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him (as he stood?) (1: 15, 16). {Also 

 8: 18; 10: 3; 12: 3; 31: 2, 3, 7.) 



kyeto'ihi', the duck hawk ( see k^skisa^yi ) . 



kyusM^, the jack fish, a small fish re- 

 sembling the gar. 



X. — Several words in "x" admit of a syn- 

 onym in "xy" (of. exayi; and exyaxye; 

 xuhu and xyuhu; xa and xya; xapka and 

 xyapka; txa and txya; xanaxka and 

 xyinixka; xe and xye; onihi and xyuhi) . 

 Most words ending in -hi or /ii« (in the 

 singular) change that ending to -x in 

 contractions and before the plural end- 

 ing -tu: Asa^hin, am:"-xtu, asa^x no^pa; 

 anahin, anaxtu; do'"-M, donxtu; ayohi, 

 ay ox kUci; ta^/iv>, ta^x (in yadiixtan ta^x 

 si^'Mnya'"') ; amihi, amix; pahi, sore, pax 

 {in apaxtoi^ye); mihi, mixktledi; axisahi, 

 axisax; tcetkoh'/, tcetko^x. — As in (Pegiha, 

 Dakota, etc. , there is in Biloxi the per- 

 mutation of c: x; as, kcicka, kcixka; 

 konicka, konixka. — k followed by a 

 vowel is sometimes changed to x in 

 contractions, as ifiki, i^x; wax taHiixti or 

 wax ia^xti (in waka^ -f tahi). yaHkin^x 

 nda^ (for yankVnki nda^), yaHki'^'Xta' . 



xa, still, yet. — nkvMioxl^ xanlca^nde, I am 

 still living with her (or him). kadenV 

 xa, it does not burn yet. kana'xtetunV 

 xa, they never did kick (fem. sp. ). 

 nka'duti te xa, I am still hungry, a'duti 

 te xa, he is still hungry. — xa'na (mas- 

 culine term for the above with a nega- 

 tive "never"). kana'xtetunV xana' , 

 they never did kick. adutV Hukef ko 

 ndu^xni xa^na, I have never eaten that 

 sort of food (2: 21). ndon^ni xya, I 

 have not yet seen him or her. 



xa, feminine sign of ability : can. — tanhW 

 xa, he can run (but he will not run at 

 present), tan^hi:^ d/ xa, he can run 

 away (but he will not). akutxyV nko^^ 

 xa, I can write (if I wish), toho^xk 

 nC'pa^ ama^nki a'naxtetu^ xa, those two 

 horses are in the habit of kicking (idea 

 of ability also). — xana', masculine sign 

 of ability: can. ta'f^hW xana' , he can 

 run (if he wishes; but he will not run 

 at present), akutxyi' nko^' xana', I 

 can write, akutxyi' nkuka'de xana', I 

 can read, ililktanhin' xana', I can run 

 (if I wish), e'yan nde' xana', I can go 

 thither. {Also 7: 5, 6.) 



xa or xya, a sign of past time.— e'tafike 

 xa', I said that, etuxa', they said (did 

 say) it (long ago) (see e). — ki'tena'xtu 

 xa', they had been friends to each 

 other (2: 1). hao'^kne xya, he nailed it 

 long ago. 



xa, customary or usual action {also 9: 13, 

 17; 10: 13; 11: 10; 12: 5, 6, 7; 14: 

 30) ; he used to say so (but we do not 

 know that it was true) (see e). — oHi'k 

 ha'ne oiu' xa, they (the dogs) have 

 (usually) found a bear and (men) have 

 shot him (2: 31). ayu'ya^ nka'kan- 

 tcki'ke nka'nde xa na', I am used to lick- 

 ing the dew off of (the ground) (1: 7) . 

 uka' kiyasi' xana' yahe' ko, this is what 

 I usually (or always) like (2: 9, 10). 



xa or xya. — c'xa, that is all. e'xa o" 

 n/dl, that was all which he had on or 

 wore (Bk. ) (22: 17). e'tixya, this is 

 all. nkiH xya ndedi, I went alone, by 

 myself. — xya' xye, i'xyaxye', e'xyaxye, 

 to cease, quit, stop doing anything 

 {ixyayaye', ^xahanke'; pi., exatu', exa- 

 yitu', e'xaha'nkHu'). — exa'ya da'nde, 

 will he stop? ixya'yaya da'nde, will you 

 stop? ixa'hanka' dande', I will stop 

 (doing it). Imperatives: to a child, 

 ^xaya'! man to man, ^xa'yetakta' ; man 

 to woman, woman to woman, exa'ye- 

 tki'; woman to man, hra'yetqte'. ayai^ 

 ktca xya'xy?, to stop cutting wood. 

 Some parts of this verb seem to belong 

 to hvayt, and others to ixyaxy^, but 

 they are recorded as dictated. 



xa (27: 8), xapi^, xap (28: 146), xam 

 (28: 140, 151), a box or trunk (28: 

 213). o nnska xa utcidi, "smallfishput 

 in a box, ' ' sardines, xa' utcu'di, to pack 

 or ))ut articles into a box or trunk {xa' 

 yu'tmdi, xa' nku'tcudi). xa'utcu'nedi', 

 he stands putting things into a box or 

 trunk. 



xa, xyi. — ha'xaM, to laugh. ha'xaM 

 di'di Tc^lkanadi', the Rabbit went off 

 laughing (1: 21) {also 10: 10, note). 

 inkxihi', or inkxyUn', i'nkihi (18: 16), 

 i^kxihi (23: 8), to laugh {ayi'nkxihi or 

 ayi'nkxyihi', nki'nkxihi' or Hifiki'n- 

 kxyihi'). nki'nkxihi ne'di, I am laugh- 

 ing (as I stand), nki'nkxihi na'nxki, 

 I am laughing as I sit. nki'nkxihi o""^, 

 I was laughing, nki'nkxihi' dande', I 



