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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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to^hana^ nku^ dande' , 1 was about to be 

 coming yesterday, ema'"'^, a^ya^di hu^ 

 hine^, look out! some one is coming! 

 ai^yato^ a'^'^xti ya^^ a^hi ha^maki, a man 

 and a woman are coming, uxne^dl, he 

 was coming (1: 9). — liu^kiy^, to send an 

 object hither by some one {ha^yakiyi, 

 hu^haxkiye; hu^kiyHu', hu^yakiy^iu, hu^- 

 haxkiyetu^). toHiana^ ko akXdxyi' hu'hin- 

 kiye\ I sent a letter hither to you yester- 

 day. ak&txyV inkta^ idu^si ko\ akutxyV 

 0""^ Txu'yaxkiya' , when you receive my 

 letter, send one hither to me. akutxyV 

 idu'si ko' ayindKe' akutxyi' huya''^ xkiya' , 

 when you receive the letter, do you 

 (in turn ) send me one. akutxyi' uksa'ni 

 hu'yaxkiye' na'tinkihV, I hope that you 

 will send me a letter very soon (4: 5). 

 leu' nedi', to be returning hither ( yaku' 

 nedi, xkudi'; Tcahi' ha'maki, yaka'hi ha'- 

 maki, xkahi' ha'maki). nde' ne' ya^kan', 

 yalzu' hine', while I was going, you 

 were coming back, yaku' ne' ya''^ka'n'', 

 while you were returning, nku' (rather 

 xku') ne' ya'^'ka^', while I was return- 

 ing. — du'cicku'; tohoxka' du'ctcku', to 

 go and bring the horse; also, fetch 

 the horse! {du'ciku'du, ndu'cicku'; 

 du'cickahi, i'ducika'hi, ndu'cika'hi). 

 {Also8: 17; 10: 11; 18: 4,9,12; 21: 2.3, 

 28, 29, 32; 22: 5; 26: 46, 49, 68, 78; 

 27: 20, 23; 28: 22, 32, 49, 50, 60, 85, 

 98, 107, 116, 126, 157, 162, 223, 231, 

 239; 29: 2, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 

 24, 28; 31: 14; p. 166: 4, 5, 7, 8, 9.) 

 i, hi, him (17: 12), indi, ind, i^d, int, 

 in, he, she, it (16: 5; 28: 82). (of. 

 ha' nde.) indhe', in-dKe' (cf. h.e), he too 

 (7: 10). inxth^, they too (8: 5). 

 Vno^pa', he too (12: 12), with him 

 (20: 16). inxtu, they (31: 30). indhX:' 

 e'dekonxti', he (too) does just as he 

 (another) did (or does). — inxa', or 

 iHxya', he or she alone, only he or she. 

 ayiMxa', or ayiHxya', thou alone. 

 nkiHxa', or nkiHxya' , I alone, intxatu', 

 or intxyatu', they alone. ayiHxatu', ye 

 alone, nkin'txatu', we alone. — indi'ta or 

 i'ndita'yan, his or hers, his or her own; 

 it is his or hers, ayi'ndita' yan^ your 

 own. nki'ndita'ya'"; my own. i'ndi- 

 ta'yaHu', their own. ayi'ndiia'yantii', 

 your own (pi.). nki'ndita'yaHu', our 



own. psde'hi no'f'pn' ma'nkd^ indi'ta, 

 these two (horizontal) knives are his. 

 i'nd'ikta'ni, not his or hers, psde'hi 

 no^pa' ma'nkiyan i'ndikta'ni, those two 

 (horizontal) knives are not his. (Also 

 8: 23, 26; 10: 18,28; 20: 25; 24: 13; 

 27: 15, 17.) 



i . . . na, a sign of prohibition. — inya' 

 dande'; iya'kfdUi na', I will say it to 

 you; do not tell it. 



i^de, ide^,hide^ to fall of its own accord, 

 as rice or shelled corn from a burst 

 bag. wahu' xohi' ide', hail fell, it 

 hailed, wahu' xohi' ide'kan nde'ni, I 

 did not go because it hailed, wahu' 

 xohi' i'de ne', "ancient rain stands fall- 

 ing," it is hailing now. wite'di ko 

 wahu' xohi' i'da dande', it will hail to- 

 morrow, inkoiva' ptdwi' hide' , it crum- 

 bled and fell of its own accord, as plas- 

 ter or a decayed stump, ani' hide', the 

 water falls, a'yan to'ho nanke'di, the 

 tree fell, itdduye' or itdduye' wa'de, 

 "toward sunset," the west. {Also 

 10: 26; 14: 22; 19: 12; 23: 4; 28; 47, 

 68, 78. ) 



ilie^ grunting (28: 11). 



ihi^, his or her mouth {yiW, nkihi'; 

 ihitu', yihitu', nkihitu'). — ihi'yapi', his 

 or her lips (yihi'yapi', nkihi'yapi). 

 ihi'yapi' ta'idyan, his or her upper lip. 

 ihi'yapi' xwuhi', his or her lower lip. — 

 i'hi kun'hia, palate, "upper mouth" 

 (G.). 



ixiiiixti^, to feel full after eating (yixHin. 

 xii', nkixi'i'^xti' ) . 



ixyo^^niji'^xyo'i, very rapidly, quickly. — 

 ade' ixyo^'ni xye, he talks very rapidly 

 ( p. 1 64 : 7 ) . aya'de a'yixyo'^^'ni xye, you 

 talk very rapidly (p. 164: 18). nka'de 

 nkixyo^'ni xye, I tialk very rapidly (p. 

 164: 19). ade' ixyon'tu xye, they talk 

 very rapidly (p. 164: 20). niixyo'n^tu 

 a;^/?, he walks very rapidly (p. 164: 21). 

 ata'mlniixyo''^ni xye, he works very rap- 

 idly (p. 164: 22). inxyon'xti, making 

 haste (26: 29), very quickly (p. 160: 

 1,3). 



imahi'i', to paddle, use an oar [yimahin', 

 nkimahin' ; pi., i'maxtu', yimaxtu', nki- 

 maxtu'). — wite'di ko nkimahi'"^ dande' 

 naha'diyan, I will paddle the boat to- 

 morrow. 



