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THE BILOXI AND OFO T>ANGUAGES 



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hiya'f'xkVdaha^yMV, thou . . . not . . . 

 for us. /ya'"' lcune'hiya''>'xkV daha^yUunV ^ 

 ye (you) . . . not . . . for us. — e'wa, 

 yonder, that (26: 82). ewaxtV, further 

 (29: 34), still further, a'nya^di ewane^ 

 sanJiannV, that man (further off) is 

 strong, to^hana' e^u-aya^, day before 

 yesterday, eioanya'di ( =eira + a'nyadi), 

 yonder man, that man. ewa'nya^di 

 yande/ ka^tva, who is yonder running 

 man? ewande^ ( =eive -j- hande), he, she, 

 it (probably "he yonder"), ewande^pa 

 nVtanV xye (m. sp.), his head is large. 

 e^wandelie^ or e^wandeM^ {=etvande-\- 

 M), he (or she) too. e^wand^M^da'^o'"'^ 

 ni, "he too did it," to do just the same, 

 to repay an injury {ayi'rUht'^dan ayoi^ 

 ni, nkVniht'dan nkon^ni). e^we yuke^, 

 they (an. objects) . e^v!e yuke^ ko kuya'"^ 

 x-tunV, they hate him. e/we yuke' 

 pa nVtata'ni xy^, their heads are large. 

 e'weyukeht' or e^ice yuke'M, they too. 

 e, e, to say. — e^kan^ "AyVndi ko iya' 

 nkaku^yan," Qn'ti ya^ndi he^di, etc., 

 when he (the Rabbit) said this, the Bear 

 said, ""WTien you entertained me," 

 etc. (2: 22, 25). kawake'ni, he said 

 nothing (1: 10. — hake^tu i^ya", how do 

 they call over yonder? Ans., Lamo^ri 

 e^tu, they say, Lamourie). ka^wake^- 

 tu {=kaioak-\-etu?) , what is it called? — 

 e^di or Mi', to say (e'tikiye'di, 

 e'tunlce'di; etu' , Vtikiyetu' , e'tuTiW- 

 tuf). Lamori e'tu, they say (or, they 

 call it) Lamourie. ekan' aso^' poska^ 

 in'sihVxti ma'fiki, e'di, then he (the 

 Rabbit) said that he lay (=was) in 

 great dread of a brier patch (1: 16). — 

 e'han (e+han), he said it and . . . 

 ayi'f^siWxti ko' aso^' kde'hinya xo', 

 e'han Tcetkana' du'si, he said, "as you 

 are in great dread of them, I will send 

 you into the briers," and he seized the 

 Rabbit (1: 20). "ason' tan'xti nkatV 

 na',^^ ehan' ktde'di, "I dwell in a large 

 brier patch," said he and he went home 

 (2: 2). — eftakahedV , to say that, he says 

 that (e'takaye'di, e'tanke'di; e'takahetu', 

 e'takayetu', e'tafiketu') . e'takaha' dande', 

 he will say that, e'takaya' dande', you 

 will say that, e'tanka' dande', I will 

 say that. — e'taxkiye'di, to have said it 

 to him (e'tikiya'kiye'di, e'tikaxkiye'di). — 

 etanke'hi, I said it in that manner. 



etanke'hi yatc nkon'ni, I did call it 

 thus. — e'tikihe'di, to say it or that, he 

 says it or that (e'tikaye'di, e'tanW- 

 di). e'tinye'di, I said it to you. 

 e'iiyanke'di, you said it or that to 

 me. — "ndohu yanxkiduiva," ina' e'ti- 

 kihe'di etuxa', "come and untie me," 

 said the Sun to him (3: 21). — etikahex 

 on, he said that all the time (e'tikaye'- 

 dayon, etHnke'x nkon, etikahexatu' or 

 etikahexoHu' , etikayexatu or etikayex 

 ayoHu'i?)). etuxa', it was said, they 

 say — used in myths, and in quoting 

 what was said by others long ago, 

 but of the truth of which the speaker 

 is not positive, edi' etuxa', it was 

 said (long ago) that he said it (3: 8; 

 7: 15). e'tuke'tuxa' (past of etuketu), 

 is that the way to say it? or, did 

 they speak it in that manner? e'tuke 

 ya'tuxa', is that the way you all say 

 it? (J. O. D. doubts this form).— 

 ki'ye, to say that to or about him 

 (ya'kiye'di, a'xkiye'di; kVyetu, ya'ki- 

 yetii', a'xkiyetu'). inye'di, I say or 

 said it to thee (you), inya' dande'; 

 iya'kutiki na', I will say it to you; do 

 not tell it. inya' xo, I am going to say 

 it to you. Tcetkana' OMi'k, "Heyan'- 

 hiHa^," ki'yehan' kide'di, the Rabbit 

 said to the Bear, "go there," and went 

 home (2: 2) (see kanki, kuti). "w," 

 kiye'han, kiya' krpana'hi de' han, ifikne' 

 On'tiya'ndi, the Bear said, "Oh!" and 

 turned back again and went and vom- 

 ited (2: 20). kiye'di, he said to him 

 (6: 20). — he, to say it or that; to say it to 

 him. "inaye'yan," he' kan, "Aduti' 

 etuke' ko ndu'xni xa'na," e'di Tce'tkan- 

 adi', when he (the Bear) said, "you 

 can swallow that," the Rabbit said, "I 

 have never eaten that sort of food " 

 (2: 20, 22). he ka'n', ya'ndiyan tixtixye' 

 na'nki Tce'tkana'di, when he (the 

 Bear) said that, the Rabbit's heart 

 was palpitating (2: 25). he' onde', 

 he was saying that (which precedes) 

 (1: 10).—hedi', he'di (1: 17), to have 

 said it; he did say it; to say that; 

 he did say that (which precedes) 

 (ha'yedi', nkedi'; hetu', ha'yetu', 

 nketu'). "xkida' dande'," hedi' na, 

 he said, "I will go homeward" (refer- 

 ring to himself), "xkida' dande'," 



