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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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k\it, kiid. — Mi^duMxpey^^ : an^pst-dgonnV 

 pxiue' ku^dukuxpe.yi'.\ to thrust a stick 

 through meat in order to barbecue it 

 {pxwt'.' ku^dAkuxpehaye^, pxw^^ IcA'du- 

 kiixpehunke^). 



IsxLti.—k'd^tlkV, to tell what one has per- 

 ceived himself (not what he has heard 

 or has been told, ka^M) {ya^kuUkV, 

 H^nhuku'VikV) . inyu^kiltikV, or nyukn'- 

 ttkV, I tell it to you. ewande' ya'fi- 

 kukuttkV, he tells it to me. ayindl^ 

 ya^nkukuUkV , you tell it to me. Kenyan 

 M/dV kiXnhiinyan^ kufiki', he reached 

 home (and) told it to his grandmother 

 (3: 16). yanhVkutikV, tell me! nVstud 

 tkoHi^ yc/nkukutikV na^unkihV, I wish 

 that you would tell me very accu- 

 rately (how affairs are) (4: 4). i^ya^ 

 dande^ iya'kixUki naf, I will say it 

 to you; do not tell it. 'hinkso'"^tkaka^, 

 naxa'xa nyiifk'dtikV, younger brother, 

 now have I told you (5: 7, 8). k^ikiX- 

 tinV, not to tell another what one has 

 seen or observed {ku''yukud'CL'""'nij 'dfn- 

 kukiidu^m). nyuHcAdlWni, I did not 

 tell you. nyu^k-Adun'-ni dandef, I will 

 not tell you. tafdikt' ya'nkukudiO.'n^m. 

 why did you not tell me? {Also 26: 

 67, 85.) 



kfttska^ or kudeska^, a flea (31: 5). 

 (cf. kudtinka'.) 



ktitske^ (used by females =MteA-e?/(;), to 

 shut a door (kD.tske'hayaxan^ , kutske^- 

 hunkaxa'"-^ (ci.kode^). — eyefwi k'dtskefkan^ 

 shut the door (said by a female to a 

 female). kiidHske^ye, shut the door 

 (19: 5, 7, 9). kmske'y^, (they) shut it 

 up (31: 10). eye^wi k'&tske'ye, to shut 

 a door {kutske^hay^, kutske^hUnW) (said 

 by men and boys). 



kuya^, under. — kiiya' keaV, to dig under, 



undermine {kuyc/ , kuya^ nWdi). 



ayahV kuyo', under the bed (p, 139: 9). 

 yaxo^^ kuya\ under the chair ( p. 139: 

 10). aduhV kuya\ under the fence 

 (p. 139: 12). i'tknp kuya^, under the 

 board (p. 139: 14). okayaf, under, 

 underneath (p. 142: 21, 22, 23).— A-ii'iV- 

 ya^, under, a'l^xu kwia^ya^, under the 

 stone, ati^ or tV kwia^ya'"', under the 

 house, in-skqf ti k wia^ya'"' xe^ nank i^, 

 a (or, the) skunk is sitting under the 

 house. 



kuya. — dukuya^di, to pick to pieces or 

 into shreds, as sinew {VdukHya^di, ndu^- 



kuya'di). 



kii'^kii^'', a grandmother, his or her grand- 

 mother {iku'n'ku'"', xMnkHn/). grand- 

 mother! (3: 7, 8, 16, 17, 24).— 

 TcUkanaf Tc'dnkiC^ \moxi/ ha'nde o^'xa, 

 it used to be that the Rabbit lived 

 with his grandmother. TcHkana' ku'"- 

 M«^ khio'"'pa' t'/ xyapka^ ktihandoi^ 

 etuxaf, it is said that the Rabbit used to 

 dwell in a low tent with his grand- 

 mother (3: 1, 10, 2Q).—MnkiXn^yan, a 

 grandmother, his or her grandmother; 

 includes the following affinities: his 

 wife's mother, his wife's father's 

 mother, his wife's mother's mother, 

 her husband's mother, her husband's 

 father's mother, her husband's moth- 

 er's mother {VMi'^kiin^ya'"; xkunJcun^- 

 ya'"'). tcumafna kunMny.in/ unoxwe^ 

 a^nde o'^xa^ long ago he was living with 

 his grandmother. kunJcunyan/ klXtiki^, 

 he told his grandmother (3: 16). — 

 kunku^^yan a^Mko^xi, a great - grand- 

 mother, his or her great-grandmother 

 [i'Mnkun'yan a'kttko^xi, xMnkun'yan 

 a^k\tko'xi).—hiX'^hu'n/ya'"' kMko^ a^kitko^xi, 

 a great-great-grandmother, his or her 

 great-great-grandmother {VkH^kun'^yan 

 kitko^a^kitko'xi, xkunkun^ya'^ kitko^a^kit- 

 ko^xi). — ku'^kun^yayi' kitW kitko' a^kit- 

 ko^xi, his or her great-great-great-grand- 

 mother (Vkunkun^yan kitko^ k\tk(/ a'kit- 

 ko^xi, xMnMn^'yan kitko^ kxtko' a'Mt- 

 ko'xi). '{Also 29: 1, 10, 12, 25, 27; 

 31:16, 23.) 



ku'i'nmulii^, or kuninuhi^, the bull frog 

 (see lion, peska^). 



kwinhi', a valley. 



kyai^he, kya°hi, from, to take from. — 

 k-yahe^yan ku^di, he comes from the 

 same place, kyahe^eyan, to the same 

 place (?). ya'nkakyan'hi, they took 

 from me (23: 17). nJcakyan^Jd:"', we 

 take it from (them) (23:18). akyan^hi, 

 (he) took her from him (27: 12). 

 akyannd, he took from her (28: 202). 

 Vya^xkyaHitxa'"' net, beware lest you 

 search in my house for my possession (?) 

 (p. 158: 17). 



kya'i^hi, to scold, reprove. — dukutck'e^ 

 Jian in^pi ha'"' kya'i^hixne^di, he tied him 

 and laid him down and was scolding 



