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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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number) go. ayadUu\ you (a large 

 number) go. nka'de, we (a small num- 

 ber) go. nkad^tu, we (a large number) 

 go. ide'yinhi, you get there ahead 

 (28: 171). kldeya'nkodqka, let us get 

 ahead of one another (28: 169). de'o«- 

 kane^di, (he) has gone already (7: 14). 

 deyVnkidaha^, he got away from them 

 (16: 9). (Examples are so numerous 

 in the text that references are hardly 

 necessary. ) 



de- or te-, a numeral prefix, used before 

 cardinal numbers to form numeral ad- 

 verbs denoting repetition of action. — 

 rfeso^sa^, once. deno'"'pa\ twice, de- 

 da^ni, thrice, detopa^ or tetopa^, four 

 times. deksanV or teksani, &ve times, de- 

 nu'i^^pahudV, seven times. deda'nhudV , 

 eight times, detckane^, nine times, 

 deo/ii', ten times. deohVso''''sn^xehe,e\eYen 

 times. deohVno''>pa^xehe, twelve times. 

 deohVdana^xehe, thirteen times. deohV- 

 topa^xehe, fourteen times. deohV ksana' - 

 xehe, fifteen times, deo^hiakicxpa^xehe, 

 sixteen times. deold'na'^'pahua'xehe, 

 seventeen times. deohVda^nhua^xehe, 

 eighteen times. deohi'tckana' xehe, 

 nineteen times. deohVno^pa^, twenty 

 times, deo'/fida^m", thirty times. deoHd- 

 topa, forty times. deo'hiksa'"'^, fifty 

 times. 



de. — dade^, to chew {ida'de, ndade'; 

 dadetu^, ida'detu^, nda'detu^). — ya'ni 

 dade\ to chew tobacco. — kiXda^deni', 

 not to chew {ku^ynda'denV, nda^denV; 

 kiida^detunV , ku^yuda^detunV, nda'de- 

 tunV). kixda'denV naye', to bolt down 

 food (without chewing it) {ku'yuda^- 

 denV ina^ye, nda^deni {inna'ye). ya'ni 

 kiida^denV, not to chew tobacco. 



de ( ?) . — kiidenV, or kix'dinV, "not clean," 

 soiled, blackened {Vk{idinV, {I'nkukij/- 

 dinV; kit' dinitu' , VkHdinitu^, {I'nkuk'ddi- 

 nitu' ) . kix'dinitu^ xye, they are soiled. 

 i!i/nkuk{i^ dinitu^ xyli, we are soiled, m-f, 

 d&xpe kixdenV, oh! what an ugly gar- 

 ment! (said by a female, but meaning 

 what a pretty garment!); a male can 

 say, do'xpe kiidenV, but he never uses 

 m-\-. 



deti', adeti^, ade'di (58: 1), or aya^ 

 deti', a branch or limb of a tree. 



-di. — (1) masc. ending of certain verbs 

 (see xa'"'): patdtcudi, to pull off (see 



tc). — (2) Used as a causative ending 

 (=2/2) {hayedi, hankedi; Hakahedi, 

 kaiHcedi, ksedi, pxwedi, xyivjahMi, 

 xyuwahedi, saMdi, tcddedi, tcisedi, tdna- 

 sedi, toxtuxMi, uktedi, yaxdokedi, sddedi, 

 sitsidedi, taxtaxwedi, tcakedi, xoi^hedi, 

 uwtisMi. (See -ni.) 



di, a sign of the agent, the nominative 

 sign (6: 17, 18; 7: 1, 3, 10, 13, 15). 

 (See ka^.) — Tcetkanadi, The Ancient of 

 Rabbits. 



dl, when. — unatcVktrt dlhaku'nuki, when 

 he dodged, he got out from it (2: 26). — 

 dixyin (12: 3, 5, 6; 13: 4; 14: 4). 



dix. — dixyV, to urinate {Vdixyi, ijfnka- 

 dixyi^). — hadi^xi, urine. hadVxtciya'"'' , 

 the bladder. 



dixi, to catch up with. — kidixVyUu, they 

 caught up with him (27: 3). 



di^xti hayl^, the "ivory bird," which in- 

 habits the Louisiana swamps near Red 

 River. It has a black body and white 

 wings. Probably a species of Campo- 

 philus {C. principalis?). 



ditci^, to dance {Vdilci, nd¥tci) (Hidatsa, 

 kid^^ci). — ndi'tci dande^, I will dance. 

 ndi'tci te', I wish to dance. ndVtci te' 

 niki', I do not wish to dance. — kij/ditci'- 

 ni, not to dance {kH'yuditci'ni, ndi'tci- 

 ni' ) . ndi'tcini' dande', I will not dance. 



di''. — eke'xyi di'"' ida' hi ko, well! why 

 don'tyougo? (p. 160:25). (Also p. 

 160: 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31.) 



do. — doina', in this direction, this way, 

 to this place (cf. da' wo). 



dc'di, the throat (ido'di, ndo'di; doxtu, 

 idoxtu, ndoxtu) . — do'di uxwi', his 

 throat is dry, he is thirsty {ido'di uxwi', 

 ndo'di u'xwi). do'di uxwo'"'', his throat 

 was dry, he was thirsty {ido'di uxvjo'"'', 

 ndo'di uxwo'"''). dodi' uxiti' dande', 

 he will be thirsty {ido'di uxwi' dande', 

 ndo'di uxwi dande'). doxtu' uxwi', 

 they are thirsty, i'doxtu' uxwi', you 

 (pi.) are thirsty, ndoxtu' uxwi', we 

 are thirsty. {Also 8: 22.) — dodiya''^, 

 his throat (Bk.) {i'dodiya'"^, ndo'di- 

 yan'). — doti', the neck, his or her 

 neck {i'doti, ndo'ti), probably the 

 same as do^di dodihin', neck feathers 

 (see hi'"'). — do'daniye' or doda'ye, the 

 gullet, esophagus, throat; his or her 

 throat, etc. {i'dodaniyi, ndo'daniyS) 

 Bk. seemed to distinguish between the 



