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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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(26: 15; 28: 221). uxw^MnM, I put it 

 in (28: 236). uxw^hefy'i, she set it in 

 (the water) (28: 237). xwUhe^, he put 

 her in (28: 203). xoxo' kxwih^, to 

 swing himself, "to sit in a swing." 

 {Also 6: 14; 9: 7; 10: 22, 31; 11: 9; 

 14: 26; 16: 3; 20: 17, 39; 25: 1; 26: 2, 

 42, 43, 46, 48; 28: 18; 29: 28, 32, 40, 71, 

 80, 114, 120, 135, 221, 229; 31: 17; p. 

 117: 2, 7, 13, 17, 18; p. 119: 1.) 



xepi, to go down. — aniya''^ x^pi, the 

 water went down (15: 3). 



xi, supernaturally mysterious (10: 15) . — 

 xVdi, strange (10:11). xiya\ bad (cun- 

 ning) (10:15). taxVdi {27: 20), taxi. 

 (27: 22, 24), supernatural deer. axV- 

 hinyaf dandc', I will shut you up, diet 

 you, and give you medicine ( in order to 

 give you magic power) (p. 150: 34). 

 axiya^ktdqha^, you putting them in the 

 house to treat them (28:12). ayankxV- 

 yan, a doctor. axVkiye, treating him 

 (=doctoring) (28: 1). tixrjV (28: 2), 

 tix (29: 13), medicine. xidV, a chief, 

 governor,doctor; a lawyer (Bk.,^deG.). 

 a'f'^ya xi, chief (27: 7, 9). ndes xidi, 

 "a chief snake," a rattlesnake. — 

 ayaxiya', a law. a^yaxi^onriV, a law- 

 maker. {Also 10: 6, 20, 24, 25, 27; 16: 

 12; 17: 1; 26:42; 27: 19.) 



xidi'dihe^. — ama xldidihe o'^'ui, a quick- 

 sand. 



xiha. — xi'hayudi^, a thorn; thorns, aya^' 

 xVhayudV, the thorn tree (a species of 

 Cratpegus). ixiHiayudi^, the large thorn ; 

 probably identical with the aya^^ xi'ha- 

 yudi'. txinmyxi/ yiilW , the small thorn; 

 probably a species of Cratsegus. 



xixika'', to ruffle up the feathers, as 

 birds do. 



xiye. — a^xiyehi', axiye^, xye'hi, xayehV, 

 blossoms, flowers. pa'>^hin a'xiyehi^ 

 nupind, "the vine with fragrant blos- 

 soms," the honeysuckle, axiye^ sa^ 

 panhin^, "the vine with white blos- 

 soms," the Cherokee rosebush, xye^hi 

 sVdi, yellow blossoms (of the ninda^yi). 

 xayehV soi^sa^ , aaingle flower; xa^yehitu^, 

 flowers. {Also 21: 8, 10.) 



TO.^. — axin^ (assumed 3d sing.), to pierce 

 with a tined instrument {ayc/xin, 

 nkaxii^). — mas-tiitcutka^ ia^sV nkaxin^, I 

 thrust a pitchfork into grass or hay. 



xke (cf. du). — duixke', to unbraid {Vdui- 

 xke^, ndw'ixk^). 



xke (cf. du). — duxk^, to bark a tree; to 

 flay or skin an animal {i'duxk'^, nduxkS). 

 wa^k duxka^ dande', he will flay the cow. 

 ayan^ dxixk^, to skin or bark a tree. 

 a^dukuxke^, to peel vegetables, ato^ 

 a'dukuxke', to peel potatoes {aya^d&kii- 

 xk^, nka^dukuxk^). — oxk/, to have the 

 hand, etc., skinned, oxke^ye, to cause 

 the hand, etc., to be skinned {oxk^hay'i^ 

 oxke'MinW). — adaxk^; tcemu'k adaxkc.', 

 to make a gnawing sound, as a mouse 

 does; to gnaw on a bone, as a dog or 

 person does; to bite pieces off a man- 

 ger, like a horse {aya'daxke, nka'daxk^). 

 {Also 22: 7, 12, 13; 26: 81.) ' 



xku. — dlxkuhi^ {Vdtxkuhi^, ndi^xkuhV), 

 aye^ki dtxkuhV, to shell corn. 



xo. — xo^ hayV, the screech owl (cf. hayi). — 

 xo^ yinkV, the ' ' little king " or " switch 

 king" of Louisiana, a weed, xo'ying 

 a^pi, the leaves of the preceding. 



xo, a future sign, implying a contin- 

 gency (it differs from dande and xyo) . — 

 te^ya xo\ he will kill it (if he does 

 not desist, as a horse that is tres- 

 passing, if not removed very soon). 

 efwa nda' xo, I will go further (if — ). 

 sa'f^hW kiya' nko'"' vhkte^ xo, I will do it 

 again and kick you on the other side 

 (if you do not reply) (1: 11). — sa'^hin- 

 ya'"^ kiyaf nko'"- Wnaxta' xo, I will do 

 it again and kick you on the other side 

 (if you do not reply) (1: 13). — Use of xo 

 after ko: ayin^sihi^xti ko\ asoi^ kdeHiinycC 

 xo^, as you are in great dread of briers, 

 I will send you into them (1: 20). — xyo, 

 shall (24: 10) {see xya'"', xyexyo, xa) . — 

 nde^ hindon'hi xyo', wite'di ko, I will go to 

 see you to-morrow, ka'f^ko'n'ni' nko''^han 

 netkohi' xehefiW ndu'si xyo', I will make 

 a trap and place it in the road, and 

 (thus) I will catch him. "xki'tonni 

 e'yan nkihin' xyo," uyi'hi ha'nde, he was 

 thinking for some time, "I will reach 

 there first." eman^, kcicka' haka'naki 

 xyo', take care, or the pig will get 

 out! inaya""^ kokxahe'rvik te^hinye'ki 

 ima'nki xyo', before the sun moves, I 

 will kill you as you recline, or where 

 you recline (2: 24). t/hunke ma'nki 

 xyo', I will kill him as (or where) 

 he reclines. These last express cer- 



