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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bull. 47 



or Ji^xka nasW, the red-headed buz- 

 zard, "the long ^^xka." Exkana' 

 sk^na, Hexkana' skoia, Ancient of Red- 

 headed Buzzards (15: 4), the Ancient 

 of Long-necked Buzzards (28: 240, 

 256). 



e^xti, isLT.—Sxti^k, far off (29: 2). MixtV, 

 very far (26: 63). 1^'xtihW, how could 

 that be? (26: 32). 



e^ma. — e'ma a^hi, close to him (21: 

 6, 15). hnai^hi"; she gets just there 

 (28: 173). g^mf^m, just there (28: 

 77, 239). 



ema'i^, see! (?) look out! — ema'"^, 

 dupa^xkan, see ! open the door ! (said 

 by a female to a female), ema'"^, 

 anya'di hu^ hine^, look out! some one 

 is coming! — eman . . . na, beware, 

 lest .... ema'"^ ido'n^daha^ naf, be- 

 ware lest you look at them ! (do not 

 look at them ! ) . ejjia"'' ido'^hi na' , be- 

 ware lest you look at him! ema'"'' i^da 

 na', beware lest you go! ema'"^ iyotu' 

 ha na', beware! they might shoot you ! 

 anksapi' ernan' aya'puxi' na, oho'"'' na', 

 beware lest you touch the gun, (for) it 

 might go off! eman', kcixka' haka'- 

 naki xyo', take care! or the pig will get 

 out. 



e''tax. — eftax kike', it makes no difference 



■ (20: 22). 



e^ti or e'ti.— ^^i, here (20: 23). ^ti, 

 there (21: 31, 35), this is it (26: 17, 

 41; p. 158: 18, 21). 



eti^ke, so, thus, as. — etiketu', they do so 

 (20: 47). taiiyi'nkiyan ti' tclna'ni ko 

 eti'ke na', Ba'yusyan' , there are as many 

 houses in Lecompte as there are in 

 Bunkie. tcina' yuke'diko eti'ke, aamsiny 

 as. ka'wa ni'ki na'xka^ e'tike ya'nde na', 

 he (the Rabbit) was there at length, 

 but he (the Bear?) sat without any- 

 thing for him (2: 16). sktdi' xtdtiU' 

 ko e'tike', it is as deep as that (water). 

 Hiki'xtina, he was poor enough (before 

 that misfortune overtook him) (some- 

 times used with kawaxti xye). k^'liM- 

 ni, that is not the way. ke'tiki'ni; ti ni' 

 ko ko'hi ti ne'di ko'hi kUiki'ni, that 

 house is not as high as this one {k^tikini 

 may be intended for kHiMni). hayi'- 

 tikepi'Mdi, you ought to do that (Bk.). 

 {Also 7: 3; 8: 11, 22, 26; 9: 8; 10: 25; 

 14: 15, 19.) 



gtuke'', because, since, that kind or 

 sort. — ka'uu nkyShi^Huni' etuke' tci'ivaxti 

 ndo'"'X to'"-, we have seen great trouble 

 because we knew nothing. ki'hiye'ho'"~ 

 ya'nkedahani' etuki' tciwaxti' ndoi^xt 

 0'"'', we have seen great trouble because 

 he did not teach us. tcidike' kadeni', 

 why does it not burn? Ans., Uxike' 

 kudotci', because it is very wet. ku'li- 

 mankde' kihiyeo^hi'ye etuke' ka'hena'n 

 iyeho'"'' ni, you know everything be- 

 cause God has taught you (5: 8, 9). 

 aduti' etuM' ko ndu'xni xa'na, I have 

 never eaten that sort of food (2: 21). 

 (ftuxkiW, at any rate, nevertheless, not- 

 withstanding, ^'ta.xkike' ade', it ( wood ) 

 burns notwithstanding (it is not very 

 dry). 



eu (cf. e). — eu'k toho' ha'nde, he just 

 went falUng about ( p. 1 53 : 27 ) . e'uka'de 

 i'de yuke', they just went falling about 

 (19: 12; p. 153: 26). e'wakandS' 

 -Cinktoho' nka'nde, I just went falling 

 about (p. 153: 29). 



eyaxa^, the only one. — kudS'sk eyaxa', 

 the only bird. 



ha, to have (?). — a'yihixti'hayetu, you 

 (pi.) have so much«of it (20: 18). 



ha (placed after the second of two nouns), 

 or. — siMo' sanki' ha ha'ntC"-, is that a boy 

 or a girl? toho'xk waka' ha ha'niC"', is 

 that a horse or a cow? Tane'ks' a''Hja'di 

 Ma'mo a'^a'di ha ha'nit'^, is he a Biloxi 

 or an Alibamu man? toho'xk noi^pa' 

 da'ni ha ndof^'daha', I saw two or 

 three horses, a'^ya'di no'"'pa' da'ni 

 ha ndo't^dqlia', I saw two or three 

 men. 



ha. — tcidike' ha ni, how would it be? 

 (26: 29, 31). 



haataii' tani', the banana. — haata'"-' tanV 

 hapi', a banana leaf, haatan' tani' yo', 

 the fruit of the banana, haata'"^ tanV 

 udi', a banana stalk. 



hade^hi, thin (see supi'). 



hadhi^, to beg {haya'dhi, nka'dhi, had- 

 hitu', haya'dhitu', nka'dhitu'). — hadhi' 

 te ni'ki, he does not wish to beg. 

 haya'dhi te ni'ki, you do not wish to beg. 

 nka'dhi te ni'ki, I do not wish to beg. — 

 kmha'ddhdni', not to beg {ka'haya'dHi- 

 h{mi', nka'd-(jMni';^\., kaha' dtihMuni' , 

 ka'haya'duhiXtun i', nka' dHhHtuni' ) . 



hadiya'^hi'^^, a riddle or sieve. 



