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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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0"' mankV, "I reached there when 

 dead made he lay," he was already 

 dead when I reached there, tan^niki- 

 ya'"^ eya'"-' Wdn^, he was the first one 

 to reach there, e^ya^ kidl^, to reach 

 there, his home (2 : 18) {e'yan yakidl\ 

 e'yan xkidi''; e'yan kinhW, e^yan yakihW 

 (instead ot e'yan ikWhin ) , e^ya'"- xki^hin^. 

 Futures: e^ya'"' kidV dande\ e^ya^ 

 yakidl' dande', etc.). e^ya™ kVdiha'n' 

 kxduni^ da tcaktca'ke ha^maki, when 

 he reached home, he gathered a lot of 

 young canes and hung them up (2: 

 2, 3). e'yan kide'di (by analogy =^., 

 Mi gie, but given as=p., i4e), to go 

 or to have gone to a particular place 

 {e^ya'"' ka'yide'di, e^ya^ nde'di, pi., 

 e'ya'"' a'de{±:tu^), e'yan kaya^de{±tu^), 

 e^ya''^nkade^{dttu^). Futures: e^ya^ 

 kida^ dande\ e'yan kayida' dande', e'yan 

 nda' dande'; e^ya''"' ada^ dande', e'ya'n 

 kayada' dande^ , e'ya'"' nkada^ dande'). 

 e'yan nde' xana', I can go thither (if 

 I wish: masc. ). e'ya^ kye'ide'di, to 

 be going thither again {e'ya'"' kye'- 

 dedi, e'yan kiya'ndedi; e'yan hja'de, 

 e^yan kya'yadp, e'ya^ kiya^nkade. Fu- 

 tures : e'yan kye'ida dande', e'yan kye'da 

 dande', e'yai^ kiya'nda dande' ; e^ya^ 

 Jcya'da dande', e'yan hja'yada dande', 

 e'ya'"' kiya'nkada dande'). e'ya'"' ma'n- 

 kiye, to leave or put a horizontal object 

 (as a tool) there [e'ya^ ma'nkihaye', 

 e'yan ma'nkinkc'; e'yan ma'nkiyetu', 

 e'ya'"' ma'nkiha'yetu' , e'ya^ ma'nhi- 

 nkeiu'') (cf. ma), e'ya^ ma'nkikiye', to 

 leave or put a horizontal object 

 there for another [e'ya''^ ma'ilkiha'kiye, 

 e'yan ma'nkiha'xkiye; e'yan ma'nkiki- 

 yUu', e'ya""- ma'nkiha'kiyetu', e'ya'"' ma'n- 

 kiha'xkiyetu' ) . e'ya'"' ma'nkihi'nkiye', 

 I leave it for thee (you). e'ynn 

 ma'nkiyan' xkiye, he leaves it for me. 

 e'ya'''' ma'nkihiya'"''xkiye, thou (you) 

 leave it for me. e'ya^ ma'nkiki'da- 

 haye', to leave or put a horizontal ob- 

 ject there for them {e.'ya'"' ma'nkiyaki'- 

 dqhaye', e'ya'"' ma'nkihaxki'dahaye). 

 e'ya'"' ma'nkiki'dahayetu', they leave it 

 for them. e'yaV^ ma'nkiyaki'dahayctu' , 

 ye leave it for them, e'yan ma'nkihax- 

 ki'dahayetu', we leave it for them. 

 e'ya'"' ma'nkiyiki'daliayr' {'?), he leaves 

 it for j'ou (pi.), e'ya'"' ma'nhhlnki'da- 

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haye', I leave it for you (pL). e'ya^ 

 ma'nkiyiki'dahayHu' (?), they leave 

 it for you (pi. ). e'ya^ ma'nkihinki' dq- 

 ha'yUu', we leave it for you (pi.). 

 e'ya'"' ma'nkiyanxki'dqhaye' , he leaves it 

 for us. e'yan ma' iikiyanxki'dqha'yctu' , 

 they leave it for us. e'yan ma'nkihi- 

 yanxki'dqhayc', thou (you) leave it for 

 us. e'yan ma'nkihiyanxki'dqhayctu', ye 

 (you) leave it for us. e'yan kiima'iiki- 

 kl'dqha'yeni', not to leave or put a 

 horizontal object there for them {e'yan 

 Mima/nkiyaki'dahayeni' , e'yan kHima'n- 

 kihaxki'dqha'yeni'; e'yan kdma'nkikVdq- 

 ha'yetuni', e'yan kuma' nlciyaki' dqha'ye- 

 tuni', e'yan kHma'nkihaxki'dqha'yeluni'). 

 e'yan Mima'nkiyiki'dqhaymi' (?), he 

 leaves it not for you (pi.), e'yan 

 kuma'nkihiyiki'dqlia'yenl', I leave it not 

 for you (pi.), e'yan kCima'nkiyiki'dq- 

 ha'yetuni' (?), they not for you (pi.). 

 e'yan kHma'nkihinki'dqha'yctuni', 

 we . . . not . . . foryou(pl.). e'yan 

 kHma'nkiya'nxki'daliayeni' , he . . . not 

 . . . for us. e'yan kuma'nkiyanxkV- 

 dqha'yUuni' , they . . . not . . . for 

 us. e^yan k'Cima'nkihiyanxki'dqha^yem', 

 thou . . . not . . . for us. e'yan 

 k'iima'nkihiyanxki'dqha'yctuni', ye . . . 

 not . . . for us. e'yan k{ima'nkiyeni' , 

 not to leave or put a horizontal object 

 there (e'yan kCima'nkiha'ycni', e'yan 

 Mima'nkinkeni' ; e'yan kuma'nkiyetuni', 

 e'yan kAma'nkiha'yetuni' , e'yan kuma'n- 

 kinketuni'). e'yan kHma'nkikiyeni' , not 

 to leave or put a horizontal object 

 there for another {e'yan kfima'nkiha' ki- 

 ylni', e'yan k^ima' nkiha' xkiyeni' ; e'yan 

 k-Ci' ma'nkikiye' timi', e'yan kHma'nkiha^- 

 kiyetunV, e'yan kixma'nkiha'xkiyetuni'). 

 e'yan' na'nkiye', to leave or put a cv. 

 object, garment, etc., there {e'yan 

 na'nkihaye', e'yan na'nkmke'; e'yan 

 na'nkiyetu', e'yan na'nkiha'yetu' , e'yan 

 na'nkinketu' ) { cf. na'nki ). e'yan 

 kuna'nkiyeni', not to leave or put a 

 cv. object, etc., there {e'yan kvina'n- 

 kiha'yeni', e'yan kuna'nkinkeni'; e'yan 

 kllna'nkiyetuni' , e'yan kuna'nkiha'ye- 

 tuni', e'yan kuna'nkinketimi'). efyan 

 na'nkikiye', to leave or put a cv. ob- 

 ject, etc., there for another {e'yan na'n- 

 kiha'kiye, e'yan na'nkiha'xkiye; e'yan 

 na'nkikiyetu' , e'yan na'nhiha'kiyeU/., 



