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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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with us. e^we yiihe/ ya'fikiya'daliatu', 

 they are with us. ayi^xtu^ ya^nkiya'- 

 (Jaltatu^, you (pi.) are with us. 



i^ya'i, over yonder. — haWtu Vya'"-, how 

 do they call over yonder? 



iyai (cf. kVyasi). — iyan^iin^ to love him 

 or her (said of either sex), pi., 

 iyan'xlu, i^yanxtn^, liin^hiyanxtu^ hin^- 

 hiyan^hin xto' (probably means, I will 

 surely love thee); i>^ya'"'^hi'"-xtV, I love 

 thee (you). Vxkiya'n'^hi''^, to love 

 himself {yVxkiya'f'^hi'"', nhVxkiyan^hi'";- 

 V xkiya'^'Xtii/ , yVxkiyanxtu^, nkVxkiyan- 

 xtu^). ayinktaya'"', her pet one (deer) 

 (28: 18S). —kiyan^hin, to love what be- 

 longs to another, toho'xk kiya'"'^hin, to 

 love another's horse, toho^xkinkiynn^- 

 hi^-xtV, I love your horse exceedingly. 

 kiya^nUe^pi, to like the property of 

 another (to like one on account of his 

 property, or on account of what he has 

 given) (?) {ya'kly(Vnite'pi, a^xklya^- 

 nite^pi). i'nktya^nitepV, I like you (for 

 or on account of it) (2: 22). yan^xklya^- 

 nitepl\ he likes me, or you like me. 

 toho^xk Vnkiya^nitepV, I love and pet 

 your horse. — ku^ya'^ni^, to hate; he 

 hates him {kuyan^ni, nya'^^ni). kuyan^- 

 xtuni' (prefix e'lve yuke' ko), they hate 

 him. ayin^xtu ko^ kxiyan^xtuni', ye or 

 you hate him. {nkVxtu ko') nyai^- 

 xtunV, we hate him. eivande^ kuya'n- 

 dahanV, he or she hates them. ayVndi 

 kuya'ndqhanV, thou hatest them. 

 nya'ndahanV, I hate them. efv)e, yuW 

 ko kuyan'xludahanV, they hate them. 

 ayi'"^xtu ko' kuyai^ ochidahanV , ye or you 

 hate them, nki'xtu ko' nya^'xtuda- 

 hani', we hate them, innyan'ni (dziia'), 

 I hate you. ewande' kuya'''-' yanni' , he 

 hates me. ayi'ndi kuya^'yai^ni' , you 

 (sing. ) hate me. ('"^yan^xtuni', we hate 

 thee. innyan'dqhanV, I hate you (pi. ). 

 innyan'xtudqhani', we hate you (pi.). 

 ewande' ku^ya'^-ya^'dahani', lie hates us. 

 ayVndi kuya^'yai^dahani'' , thou hatest 

 us. e'we yuke' ko ku'yanyan'xtudqJiani', 

 they hate us. ayin'xtu ko' kuyan^yan- 

 xtu'dqhani', ye hate us. anya'di nyan'ni, 

 I hate (the) man (3: 11). nkin'hiyan'- 

 nixii', I do not like it at all. 



in, — inni or hini, to drink (ay iv/ni, nkin'ni). 

 inf on'knS, he drank (in the past), he 

 had drunk it. miV in te', h e wished (or, 



wishes) to drink water, ani' ayW te, 

 did (or, do) you wish to drink water? 

 anV nkln te', I wish (or, wished) to 

 drink water, i' ha'ude, he was drink- 

 ing (lit., he continued drinking) ; this 

 use of /, instead of hini or inni, is puz- 

 zling, am' 111 o^di', he was drinking 

 water slowly {ani' yin o'^de' , ani' nkin 

 o^def, ani' i^^tu o^def, ani' yin'tu o™rfe^, 

 ani' nki'"''tu onde'). ani' hini', to drink 

 water {ani' ayi'ni, ani' nki'ni). ini'hin; 

 ini'hin ha'nde, he was drinking (=he 

 continued drinking); the use of inihin^ 

 instead of hini or i^ni, is puzzling, ayin, 

 you drink (28: 253). ayin-ni', you did 

 not drink, ani' kiya' ayinni' dande', 

 you shall not drink again of the water 

 from the well (1:6). ani' i'kin te', 

 do you wish to drink water? a case 

 of ' ' hapax legomenon. ' ' niho^' yiflki', 

 a tin cup, probably means "small 

 drinking vessel." — duniyt-', (1) to be 

 drunk, i' duniyt, you are or were drunk. 

 nduni'ye, I am or was drunk {duniyetu', 

 i'duniyUu', nduni'yctu) . (2) to cause to 

 be drunk; to make another drunk. 

 duni'hay^, you made him drunk. 

 duninkS (contr. from duni'hinM), I 

 made him drunk. {Also 24:'. 2, 3, 8.) 



i^d&'l, well! (27: 6). 



i^^da (cf. da, to gather, and de, to go). — 

 i^da'hi, to hunt, seek {ayinda'hi, nkin- 

 da'hi; i^daxtu, ayi^daxtu, nki^daxtu) . 

 nyii^dahi, I seek you. i'yinda'hi, he 

 seeks you. ya'nkinda'hi, he seeks me. 

 hiya'nkinda'hi, you seek me. Subse- 

 quently given thus: ya^xkindahi, you 

 seek for me. ya'"'xki'"'daJii, he seeks for 

 me. i'nkinda'hi, I seek for thee (you). 

 oHi yan' e'ya^ hi' ason' tan' inda'hi 

 hande'txyan, when the Bear reached 

 there, he was seeking a large brier 

 patch (2: 4). ha' me ta^' on inda'hi 

 ande' txye, he was seeking a large bent 

 tree (2: 13) (cf. hane). i'yi'^da'Jd yukt'di 

 ko' ayande'yuwa'yan nda'hi Jiani', Jie'di 

 Tce'tkanadi' , "When they are seeking 

 you (as they move), I will go toward 

 the place where you shall be," said the 

 Rabbit (2: 29, 31). mda'.rta', the 

 sought her (26: 28). {Also 18: 10, 

 20: 19; 23: 14; 26: 72; 28: 181, 182, 

 187; 31: 32; p. 148 passim.) 



