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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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spotted. toJio^xk kdextu^, spotted horses. 

 tolio'xk tan^hi"' ko k<Wxi., or kdexV xe 

 (w. sp.), the running horse is spotted. 

 toho^xk nonpa' ian^hin a^mankV ko (or 

 ia^^hln ha'maki) kdt^xi (or kdexV xe, w. 

 sp.), the two running horses arespotted. 

 ioho'xk ha'tanhin a^mankV ko kde^xi (or 

 kdexV xe, w. sp. ), the running horses are 

 (all) spotted, natci^ kdexV, mackerel 

 sky. ndes kd^'xi, a garter snake. (2) 

 tattoo marks. (Betsy Joe'sgrandmother 

 had marks on her cheeks, but none on 

 her forehead. ) — alio' ye kde'xyi tca'ye, to 

 mark off or cancel a debt {aho'ye kde'xyi 

 tcaHiaye, aho'yekde'xyitca'hiXnke). — kde- 

 cku'dedeta', striped; plural, kdSckiX'de- 

 detatu'. toho'xk kdeckudedetatu' da'ni 

 yuW ya^xan', where are those three 

 striped horses? — kdexye' {=kdexi-\-ye), 

 to draw a mark, as on an arrow {kd¥x- 

 yaye', kde'xyinkV ; kdexyetu', kde'x- 

 yayetu', kd¥xyinketu'). kd¥x sidiye' 

 { = kdexyi-{-sidi), "used for making 

 yellow spots or stripes," yellow paint 

 (Bk.). kde'x supiy¥, "used for mak- 

 ing black stripes or spots," black paint 

 (Bk.). kde' X tcutiye' , "used for mak- 

 ing red spots or stripes," red paint 

 (Bk.). — akidxyi', paper, a letter (epis- 

 tle) . akutxyi' dusa'di, to tear paper. 

 akidxyi tcake'di na'nki patcke' ( = akiii- 

 xyV patcke' dusV), to take a book from 

 the place (or nail) where it hangs. 

 axisa'x akutxyi', paper money. 

 akutxyV nhukafde xana', I can read 

 (malesp.) (4: 1, 5). akutxyV akiptadi' 

 "paper folded or doubled," a book 

 { = akutxyi akiptQatgadi). akMxyV ha- 

 pode', wrapping paper (Bk. ) . akutx'yi 

 akipiqa'tgadV, "paper lies one on 

 another," a book. akiitxyV on'ni 

 or a'kutxyi o«, "makes writing" 

 or "makes books," a pen or pencil. 

 akutxyi' onnV, to write {akHtxyV 

 ayo'"-'ni, akutxyV nko'"''ni). akutxyi' 

 nkon' xana', I can write (male sp.). 

 akutxyi' nko'"^ xa, I can write (fem. sp. ). 

 akutxyi' o^' tu'xaya'"'', ink. akutxyi' 

 pahW, a paper sack, akutxyi' uka'de tV, 

 "paper talk-to house," a schoolhouse. 

 akutxyi' uka'de tu'xaya^'^ a news- 

 paper ("paper to-talk-to"). akHtxyi' 

 ada'gonni', a picture, a portrait (?). 

 {Also 9: 8, 10; 11: 2; 28: 17, 21.) 



kdeke. — kdekedi', to cackle, as a hen 

 does. 



kdopka^, deep dish, or soup plate. — 

 musuda kdopka, an earthenware bowl. 



ke. — keye', to saw {ke'haye', ke'li^inM'). — 

 yanke'onni {=^yankeyi-\-o''hii'), "what is 

 used for sawing," a saw. yanke'o'nni' 

 yan xa^'ko tca'kaihnanki', where is the 

 saw? (^Zsop.121: 25. ) yankeye' {aya^-^- 

 keyS f) , to use a saw, to saw {yanke'hayii, 

 yanke'haflkS) . yankeye' pihedi', he can 

 saw. yarikeyi' pi'hedi'di'"', he ought to 

 saw. {Also p. 121: 19, 20.) 



ke!, nonsense! (6: 9). 



ke, ka (16:8), to dig, etc. — aye'kiyan' 

 tudiyan' k& dutitcu' tca'y'i, he dug around 

 the corn and pulled it all up by the 

 roots (1: 3). ii^dutcke'x, when they 

 digit up by (21: 19). diitcke', to dig it 

 up (21: 20). {Also 21: 27; 28: 2.) 

 nkakUu', we dig, or let us dig. ani' kyd 

 onnl'k likaketu', let us dig a well (1:4). — 

 Mdl', kya'di, to dig, scrape, paw the 

 ground, etc. {Vkyadi, xkd'di; kyatu', 

 i'kydt'a,xkdtu'). ani' kydo'fini' kedi'xyo, 

 he must dig the well (alone) (1: 5). 

 tohoxka' ama' ke'di, the horse pawed 

 the ground, kiiya' kedi', to dig under, 

 undermine {kuya' ike'di, kuya' nke'di) . 

 amaxl' kedi', to dig a grave. — klkyd'di, 

 to scrape for some one {ya'kikyd'di, 

 a'xklkyd'di; Mkydtu', ya'kikydtu', a'xkik- 

 ydtu' ) . i'nklkyd'di, 1 scraped it for you. 

 ya'xktkyd'di, you scraped it for me. 

 kikyd' dande', he will scrape it for 

 him. ya'klkyd' da'nde, will you scrape 

 it for him? a'xklkyd' dande', I will 

 scrape it for him. i'nklkyd' dande', 

 I will scrape it for you. ya'xklkyd 

 da'nde, will you scrape it for me? — 

 kix' kydni' , not to scrape {ku'yukye'ni, 

 kxke'ni; k-Ctkyd'tuni', ku'yukyd'tuni', 

 kxke'tuni'). kilkydni' dande', he will 

 not scrape it. 



Ts.eh.e'yafl, the same, identical. — kiide'sk 

 kehe'ya\ the same bird. 



ketci^, crooked. — Ayo'xketci', "Crooked 

 Lake," Bayou Larteau, Louisiana. 



ke^tcJ, bent like a hook (distinct from 

 ketci'; seek'&.neki'). 



ka or ki, to carry. — kidi', to carry some- 

 thing on the back {yaki'di, xki'di; 

 kitu', yakitu', xkitu'. Imperatives: ki 

 (to a child); kikanko' (man to man); 



