DORSEY-S WANTON] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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hae^ye {ha^ehay^, ha^ehUvM'). ade 

 hae'ifi, "to talk slowly," to whisper. 



ha^hoi*. — ha^hon dt/di, to stub the toe 

 against something {aya^hon de'di, 

 nka'ho'^^ de'di; ha^hon detu', aya^ho^ 

 detu^, nka^ho'"' detu^) . 



hai, ai, haidi', blood; to bleed, hiptai^^ 

 haidi^ na, your nose bleeds. ayVnixu'x- 

 wi ha^idV na, your ear bleeds, or is 

 bleeding, ai yan, the blood (28: 42). 

 ayi^ txaxti, very bloody ( 28 : 40 ) . Iiaiti', 

 "blood house," a vein, veins. haVJci- 

 neonnV, "blood's mother," the milt or 

 spleen. liaVkinedi\ the milt or spleen 

 (?) aVkine^yan, the milt or spleen {ay- 

 a^ikineyan^ , nka^ kineya''^). iyo^ yV- 

 kine^di, you have a pain in the spleen. — 

 haikV, to be related to another (to be 

 of one blood), aya^iki, you are 

 related to him. nka^iki, I am related 

 to him. ha'lkitu\ they are related to 

 him. aya^ikitu^, ye (you) are related 

 to him. nka^ikiiu^, we are related to 

 him. nya^iki, I am related to thee 

 (you), yanka^iki, he is related to me. 

 hVyanka'iki, thou (you) art related to 

 me. aya^yiki, your kindred (26: 38). 

 ay&^ki ta'dike, what kin are you two? 

 kiha^ki tcVdike yuke'dl, what kin are 



■ they two? {I'nkikUia'itu', we are related 

 to one another, we are kin. ha'idiwdt- 

 kina^ {G.); ha^idi ive^tkina (G. ), the 

 blood runs out. {Also 22: 8, 9; 28: 

 10). 



ha^kanaki^, haku^nuki, or aka'naki, 

 to emerge, come forth, come out from 

 {haya'kanaki {yakanakV, Jiaya'kunuki), 

 nka^kanaki, or 7ika''kunuki). — ina^ ha^- 

 kanakV, "the sun comes out," sunrise. 

 ema'n^, kdcka^ haka^naki xyo\ look out! 

 the hog will surely get out! anV aka'- 

 nakV, the water comes out of the 

 ground, aka^nanki, he came forth 

 from (16: 8). inkana'nki (= ina aka- 

 na^fl^-j), sunrise (17: 2). pe'tika'^a'ka- 

 na^niye, to take it outof the fire (p. 146: 

 31, 32). unatcVktcidi haku^nuki, when 

 he dodged him (the Bear), he (the 

 Eabbit) got out of (the hollow tree) 

 (2: 27). iku^nukwwa^de, Vnkana^nki 

 uwa^dS {17: 2), "toward sunrise," the 

 east. {Also 8: 28; 10: 3, 21, 28, 32, 

 33; 26: 18, 53, 54, 55; 27: 10; 28: 12, 



129, 133, 180, 218, 219, 220, 239; p. 

 156: 25, 26, 27.) 



haxeye^, a crest of hair (on the human 

 head). — haa^xaxeye\ the crest of a bird. 

 pka'naxexe^, a scalp lock. 



ha^me, a bent tree. — "ha^me ta^^ o'n-'ni 

 nkati^ na^," ehan^ kide^ ka^, Tcetkana'di 

 tVwo de^di, when he (the Bear) had 

 said, " I dwell in a large bent tree," 

 and went home, the Rabbit went 

 abroad (2: 11). ha'' me tan' qv, inda'M 

 a,nde' txye, he was hunting for (in the 

 past) the large bent tree (2: 12). 



ha-'nde or a^nde, to be (a sign of con- 

 tinuous or incomplete action ) , ( aya'nde 

 or hiyande nka'nde; plurals: yuke{di); 

 yayuke{di); nyuke{di). — spdehV du'si 

 ha'nde, he is holding a knife, spdehi' 

 i'dusi aya'nde, you are holding, etc. 

 spdehV ndu'si nka'nde, I am holding, 

 etc. unoxe' ha'nde o^xa, he was dwell- 

 ing with her (continuous act). uyVhi 

 ha'nde, he was thinking (continuous 

 act), nkaduti' na'nki ya^ ka'"^, inVhi'"*' 

 ha'nde, while I was eating, he was 

 drinking. V hande^ na'nki ya'"' ka^', 

 nkadutV na'nki na', while he was drink- 

 ing, I was eating. siHo' iilksiyo' du'ti 

 ha'nde, the boy continues eating the 

 meat, he is still eating it. nkti^noxe' 

 nka'nde o^'xa, 1 used to live (lit., I used 

 to be living) with her (long ago). 

 nk{i'"'noxe' nka'nde o'^^ni, I did live 

 with her for some time, nkd^noxe' 

 xa nka'nde, I am still living with her. 

 maxin'tiya'"'' paspaho'"'' ha'nde, she is 

 frying eggs. xa'nina'tinWhin nkande', 

 I (still) stand (here) and make it (a 

 heavy object) roll over and over in 

 one direction. kCiteni/ handef, he (or 

 she) is not dead yet. oHl yan' e'yan 

 hV ason' tan' inda'ld hande'tjcya^, 

 when the Bear reached there, he was 

 seeking a large brier patch (2: 4). 

 aya'nde kan' e'tiklnyon'ni wo, "When 

 you were there, did I do that to you? ' ' : 

 was that you whom I treated thus? 

 (2: 6, 13). ekanhan' akidV si'psiwe'di 

 duti' ha'nde, and then he was eating 

 (for some time, the insects known in 

 Louisiana as) "Bessie bugs" (2; 15). 

 a^ya' kaka' ye'hon te' ha'nde etuxa' 

 Tce'tkanadi', the Eabbit (for some 



