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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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protect you (p. 147: 12). yallkin^- 

 pUdahV ide^di, you go with me to pro- 

 tect'me (p. 147: 13). 



i^iska^, a skunk. — insJca^ ti kwia^ya'"' ax^ 

 nanki% a (or, the) skunk is sitting under 

 ine house. 



i°ske, greedy (19: 15). — ahin^ske, he was 

 greedy (22: 7, 12). ahin^sketan^, cov- 

 etous (19: 18). ahisk^, fond of it, be- 

 grudged it to anyone else; was greedy 

 (14: 23). 



i^ske, to be scared, frightened, alarmed 

 {hayWsk^, or ayWske, nkinskS^). — tcV- 

 dika Vwahe^di, why did you cry out? 

 nkinske^ nixkV, because I was scared. 

 ekika^^ On^ti ijandi^ inske'han yahefyan 

 de^ sinndnxkanj etc. , and then the Bear 

 was much scared and went off very far, 

 and when he stopped and stood (listen- 

 ing?), etc. (2:5, 6). — insk/ye, to cause 

 one to be scared, to scare him ( insk/haye^, 

 inske^hiinkc^). {'"-skefhiyef, he scared 

 you. inske^hinye'', I scared you. ewan- 

 d(f {'"'skefyank'i.', he scared me. ayindV 

 insk/yailW , you scared me. inske^hin- 

 yaf dand^, I will scare you. — kinsk(/- 

 y^nV, not to scare him ( kinsk^haytnV , 

 ki'^'SkeniAnhmV ) . ki^-skefluycni^ he did 

 not scare you. ki"'ske'hiiH^eni'' , I did not 

 scare you. ki'>''Ske'hinycnV dande^, I wil 1 

 not scare you. ewande^ ki'n-skef yankcni^ , 

 he did not scare me. ayindV ki^skef- 

 yanlcen'/, you did not scare me. — Wsi- 

 hVxti, to be much afraid of. e^a«^ ason^ 

 poska^ i'l^sihVxti ma^nki, e^di, then he 

 said that he lay in great fear of a brier 

 patch (1:16). aso'"^ayi"''sUiVxti ko\ aso^^ 

 in^nondaHn na, as you are in such 

 dread of briers, I will throw you into 

 briers ( 1 : 17. ) aso'"'^ nkin^sUiVxti, I am 

 in great fear of briers (1: 19). insin. 

 hifi-'xti, he is much afraid of (25: 5). 

 {Also25: 4; 26: 18; 28: 175.) 



i^^su or i'lsu^di, a tooth, teeth, his tooth 

 or teeth {ayinsu{dl) nki'"'su{di) ; insutu^ , 

 ayi'isutu' , nkin^sutu^). — in^su so^sa^ one 

 tooth. if>'su' kagV kVgiks&^di, to gnash 

 the teeth, in'su tu^diyan, roots of 

 teeth, i^su^ ptgaxka^, the " wide 

 teeth," the incisors. ii^su^ psiMi^ 

 "sharp teeth," canine teeth, i^su^ tii- 

 de:\ "long teeth," canine teeth, nkin- 

 su' putsa^ de^xtca, the sharpness of my 

 teeth is all gone. nkin^sudinskiksS^di, 

 I gnash my teeth, yatki"^ i^sudV, jaw 

 8351o°— Bull. 47—12 14 



teeth, i^su^ nedi', to have the tooth- 

 ache {ayWsu ne^di, nki'"'^su ne'di). in- 

 su ne' o^V, the toothache. I^su^ke- 

 tco'na, Ancient-one- with-crooked-teeth 

 (26: 45, 55, 80). [Also 21: 1, 4, 14, 16.) 



i'^tc, old. — hayasa^hl iHcya^, an aged In- 

 dian man. iHclicya', old (20: 16). i«- 

 titcya', old man (24: 11; 28: 29, 43, 44). 

 hanya' i'^tcya txa, ' ' people all old men, " 

 the ancients, the people of the olden 

 times. tsVpiHcya', "old man hun- 

 dred, ' ' one thousand. Ma iHci'na, An- 

 cient - of - turkey - gobblers (8: 2, 5). 

 nyan^intcya^, 0, my old man! {Also 

 20: 26; 22: 15; p. 157: 30.) 



i°tce. — ka'iHce, to creak, as shoes. 

 ixnkwa'xi nka'iHce, my shoes creak, ka'- 

 iHcedV, to cause to creak, as shoes {ka^- 

 iHcehayc^di, ka'iHcekinWdi) . 



i^tci^-p6^\ gall (cf. tcinpon). — o^ indnpon^, 

 fish gall. 



iHi^, indi^, or i^ndiyan^ (Bk.), an egg; 

 eggs. The word for vent, infiti, gives a 

 reason for preferring iHi^ to indl'' and 

 indiyan^ for egg (J. 0. D.). — o iHe^, 

 " fish egg, " roe. ind ak'if, an eggshell 

 (Bk. ). Vndsanya''^ {=mdl-\-san), the 

 white of an egg ( Bk. ) . Vndsiyan^ ( =tn- 

 di->rsidi), the yelk or yolk of an egg 

 (Bk.). 



IHi''. — yukpt:^ iHi^ the calf of the leg 



i^^tka or i'^tka'', a star, stars. — in'tka ni- 

 tan^yan, "big star," the morning star. 

 iHka^ poska\ "stars in a circle," the 

 Pleiades. iHka^ pa' pana'"^, "stars all 

 heads (?)," three large stars in a row, 

 near the Pleiades, in'tka ta'^ldn', "a 

 running star," a meteor. Wtka si'nd, 

 on ya""^, "where the stars have tails," 

 the Aurora Borealis. 



iiito, i^do, brave, proud (cf. ayinsihin un- 

 der si).— iHoxtV (Bj., M.), indoxtV (Bk.), 

 to be brave {ayW toxtV, nlcW toxW). 

 han'ya intoxtV, a brave man. iMoh^- 

 da^yc, she finished making him brave 

 (17: 2), indokinyi, proud (p. 157: 12). 

 kindo^kin-ha^n hern, I am not proud (p. 

 157: 13). indo'kiH'rlkiy^, I am proud 

 of you (p. 157: 13). {Also 17: 4; 21: 

 23; p. 157: 9, 10.) 



iii^tuhe^di, he is ready (in anger) (p. 

 142: 7). 



ka, what, something, somewhat. sUpka', 

 supka', somewhat black, tcutka', 

 somewhat (or, a sort of) red. — kaka\ 



