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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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da^wo, here; hither (probably formed 

 by metathesis from dowa' — see do). — 

 alitdef da'ii'o ha'kanko', come hither 

 now. da'ivo Im^di, he is coming hither. 



da»i, to hold, take.— da'^a; kinchin, (he) 

 took and brought (31: 28; p. 153: 30, 

 31). — aya'"'^ da'"^xku (or, aya^^ da^^xku 

 tcu'), to go after firewood {ay a'"'' 

 Vda^xku, ayO^ nda^^xku; mja'"'' da'"^x- 

 kutu', aya'"^ i^ da'^xkutu^ , aya'n' nda^'x- 

 kutu'). {Also 8: 14; 14: 19, 23; 19: 

 16; 26: 11, 19; 27: 1; 28: 133, 157, 

 160, 161; p. 153: 30, 31.) 



de, to go, depart. — e^vntextV hena^ni de^ 

 kik¥, edV, ai^yadi sV naskextV kito'"'ni 

 def d^'kne eiuxa' , though he used to go 

 very early every morning, etc. (3:2, 

 3), da' Qihii' , he is going {ida' o'"'ni\ 

 nda' o'f'nV). da'o''Hiitu' (sic), they are 

 going, de' talio', he went and fell (per- 

 haps he went flying through the air and 

 at last fell on his feet ) ( 1 : 21). yahe'ya^ 

 de' sin'Jiinxka'"-', he went to a distance, 

 and when he stopped and stood (lis- 

 tening?), etc. (2:6). a'ndea'o'^de' han, 

 when he had been gone for some time 

 (2 : 17). kiya' ktpana'hi de' ha'"', when 

 he had turned and gone back again 

 (2 : 20). aso'"'' poska' cZe xe'he haHca', 

 hakxVdi Tce'tkanadV, when the Rab- 

 bit went to a brier patch and sat there, 

 he was angry (2 : 28). — de'di, to go, de- 

 part ( ide'di, nde'di; a'de ( 3 pi . ) ) . inka'- 

 tiya'"'' inksiyo' tt'Iii^a'tsi de'di, my hus- 

 band went to sell meat. Ta'"yi'nkiya^ 

 de'di, he went to Lecompte. to'hana 

 (ko) nde'di, I went yesterday. Futures: 

 da' dande', i'da dande', nda' dande'; 

 ada' dande'. de'di na' (said by one in 

 the house to one out of doors), he has 

 gone, nde'di na' (said by one out of 

 doors to one in the house), I am going. 

 de'di ha'nun (said when speaker and 

 the one addressed are both in the house, 

 or when they do not perceive the act of 

 going), perhaps he has gone, perhaps he 

 is going, ni' nde'di, I am going to walk 

 about, ti'ivo de'di, he went abroad 

 (2: 11). tee' tkana' kitcu'di mi' xy ide'di, 

 when he (the Bear) had put down (the 

 young canes) for (before) the Rabbit, 

 he started off to go in a circle around 

 him (2: 18) . — dmi' deha'^' kyukihi'"'' tca- 

 kedi', take it off (the nail), and then 



go and return it to the place and hang 

 it up. akutxyi' diisi' deha'"'' tcakedi', 

 take the book and go to hang it up on 

 the nail. — deye', to send off {de'haye, 

 de'Mmke). akutxyi' klko'^'ni' deye', to 

 write a letter and send it to some one. 

 ayi'hin yanka' nde'kne, I went when 

 (shortly after) you came. a'yihVnt 

 nde'di, I went when you came, a'yi- 

 hi'nt nde'kne, I went at the moment 

 that you came. inhVnt nde'kne, I went 

 at the moment that he came. nki't'M'nt 

 de'kne, he went at the moment that I 

 came, ayi'lii'"' yanka' nde' oi^kne, I had 

 already gone when you came, e'yai^ 

 nkihi'"'' yanka' de o'"-'kne, he had already 

 gone when I reached there, da' u'l^ni', 

 he is going, i'da u'f^ni', are you going? 

 nda' u'f'ni', I am going, axo'g duni' 

 da de'di O^'ti ya'ndi, the Bear went 

 to gather young canes (6: 4), a'kta. 

 dedi', to go straight across {=akta de 

 a'klduxte). a'yixya'"^ a'kta nde'nka'- 

 klduxta' dande', I will go straight across 

 the bayou, e'ya'"' hi' xya""- kiya' de o""-'- 

 kne etuxa', when he (the Rabbit) 

 reached there, he (the Sun) had already 

 gone again, e'ya''^ nki^hi'"-' xya^ de o'"-'- 

 kne, he had already gone when I arrived 

 there, de' hey a'"'' hi""; he departed (and) 

 arrived there, ema'"'', i'da na', beware 

 lestyougo!(or, donotgo!) e'lvanda' xo, 

 I will go further if . . . e'wa ide'di, 

 did you go further? yafikin'x nda', 

 release me and I go, let me go. yanki'"- 

 xtu' nka'da, release us (sic) and we go, 

 let us go. i'nkidahn' a' cZf, release them 

 and they go, let them go. de'di xyi pi' 

 na, if he would go, it would be good. 

 ide'di xyi pi' na, if you would go, it 

 would be good, e'ya'"' ndedi', 1 went 

 thither (by command or permission). 

 e'ya'"' nde'di na', I went thither (of my 

 own accord) . e'ya'"' nde'di xye', I went 

 thither at any rate (whether he wished 

 it or not) . e'ya'"' nda' dande' xye ( or 

 xyexo'), I will go thither at any rate 

 (even if against his will), e'ya'"' nda' 

 o'"'ni ha'nu:", or e'ya'" nde'di Jta'tiH'", per- 

 haps (or, I think that) I am going 

 thither (but I am uncertain ) . a'dikne, 

 they have (already) gone, ama' pxO,'- 

 di, oxpa' a'dikne, they rooted up the 

 ground, devoured (the roots), and have 



