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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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haiii^, meaning uncertain, a case of "ha- 

 pax legomenon.'' — Vyinda^hi yuWdi 

 ko'ayande'yuwa^ya'"' nda'hi hanV, when 

 they are hunting you, I will go to the 

 place where you are (Bj., M.) — said 

 by the Rabbit to the Bear (2: 29, 30). 



ha^nu.11, hanaii^, (1) perhaps; refers to a 

 present act r expresses uncertainty. — 

 ' de^di ha^n' , perhaps he is going (or, 

 has gone; said when both the speaker 

 and the peuon addressed have not per- 

 ceived the act (as when both are in a 

 house). ayVndi ho' ya'xkltca'di ha'niin, 

 perhaps you have forgotten me. ne' 

 pVhinM ha'nti'"', perhaps (or, I think 

 that) I am making this correctly, te'di 

 ha' nil'"', he may be dead, e'wa ka'nde 

 haHca' hanan, he was there, but ( he has 

 gone elsewhere, I know not whither). 

 e'wa yuWdi JiaMca' hang,'"', they were 

 there, but (they have gone elsewhere, 

 I know not whither). {Also 22: 10; 

 24: 4, 5.) (2) Used interrogatively: 

 siHo' sankV ha ha'nd'"', is that a boy or 

 a girl? toho'xk waka' ha ha^niin, is that 

 a horse or a cow? Tane'ks a'^ya'di Ma'mo 

 a^ya'di ha ha'nan, is he a Biloxi or an 

 Alibamu man? 



hao. — hao'di, to nail {haya'odi, nka'odi; 

 haotu', haya'otu', nka'olu'). — hao^'krii, 

 xya', he nailed it long ago. unsidi'xti 

 hao' , a nail, nails (of metal). 



ha^owudi^, the beech tree. 



haoJi, to cook (p. 142: 14,15) (cf. ue). 



hape^nixka xya^i^ hayi^, the meadow 

 lark (cf. hapi). 



ha^pi, hapi^, awi (28: 28), awiya*^', a 

 leaf, leaves. — ha'pi so^sa', one leaf. 

 ha'pi no'^'pa', two leaves, ha'pi na'tcka, 

 few leaves, ha'pi yi'hi, many leaves. 

 ha'pi pana'"'', all the leaves, ha'pi 

 a'manki (used because the. leaves hang, 

 M.), orha'pl tdlna'ni{^^. ), some leaves. 

 ha'pi ni'M, no leaf, haata'"-' tani' hapi', 

 a banana leaf, hap tcti', a red leaf. 

 hap tditu', red leaves, hap supka', a 

 brown leaf, hap supka' ayi'xti, many 

 brown leaves, haawitka', under the 

 leaves (17:18). awi'Usk duti', ' ' edible 

 green (object)," turnips, awi' ska tu'- 

 do^ni', turnips (5:4). awi'Usk p>otcka', 

 "round green (object)," cabbage, ha- 

 p^'tka ha'yi, huckleberries, whortle- 

 berries. 



hau. — Jiauni', to dangle. — nixuxwi hauni, 

 "dangle from the ears," earrings. 

 P<cmw hauni, "dangles from the nose," 

 a nose ring, hauni' tcitutka', "they 

 dangle and shine," silver earrings. 

 hauxyo', "something which hangs," 

 a fringe of skin, haude', a woman's 

 long skirt. (See doxpi' tcukdexyi' 

 tepu'xi. ) 



hauti', to be sick in any way {aya'utl, 

 nka'uti; ha'utitu', aya'tUitu', nka'u- 

 titu'). — ha'uti' xyi^, he is sick much or 

 often, tohgna'ka'"' a^'ya hauti' ndo'n-'hi, 

 I saw a sick man yesterday. a''^ya' 

 hauti', a sick man. a^xti' hauti', a sick 

 woman. {AlsoTp. 143: 11.) yanka'wati', 

 I am sick; given in the following sen- 

 tence: yanka'wati' kike' nkata'mmi, al- 

 though I am sick, I work (this may 

 have been intended for nka'uti, 

 I am sick), nka'duti' na'unkihi' xye'ni 

 yanka'ti, 1 wished to eat it, but I was 

 sick, k&ha'utini', not to be sick {kil'- 

 ynha'utini', nka'utini' ; kHha'utituni' , 

 Mi'yuha'utituni', nka'utituni'). ha'uti 

 tcti', "the red sickness," measles. 



hayi^, an ending of many names of birds, 

 fishes, insects, and plants, said by M. to 

 mean, "that has its name all its life." 

 (See ma, di'xti hayi' ha'pi, xo, konicka, 

 kUnlski hayi, pe'ti, hapenixka xya^'hayi', 

 txitu'mi hayi', yo, poxayi', xandayi', 

 tcida'gayi', xo^dayi', omayi', piika'yi, 

 kosayi', o, aHcka', masa. ) 



ha^yi*^. — ha'yi'"' naxe', to ask a question 

 {aya'yi'"' nax^', nka'yi'"' naxe'). — nya'yi'n 

 naxe', I aak you a question (4: 5, 6). 

 nya'yi^ naxa' dande', I will question 

 you. ayindi' yanka'yi'"' naxe', you will 

 question me. ewande' yanka'yin naxe', 

 he will question me. ha'yi^naxe' dgha' , 

 to ask them a question, to question 

 them {aya'yif'naxe'dgha', nka'yi'"naxe'- 

 dgha'). ewande' yanka'yi'inaxe'dqlia', 

 he questioned us. dehii^naxe'dgha', 

 ask them! (31: 19). 



ha^, ha, hither, toward speaker (p. 153: 

 4, 9). dohu' ha'", come right here! 

 (male or female sp. ). nkiya'"''te ha'"', I 

 am sleepy (7: 13). 



h.a'', and or when: always follows imme- 

 diately after some verb. — akutxyi' dusi' 

 de ha'"' tcakedV, take the book, go, and 

 hang it up on a nail, han causes the 



