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BUREAU OP AMERICAK ETHNOLOGY 



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The Ancient of Opossums, kci^cka ma- 

 yiHka^, a ground hog. kcicka^ dudayV, 

 hogweed, species not named; it grows 

 near Lecompte, La. 



ktca, to chop. — aya'"^ ktcadV, to cut wood 

 (ayVdaktca^di, aya'ndaktca'di; aya'"-' 

 ktcatu', ayVdaktcatu^, aya^ndaktcatw'). 

 aya'"'' ktca yuke^, they are cutting wood. 

 ayVdaktca^ Vda da^nde, will you go to 

 cut wood? aya^ndaktca' nda' dande\ 

 I will go to cut wood, aya'"'' ktcade'di, 

 he goes or went to cut wood, aya'"^ ktca 

 xyaxye:, to stop cutting wood, aya'"'' 

 ktca da' dande', he will go to cut wood. 

 — duktca'di, to chop wood, etc. {i'duk- 

 tca'di, ndu'ktcadi; da'kicatu', Vduktcatu', 

 ndu' ktcatu'). isi' duktca'di, to cut his 

 foot with an ax {ayisV Vduktca' di, 

 inksV nduktca'dV). — klduktca' di,to chop 

 wood for another {ya'kiduktca'di, 

 a'ccklduktca'di; kidu' ktcatu' , ya'kldu'k- 

 tcatu', a' xkldu' ktcatu'). ktduktca', chop 

 it for him ! i'kidu'ktca ne'di, he stands 

 chopping for you. — dlxktca' ksa' xtaho', 

 to fell, as a tree {ay a'"'' duktca' ksa' 

 xtaho'; aya'"'' i'duktca ksa' xtaho', aya'"'' 

 ndd'ktca ksa' xtaho'). — dukutca' SQi^'sa 

 dutcati', to split at one blow (?) {i'du- 

 kMca' so'"^sa i'dutcati', ndu'kutca so'"^sa 

 ndu'tcati). — duktca' hutp'i', to cut a hole 

 through with an ax {i'duktca yutpi', 

 ndilktca' u'nkutp^'). 



ktca"^. — inktcanhi', next to, the next one. 

 isi' ayinka' inktca'>^hi', the toes next to 

 the little toes, tca'k ayinka' inktcanhi' , 

 the fingers next to the little fingers, 

 the third or ring finger, ifiktcaf^hi' 

 a'xohiya', the second toes (of a person). 

 inktca'nhi' a'xohiya', "next to the old 

 one," the second toe, the second toes 

 of a person. 



kta. — a'kta, in a straight line, by the 

 shortest cut. a'kta dedi', to go straight 

 across {a'kta ide'di, a'kta nde'di). 

 One can say also a'kta de' a'ktduxle', to 

 go straight across (a stream) {a'kta id/ 

 ya'klduxte', a'kta ndef nka'klduxte'). — 

 kutata', straight, erect, upright. kiXtaia' 

 sin/hinye, to set it up straight {kutata' 

 si'^hii^haye, kutata' sii^Jdi^hanke). kuta- 

 ta' xti, straight, level; applicable to 

 land as well as to other objects. — kidu'- 

 ktadl', to bend down, a'dukta ( it might) 

 crush her ( 2 6 : 32 ) . kidu'ktaye, to bend 



down or fold an object {kidu'ktahaye', 

 kidu'ktahunW). ku'tutiikta'di, limber, 

 supple, pliant. 

 kte, kite^ (7: 14), kite^ (20: 11), to hit 

 (cf. xte).—xkW, I shoot at (20: 22). 

 ikteftu, they hit you; you are hit (28: 

 196, 198 ) . atspan'hi kte' kan, he stuck to 

 it when he hit it (1 : 11). — ktedi' or Mte'di 

 (26: 61), to hit, hammer {ya'ktedi, xktef- 

 di; ktetue' or kUe'tu (31: 30), yaktetu', 

 xktetu'). ma'sa u'tsanxti' ktedi', to ham- 

 mer very hot iron. Imperative: Mi (to 

 a child) . han'ya ya^'x' ktedi' nixki', be- 

 cause a man hit me. yaxkte'di, he hit 

 me, you hit me. iflkta' daiide', I will 

 hit thee, sa^hin' kiya' inkte'xv, I will 

 do it again and hit you on the other side 

 ( 1 : 11) . inkte' ha dande', I will hit you 

 (all), ayan' ko^ ktedi', to hit him with 

 a stick {aya'n' kayon' ya'ktedi, ayan' nkon 

 xkte'di). tohoxka' kla' kte'di, to hit his 

 own horse, tcu'nhi kta' aya'"'' ko'"' kte'di, 

 to beathis own dog with a stick. — tca'klk 

 o'"'ha kte'di, he hit him with his hand or 

 paw (1: 10, 11). ayindi' i' ktedi, he hit 

 thee (you), yaxkte'lu na', they hit me 

 (of their own accord), kte' hedan', he 

 finished hitting, he hit. kte' exa'yS, he 

 stopped hitting, kte' hande' ya^kan', 

 xku', while he was hitting him, I was 

 coming back, kt/daha', to hit them 

 (animate objects) {ya'ktedaha', xkte'- 

 dqha'; kt/dqhatu', ya'ktedqhatu', xktef- 

 dqhatu'). ya""^ xktedqha' , he hit us. 

 ya'n' xktedqhatu' , they hit us. ktekte'di, 

 to hit him often {ya' ktekte'di, xkte'ktedi; 

 ktektetu' ,ya'ktektelu' , xkte'ktetu'). aya'"^ 

 ko'n ktekte'di, to hit it (or, him) often 

 with a stick, kte' kidedi', to hit a light 

 object and send it flying through the 

 air {ya'kte kidedi', a'xkte kidedi'; kte' 

 kidetu', ya'kte kidetu', a'xkte kidetu'). 

 kte' ktaho':{l)kohi'xti kte' ktaho', to make 

 an object fall from a height by chop- 

 ping or hitting with a club, ax, etc.; 

 {2) xwithi' xti kte' ktaho', to make topple 

 and fall, as a tree, by chopping, or a 

 person, etc., by hitting with a club, 

 etc. {yakte' ktaho', nkakte' ktaho'). — kilk- 

 teni', not to hit, hammer, strike {kHiyu'- 

 ktemf, nkukteni (?). k{tya''^'xkteni, he 

 did not hit me, you did not hit me. 

 ya'nxkte'di kike', ayi^^t kHmyikte'ni dandef, 

 although you hit me, I will not hit you. 



