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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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daha', they speak to them, yuka^detu^- 

 daha', ye (you) speak to them. iVnku- 

 kw'detu^daha'' , we speak to them. Vyuka^- 

 dedaha'', he speaks to you. i'yuka'de- 

 tu'daha' , they speak to you . ya'nkuka'- 

 dedaha' , he speaks to us. ya'nkuka^de- 

 tu^daha', they speak to us. hi'"'^xkukade^ , 

 to speak to himself (yin^xkukude^ nki'"^- 

 xkukade^). hadef kade' nlkV, "without 

 talking a language " : a silent person ( B j . , 

 M.). — kyuka'de, to speak to another for a 

 third person; to read to another (yakyu^- 

 kade, xkyu^kade; kyuka^detu, yakyu'kade- 

 tu\ xkyu'kadeiu') . yai^'xkyuka'de, he 

 spoke to him for me. ya^rhju^kada^ , 

 speak to him for me. kyuka'dedaha^, he 

 speaks for them, yakyw^kadedqha^ , thou 

 speakest for them, xkyu^kadedaha^ , I 

 speak for them. kyuka^detu^daha\ they 

 speak for them, yakyu^kadetw'daha^ , ye 

 (you) sj^eak for them, xkyu'kadetu' daha' , 

 we speak for them, yan^xkyuka' dedaha\ 

 he speaks for us. ya'f'^xkyuka^detiidaha^ , 

 they speak for us. yanxkyu^kada^daha\ 

 speak to him for us.—ka^deni', or kade^- 

 ni, not to speak or talk {kaya^denV, 

 nka^deni') . ade' kade'ni na, to be mute, 

 dumb; he does not speak the language; 

 a silent person (Bk.). na^wu de an^xti 

 kade^ni ndo'n-^xtu, we have seen the mute 

 woman to-day. Tane^ks ha'^yadV ade^ 

 nkadefni, I do not speak the Biloxi lan- 

 guage, kika^detu, they talked together 

 (7:4). 



e, = e or ay (?). — e^kite^naxi, is he your 

 friend? {tenaxV). 



e'daki. — yahe^dakiye, you ought to make 

 it a little better (p. 152: 1). yahe^ e'- 

 dakhje' maxWya, he ought to have 

 made it better (but he did not) 

 (p. 152:2). 



edaa (?), completed; finished. — do« (?), 

 15: 2. Wtu, they finished (26: 65). 

 te^hedan, finished that (28:42). hedhan 

 (he^da'^ + ha^), finished. deHiedhan' , 

 when that (was) finished (6: 15). — 

 eda'fi'yy, to finish or complete a task 

 {eda:"^ haye^, eda'"'' hanke^; edan^ yetu', 

 eda'n-' hayetu^, edan hanketu^). — heda'"^, 

 sign of complete action; not used after 

 verbs of motion. waxV apa' stale o"^ 

 heda'n^, the shoe has been patched. 

 dc/xpe nasW hiho' heda^, she (has) 



finished mending the coat, yaduxia'"^ 

 kiko^ hedan', he has finished repairing 

 the wagon. a'^'se^wi aya'ylHa^idni 

 he'dan, have you finished using the 

 ax? anse^wi nka^yiHa'nim he^da'"', I 

 have finished using, etc. inJiin^ yanka' 

 nkon he' dan ne, I had already finished 

 it when he came, inhin' yanka' ayo'"^ 

 he'dan ne, you had already finished it 

 when he came. — he'detu, a sign of com- 

 plete action in the plural, unkta'^hin' 

 he'detu, we have finished running. 

 yinV he'detu, you (pi.) have finished 

 walking. tilca'toho he'detu, we have 

 finished lying on it. ndu'ksiXkV 

 he'detu, we have finished breaking the 

 cord, etc. — ehe'dan or ehe'dan, so far 

 and no farther; the end (1: 21; 2: 32; 

 3: 26). tcehe'dan ko efhedan, as tall 

 as. — Wdai^nV, unfinished. kedan' 

 yenV, not to finish or complete a task 

 (keda'^hayenV, kedan'hankenV; keda^'- 

 yetunV, keda'n'hayetunV, keda''i'hanke- 

 tunV). kehe'detu', pi. sign of com- 

 pleted action. waxV apasta'k nkon' 

 kehe'detu', we have finished patching 

 the shoes. nka'ldnatsV kehe'detu\ we 

 have finished selling, nko'^' kehe'detu% 

 we have finished making it. kito'- 

 weM'nkehe'detu', we have swapped 

 (towe). Other verbs use hedetu in- 

 stead of kehedetu. {Also 8: 4, 20, 25, 27; 

 9: 5, 6, 15; 10: 21; 14: 7, 8, 10, 19, 23; 

 19:5, 7, 8; 20: 1; 21:2.) 



edi^, behold; at length. — edV TcUkana' 

 kunM'"'' Bnonpa^ W xyapka' kti'hando'^' 

 eiuxa' , at length (or, once upon a time) 

 it is said that the Rabbit lived in a tent 

 with his grandmother (3: 1). tdl' 

 ina' ko dust' o^^'xa etuxa', behold, the 

 SuQ had been caught (3: 13). MV, 

 an'yadi si' naskSxtV kiton'ni de' Qi^knS 

 Htuxa', behold, a man with very long feet 

 had passed along ahead of him (3: 2, 3). 



edidi'i'' (word of uncertain meaning) 

 (14: 19). 



e-'kedxyi'i'', afterward (9: 12). 



ekta^rd^, a sharp peak or hill. — e'kta'n- 

 nihi'xye, many sharp peaks. 



e^xka or he^xka, the black-headed 

 buzzard.— £^a-A:a po'tckana' (10: 17), or 

 H^'xkanadi (10:19), the Ancient of 

 Black-headed Buzzards, i'xka naske' 



