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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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wise {ifdiksasa^dl, nd'ifksasa^di). — uksa^- 

 ki, to cut with an ax or knife, klda'giya' 

 uksaHci, to knock or chop a piece from 

 the edge of an object with an ax, etc. 

 {yuksa^ki, nkuksa^ki) . psdehV a^duxta^ni 

 uksa^ki, to cut a rope with a knife, pd^si 

 Jiav/ injpaw' ko psdehV ko uksa^ki Tce^tka- 

 na^di, the Rabbit lowered his head and 

 cut (at) the cord with the knife (3: 22). 

 ayan' duktca' ksa^ xtaho^, to fell, as a 

 tree. {Also 16: 3; 28: 86, 87, 89, 201.) 



ksaho^i^. — ksahon^ tko'M, he has gone sure 

 enough. 



ksapi, to grow (a human being). — ksapi^ 

 Mya'^^xa, nearly grown, iksapi, you 

 grow (12:3). yv/nkiksa'wiyP., he or 

 she raised a daughter (p. 149: 16). 

 yVnki ksawi'haye, you raised a son (p. 

 149: 17). yVUki ksawufikS, I raised a son 

 (p. 149: 18). kso'wo'"; she raised them 

 (14: 1). 



ksapi^, wild. 



ksa^i or ksa^ni, five. — toho^xk ksa'"^ ko 

 xkuku^ ondaha^, I gave five horses to each 

 (man). — teksanV or deksani, five times, 



ksa^^xa. — ksa'f^xa txa% all the brothers 

 and sisters. 



kse. — duksedi or dUkse'di, to sweep a 

 room {V duksedi, nduksedl). yusatxa^ 

 ma'nki, diiksefka'"', it is (lies) dusty; 

 sweep it (said by woman to woman). 

 mantkse'onni or mmkso'"^, a broom 

 ("sweeping dirt"), ta'^'sl menkso'"', 

 "broom grass" {Andropogon macrou- 

 rus). adukse', she spread over him 

 (29: 27). ato^ miskctf dukse^ ko^wa tcu, 

 to move small potatoes farther (on the 

 floor) (p. 149: 12). (^Zso20:46;26:21.) 



kse. — kse'di, to break, as a stick, in 

 the hands (cf. ksa) {Vksedi, -dnkse'di; 

 ksetu^, {''ksetu^, {inksetu^ ) . pxwl' kst'di, to 

 break, as a chair or rope, by punching. 

 kse'di; aye'k kse'di, to pull ears of corn 

 from the stalks {aye'k ksaye'di, aye'k 

 hsanWdi.) ksd (6: 20; p. 154: 5), kso 

 (17: 14), broken. ksHnka' hi, I will 

 break it (28: 225). — naksS'di; ad' nak- 

 s¥di, to break (a stick) with the foot. 

 {Also 21: 23, 25; 28: 225.) naksWMjasi' 

 mxksu'ki, to break (a string) with the 

 foot. — duksijfki, to break a string, cord, 

 etc., by pulling {%' duks'dki, nduksix'ki; 

 duksH'ktu, i'duksilktu', ndukslXktu'). 

 ndu'ksixh/ he'detu, we have finished 



breaking the cord, etc. uxt-Ciki' duk- 

 s&'ki, to break (a rope) by pushing. — 

 daksi^'ki (in full, aya'n' dase' daksfi'ki), 

 to bite a stick in two {i'daksA'ki, ndak- 

 sio'ki; daksuktu', i' daksdktu' , nda'ksHik- 

 tu'). VdasS i'daksd/ki, did you bite it 

 in two? ndase' ndaksHi'ki, I bit it in 

 two. ankada' yinkV daksH'ki, to bite a 

 string in two. — i^su'di {kse'di (?), to 

 gnash the teeth {ayi'f'^sudi ayi'ksedi, 

 nkin^sudi nkiksS'di ) ( B j . , M . ) . insu' kagi' 

 Mgikse'di, to gnash the teeth, ayi'^'su' 

 k{i' guksuy^ di, you gnashed your teeth 

 (p. 140: 16). nkinsu' kfigftksfmke'di, I 

 gnashed my teeth (p. 140: 17). Insu'ku'- 

 g'^fee^dijhegnashed his teeth(p. 140:18). 



ksepi'', clear, as the eye (9: 11). — iiiteo™ 

 ksepi, clear sighted, ksepixti', clear, as 

 water; "very clear". 



ksihiii^, iq \)q crazy {i'ksihi'"; nka'ksihin or 

 {I'rikaksihin' or unka'ksihi'^) (p. 164: 

 16). iksixtu', you (pi.) are crazy (28: 

 195). ksi'xtu, they are crazy (31: 22). 

 ksixtki' {=ksihi'"'-\-tki) , to be partly crazy 

 {i'ksixtki, {L'nkaksixtki'). kuksi'hi''>'ni', 

 not to be crazy {ku'yuksi'hi''hi,i', 'u'nkHik- 

 si'hinni'). The second singular was also 

 given as kinks i'}d'"'ni', and the first sin- 

 gular as kyanksi'hi''hii'. — ksix (19: 19), 

 ksi'hu (19: 22), bad. — ha'aksi'hi, she 

 forgot and left (26: 44) (cf. ijihi'). 



ksi'i'hi'^ or liksihi^^, evening (cf. si and 

 2)si). — ksii^hin ya'f^xa, almost evening. 



ksupi. — daksupi', to get the juice out of 

 sugar cane by chewing ( i' daksupi', nda'- 

 ksHpi'). Sometimes expressed by dase^ 

 daksupi'. — daskipi', to get the juice out 

 of sugar cane by chewing {i' daskipi', 

 nda'sktpi'). dase' daskipi', sometimes 

 used for this. 



kcicka or kcixka, a hog. — ema'"^, kcicka' 

 haka'naki xyo', take care! or the hog 

 will surely get out! kcixka' ne'di ko 

 tca'iiaska uki'kinge ko' skanef e'naska 

 na', this hog is half as large as that one. 

 kcixka' ko tcina'ni yuke'di, how many 

 (living) hogs are there? kcixka' tea'- 

 naska, how large is the hog? kci'xka 

 ohi' iflkta', I have ten hogs (5:6). {Also 

 p. 122: 7, 14.) kcickayo', {=kcicka-'r 

 yo) "hog meat," pork, bacon, kcixka 

 yoka', "swamp hog," an opossum. 

 mcka'ijokana' (21: 1, 26, 30, 35), Ska- 

 hana (7: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 13, 15), 



