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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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will laugh. k¥nkxihmV, or kVnkxyi- 

 hinV, not to laugh {kayVnkxihinV or 

 kayVilkxyihini'' ; nki^nkxihinV or {inkVn- 

 kxyihinV). 



xa. — pa^xaxahi^ : doxpa^sai^hi'"^ pa^xaxa- 

 hV, to pull up or roll up the sleeves {dox- 

 pa^sa'f^hi''^ VpaxaxahV, doxpa'sa'^hi'n/ 

 ij/nkapa'xaxahi' ) . 



xa, to stand (cf. si.) — xa'xa,a'xa (20: 3), 

 dual and plural of si^hi'^, they stand. 

 ai^ya no''>'pa^ xa'xa ha'maki nky^- 

 ho'n^ni, I know the two standing men. 

 t¥ no'^'paf xa'xa mafnki ko tciV xS (w. 

 sp. ), the two (standing) houses are red. 

 aya'n^ no'n-pa' xa'xa a'manW ko t/di, the 

 two (standing) trees are dead, toho'xk 

 ndf-pa' xa'xa a'manki' ko supi' xe ( w. sp.), 

 the two standing horses are black. — 

 xa'xaxa, they ( pi. ) stand. a'"''ya xa'xaxa 

 ha'maki nkyehon'm, I know (all) the 

 standing men. an'ya xa'xaxa ma'ilktu, 

 they (all) are standing (said of many). 

 toho'xk xa'xaxa a'manki' ko sa'"^ x!e. (w. 

 sp.), the standing horses are (all) 

 white, a^sefp xa'xaxa ama'nk i ko pa'na 

 ifikta'(±x^, w. sp.), all the standing 

 axes are mine, a^se'p xa'xaxa ki'na- 

 xadi' ama'nki ko pa'na inkta'{±:X?, w. 

 sp. ), all the scattered (and standing) 

 axes are mine. {Also 18: 16; 20: 41; 

 21: 9; p. 117: 6, 12; p. 118: 5, 9; p. 

 119: 6, 11; p. 120: 6, 8; p. 151: 25.) 



xahi^, rough to the touch ( 14: 27). — mas- 

 xahi', "rough iron," a file. — xaxahi', 

 rough to the touch here and there. 

 astotonivka akidi xaxahi, a black lizard 

 with rough skin. 



xak. — a'xako'nni', to be poor {aya'xakon- 

 ni', nha'xqko''hii' ; a'xakoHu', ayx'xakon- 

 tu', nka'xakontu'). — a'xakonyt'', to make 

 one poor, to treat one ill {a'xakoi^hay^, 

 a'xako'"^hilnhe'; a'xakon'yetu', a'xako'"''- 

 hayetu', a'xakon'Mnketu'). 



xanaxka or xyinixka (6: 16, 17; 28: 

 218), an otter (cf. ni, to roll), ci'naxka, 

 otter (G.). Xyini'xkana, Ancient of 

 Otters (29: 1, 26, 39). xyi'nixka'hi 

 {=xyimxka'{-ahi), an otter skin, ci'- 

 naxk a'hi, an otter skin. — xanaxpS', a 

 muskrat. 



xandayi^, the fishhawk. 



xati. — axati', to slide, as on ice {aya'- 

 xati, nka'xati). 



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xaye. — duxaye', to scratch in order to 

 relieve itching {i' duxaye, ndu'xaye). 

 pa' duxayS', to scratch the head, tca'ke 

 duxayF, to scratch the hands, si'ya 

 ski'xtiki' duxayS', to scratch the top of 

 the foot, nyi'duxaye', I scratched you. 

 nyi'duxaya' dande', I will scratch you. 

 ya'nduxaya', he or she scratched me. 

 ya'nduxayata', scratch me! (male to 

 male). — du'xayaxa'"'' {fern, of duxaye'), 

 to scratch {i'duxa'yaxa''^', nda'xaya 

 xa'"^); used when a female addresses a 

 female. — nxayo'>hti', riding spurs. 



-xa^i, feminine ending of certain verbs 

 answering to the masculine ending -di, 

 thus: pa'tdtcuxa^' (fem.), pa'tntcudi' 

 (masc. ). 



xaJi, where. — ta'^yan' xa^' ko tcuwa', 

 where is the village? an'sudio'"''yan 

 xai^ ko tca'kai^nanki', where is the pine 

 forest? anse'wi yan xan' ko ica'ka^- 

 manki' (sometimes shortened to a'^-se'wi 

 yan xanf), where is the (reclining) 

 ax? spdehi' yan xa'f ko tea' ka'n^manki' , 

 where is the knife? miko'"''ni ya""- .xa'"'' 

 ko tea' ka'"'manki' , where is the hoe? 

 yanke'o'"ni' ya""- xaf"^ ko tea'ka'^manki' 

 where is the saw? tohoxka' ya^ xa'^' 

 tca'kannedi' , where is the (standing) 

 horse? (.4Zso 29: 29.) 



xaa, bring! (28: 148,149). 



xdo. — dixdo', to hull beans or green 

 nuts, aye'k dXxdo', to husk corn 

 {aye'k i' dixdo, aye'k ncU'xdo). 



xe, one form of the feminine oral period; 

 its masculine equivalents are xye and 

 xyexo. ti ne' ko san' xe, the house ia 

 white (w. sp. ). .re affects the accent 

 of the preceding word, thus: ay an' si'"''- 

 hi'^ ne' ko te'di; but at/an' si^'hin ne' ko 

 tedi' xe, the (standing) tree is dead; 

 toho'xk la'"'' hi'"' ko kde'xi; but toho'xk 

 ta'n'hi'" ko kdexi' xe, the running horse ia 

 spotted. — .vye, (1) one of the masculine 

 forms of the oral period, the others 

 being xye.vo and na; the corresponding 

 feminine forms are .vS and ni. a'"ya' 

 pi' xye, he is a good man. af^ya' 

 ptu' xyi, they are good men. — hauti' 

 xyS, he is sick much or often. (2) 

 Indeed, at any rate, at all hazards. 

 e'ya'" nde'di xy^, I went thither at 

 any rate (whether he consented or 



