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ha^yedi^ na, you said, "I will go home- 

 ward" (referring to yourself), "xkida^ 

 dande^," nkedi^ na, I said, "I will go 

 homeward" (referring to myself). 

 "kada^ dande^," hetu^ na, they said 

 "they will go." "ihada^ dande^," 

 hayctu^ na, you (pi.) said, "you (pi.) 

 will go." "xJcada^ dande^," nketu^ 

 na, we said, "we will go homeward 

 (?)" (referring to ourselves). teye^ 

 hetu', they say that he killed him. 

 tohana^h kide^di, hetu\ they say that 

 he went home(-ward) yesterday. 

 tcehe^dan Mtu^ (said to a woman or 

 women); tcehe^dan hUu' naxo' (to a 

 man or men), how far, or, how long did 

 they say that it was? h,e ha^^tc kidefdi, 

 he said that and went home, or, 

 when he said that he went home 

 (2: lQ).—0'n^ti tjandV he'di, the Bear 

 (the subject) said that (which pre- 

 cedes) (2: 6, 10, 12; 7: 1^).—Wtika- 

 he^di, to have said that (?) {he^tikiye'- 

 di, he't.ij.nk¥di; pi., he^tikahetu^; 

 he^tikiyetu^, he^ lunketu^) . — dede\ speech, 

 language. ta'neks hanya' dede' , 

 the Biloxi language {=ta^neks h,a''H)a' 

 ade'). — hade^ or hade^di, to talk. 

 hade^ padfa^d^a tcedV, a great talker. 

 hade^ kade^ niW, a silent person: lit., 

 without talking a language (Bj., M.). 

 hade^ natcka^, "to talk short, " to speak a 

 few words at a time, a^ya^di ne^ hnde^- 

 di, the standing man talks. — hadetcko^, 

 "to talk standing, " to act as a crier, 

 herald, or preacher, to preach, to pro- 

 claim (haya^detcko^, nka^detcko^) . hade- 

 tcko^ tV, "preaching house, " a church 

 (=yafikode, yo''^ kode ti). — ad£.\ to 

 talk; speech, language (aya^de, or 

 yade^di, nlca^de or Unka^d^). adif 

 m'^'ha'nni' , to raise the voice {aya'dt 

 sanhannV, nka^de sa'f'hai^m^) . ta^neks 

 ha^ya^ ade' Unka'de te', I wish to 

 speak the Biloxi language, tanefks 

 ha'fiyadi' ade' yade'di, do you speak 

 the Biloxi language? ade' o'"'de', he 

 was talking so long {aya'de o^de', nka'- 

 de o^de', ade'tu o'"'de^, etc.). ad^ 

 hae'ye, "to talk slowly," to whisper 

 (aya'de hae'haye, nka'de hae'hUnke') . 

 ta'neks lianya' ade', the Biloxi language. 

 ade' kade'ni, he does not speak the lan- 

 guage; a silent person (Bk.). ade' kda- 



kayi', a mocking bird, tane'ks ha'nyadi' 

 ade' yo'"- hiya'fikuka'de lean' psde'hi ma'n- 

 kd(fe panan' ayindi'ta dande', if you will 

 talk to me in Biloxi, all these (horizon- 

 tal) knives shall be yours, ade' ku'deni 

 he'di, or ade' kiide'ni he'di, "he can not 

 speak the language well," i. e., the 

 Biloxi language: a German, an Italian, 

 hence, a Jew (as those near the Biloxi 

 were German or Russian Jews) : hedi, 

 in this compound, may be, "one said 

 it, " or "one says it; " and kudeni seems 

 to be an unusual form of kadeni, as 

 there is no idea of filth in the com- 

 pound, ade' na^xk nan' pi (or kde^- 

 nanpi), he talked till day (aya'de 

 ina^xk na^'pi (or kde'nanpi), nkade' 

 nai^xknan^pi (or kde'na^pi) , ade' ha- 

 ma'fixk kde'na^pi, ayade' hima'>^'xk 

 kde'na'npi, nkade' nkama'"''xk kde'na'f-pi). 

 ade' na^xk kde'psi, he talked till night. 

 ade' na^xk kdekutiita'xexe' , he talked till 

 noon, ade' nc'"'xk kdeksihin, he talked 

 till late in the afternoon. — a'de kMu'- 

 gayi' or ade' kdakayi', "it mocks one's 

 words," a mocking bird. — tane'ks han- 

 yadi' ade' yade'di, do you speak the 

 Biloxi language? kia'dedgha', kyade'- 

 daha', to talk or speak for them, 

 "he talks for them," an interpreter 

 (ya'kia'dedaha' , or ya'kyadedaha, a'xkia'- 

 dedqha'). ya^'xhyada'daha', talk for 

 us. kyade'di, to talk for an- 

 other (yakyadedi). i'nkyade'di, I talked 

 for you. i'nkyada' dande', I will 

 talk for you. ya'n'xhyade'di, did you 

 talk for me? klka'dUu, they talk to- 

 gether, ynkika'detu, you talk together. 

 axkika'detu, we talk together. — ukade', 

 to talk to, to read (aloud?) (yuka'de, 

 4,'nkuka'de; uka'detu', yuka'dctv', H'rikur 

 ka'detu'). hi^yu'kade (or nyukade'), I 

 talk to you. ya'nkukada', talk to me! 

 i'yukn'de, he talks to you. ya'nku- 

 ka'de, he talks to me. sanki' yuW 

 akiitxyi' iika'de yinspi'xtitu, (all) those 

 girls read verj'^ well, tane'ks ha'tyadi' 

 ade' 7/0'"' hiya'nkuka'de kan' psde'hi via'n- 

 kdfe pana'"'' ayindi'ta dande', all these 

 (horizontal) knives shall be yours, if 

 you talk to me in Biloxi. uka'de 

 kde'psi, he talked to him till night. 

 ukn'dcdaha', to speak to them (yuka'- 

 dedaha', iX'nkuka'dedaha'). uka'detu'- 



