DORSEY-S WANTON] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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katcfii^hi', a paddle. 



kawa, a little farther (20: 29; p. 155: 7). 



kayadi^, to rip (see sa). 



kaye, to give away. — laye de'di, he has 

 gone to give it away (p. 154: 11). i'kay 

 ide'cli, did you go to give it away? 

 (p. 154:12). xka'iji nde^ dl, I went to 

 give it away (p. 154: 13). ka'ye a'de, 

 they have gone to give it away 

 (p. 154: 14) . ka'ye aya'de, did you (pi. ) 

 go to give it away? (j). 154: 15). 

 ka'ye nka'de, we went to give it away 

 (p. 154: 16). ka'ye ku, he is returning 

 after having given it away (p. 154: 17). 

 ka''ye hin, he has come to give it away 

 (p. 154: 18). Vkaye a'yWhin, have 

 you come to give it away? (p. 154: 19). 

 xka'ye nkinhin^, I have come to give it 

 away (p. 154: 20). 



"kafl, a fem. imperative ending of verhs 

 ending in di, ye, uni. — konicka^ pstu- 

 goi^'ka^, put a cork in the bottle ! akue^ 

 xelie'kan, hang up th e h at ! xti^wiyikan\ 

 turn or set it upside down ! doxp^ nask 

 Qi^ka'"', put on the coat! dukse^kan, 

 sweep it! 



ka^i. — akan', to lean against, to come in 

 contact with an object and stop {yakan^ 

 or aya'^kan, nka''kan or nhakan'). na- 

 ha^d akan^, the boat came against it and 

 stopped. — aka'"^ ktaho^ {yakai^^ ktaho^, 

 nlakan' ktalic/): kohl'xti aka'n^ ktaho\ 

 to make fall from a height by weight 

 or pressure, as by leaning against. 

 xwukVxti aka'"^ ktaho\ to make topple 

 and fall by weight or pressure, as by 

 leaning against. 



ka"!, ka (8: 3), ka^i, (1) an objective end- 

 ing. — waka^ka'"' kllo'weye\ to exchange 

 cows. {Also 6: 16; 7: 1.) Tcc^tkana^- 

 kan, the Rabbit (2: 24). inayan^ kd^k- 

 xahe'nik, te^ hi'x-ye ki ima^nki xyo^, before 

 the sun moves (lit., the sun moves-not- 

 when), I will surely kill you as (or, 

 where) you recline ( 2 : 24 ) . ( 2 ) Marks 

 the instrument, when followed by 

 onha, as tca'kik o'"^ha kte^di, he hit him 

 with his hand (1: 10, 11). 



ka"!, into.— pe^tika'"', into the fire (p. 

 146: 27). ani^/:a« into the water (p. 

 146: 28). hama^ kudo^tcikan, into the 

 mud (p. 146: 30). — anV knedV, in the 

 water (p. 139: 27). ti knedV, in the 

 house (p. 139: 28). ta^^yan knedV, in 

 the town (p. 139: 29). aya^ hiedV, 



in the tree (p. 140: 1). pe^ti knedV, 

 in the fire (p. 140: 2). an^xu kned'/, 

 in the rock (p. 140: 3). 

 katt^ kan(6: 16; 9: 5), (1) if, when (at 

 the end of a clause). — tane'ks hanyadV 

 ad(/ yo^^ hiya'nkuka^de ka^^, psde^hi 

 ma'nkdfe pana'"''^ ayindVta dande\ if you 

 will talk to me in Biloxi, all these 

 (horizontal) knives shall be yours. 

 atspa^hi kte^ ka'"-, he stuck to it when 

 he hit it (1: 11). naxte^ ka^ aispa'^'^lii, 

 when he kicked it, he stuck to it ( 1 : 12 ) . 

 yalie^ya!"' de' sWhi'^i-xka'"'', he went to a 

 distance, and when he stopped and 

 stood (listening?), etc. (2: 6). aya'nde 

 ka'"'' e'tiki'"-yo'>^ni wo^, when it was you 

 did I treat you so?: was it you whom I 

 treated so? (2: 6, 7, 15). kidunVyan ku 

 ka:'''' dutV oxpa', when he (the Rabbit) 

 gave him (the Bear) the young canes, 

 he (the Bear) devoured them at once 

 (2: 8). Tcetkana' soi^sa ak{i'sk{isi'nki 

 nax ka'"'', 0'"''ti ya'ndi, o'xpa, when the 

 Rabbit sat mincing a single piece (of 

 cane), the Bear swallowed all (the 

 pieces given him) (2:9). "ha'me ta'"'' 

 on'ni nkaii' na," e ha'"' kide' ka'" Tce't- 

 kanadi' ti'wo de'di, he (the Bear) said, 

 "I dwell in a large bent tree," and 

 when he went home, the Rabbit went 

 abroad (2: 11, 12). (2) as, because, 

 since: kani'ki na'xka'"tca na', I have 

 nothing at all as I sit (6: 4, 13). tcut- 

 capi'xti ka'"' ndutcpi', as it was very 

 slippery, I could not hold it. dutcdfp 

 ka'" taho', it falls because it slips from 

 his grasp, ifiksiyo' stcuki' ka'" sa'"ha'"'- 

 xtiye', as the meat was tough, he bore 

 down hard on it (in cutting) . uuhu' 

 xohi' id^ka'" nde'jii, I did not go be- 

 cause it hailed. — eka"'', oreka'"', then; 

 aka'"', and then (8: 6,21; 9: 5). ekan 

 Toweya'"' eya'"' hi, then the (distant) 

 Frenchman arrived there (1: 14). eka'"^ 

 aso'"'poska' ('"'sihi'xti ma'nki, t/di, then 

 he (the Rabbit) said that he was (lit., 

 he lay) in great fear of the brier j^atch 

 (1: 16). eka'"', ''aso'"' ayi'"' sihi'xti ko', 

 aso'"' i'"'no'"da'hi na,'' as you are in such 

 dread of a brier patch, I will throw 

 you into it, said the Frenchman (1: 16, 

 17 ) . eka'"' Tcetkana' def o'"'xa, then the 

 Rabbit departed (in the past) 

 (3: Z\).—eka'"ha'"' ( :=eka'" + ha""), ekan- 

 han (10: 8), ekihan, ekika'", ekeha'^ 



