an Indian man. 

 hayasa'x W, an Indian house. ha'- 

 yasaha'ya'^ topi', a young (unmarried) 

 Indian, ha^'yasa^' ha'^xti, an Indian 

 woman, ha^'yasa^ Im^'xti xohi', an aged 

 Indian woman. Ita^yasa'^^ld xi'di, an 

 Indian conjurer, medicine-man, doctor. 

 — a'^-yafo' or hay undo', a man (as dis- 

 tinguished from a woman) . Ta'niks 

 a'nyato' (Bj., M. ), a Biloxi man. anyato' 

 aii'xii ya^ ndo'>^'Jio'"; I saw a man and a 

 woman, anyato' a^'xti ya^' a'hi ha'- 

 maki, the man and woman are coming. 

 a'"'yato' yihi'xti ai^xti'ya'"' yiJd'xti ndo^' 

 ho'/^daha', 1 saw the men and women. 

 Tane'kshaya'ndo' (Bk.), a Biloxi man 

 {^Ta'neksan'yato). {Also 8: 20; 9:1, 

 3, 5; 10: 1, 4, 7, 19, 20, 25, 27, 28; 11: 

 1, 2,4, 6; 14: 10; 15: 5; 16: 1; 17: 

 24; 18: 1.) 

 Bayii^s, the Biloxi name for the town of 

 Bunkie, Avoyelles Parish, La (p. 122: 

 21). — Tanyi'fikiyan ti' tclna'ni ko iti'ke 

 na', JBa'yiisya'"'', there are as many 

 houses in Lecompte as there are in 

 Bunkie. 



