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tainty (aZso 16: 17). ani^ kya o'l^ni' Mdi^ 

 xyo, he must dig the well (alone) (1: 5). 



xo, interrogative sign. — Jca'wah hun'ye xo' , 

 what is he (or she) saying? 



xo, oh! — xo^xo, oh! (22: 14). xo'xoxo'xo, 

 oh! oh! (22: 15). 



xo, ha, o, to break (modern for kse).— 

 xox(/ki, broken here and there (17: 6) . 

 cWkxoxc/ki, knocked to pieces (31: 31). 

 nya^ndl lidfye, my heart is broken (p. 

 154: 7). ya'"''xtu hd^ye, their hearts are 

 broken (p. 154: 8). ya^ndi kali6/yeha'n- 

 kenV dande^, I will not break her heart 

 (p. 154: 9). axehe^ oy/, to break down, 

 as a chair, by sitting on it. 



xohi, xo^xi. — dukxohi^ or tilkxohV, to 

 make smooth with a knife, to scrape 

 {i'dukxoM'' or ittikxo'hi, ndMxo^Jd or 

 nlukx</hi). — dukxohV tcdoye^, to make 

 smooth by using a drawing-knife 

 {Vdukxohi' tcdoHiaye, ndMxo'ki tcdo'- 

 hanW).^panhi'>^tukxG^hi,toshaveh[m- 

 self [pa'nhW VtukxaHii, pfflW/iiV ntCikxo^- 

 hi). — k\WkxohV, to scrape for an- 

 other {ya'kitijfkxoM, a^xkWt^kxohV). — 

 panhin^ kitu^kxohi, to shave another 

 {pa'nhi'"^ ya^kitix'kxohi, pa^hin^ a^xkitiX^k- 

 xohi). — iHkxo^honni (rather, i'"'tiXk- 

 xo^honnV), a draw-shave. — paxoxV, to 

 scrape an object by pushing. 



xo^hi or xohi'', rain. — xohVxti nedi^, it 

 still rains (rather, it is raining very 

 hard). Whqnak xo'hi, it rained yester- 

 day, tdte^di ko x(/hi dande', it will 

 rain to-morrow, pside' xo^hi ko' nde^ni 

 dande', if it rains to-night, I shall not 

 go. kxohoni, not rain (28: 254). xo'x 

 saha'ni, shower, "hard Fain." xohi- 

 d'/, it rains, xotpiska^ a drizzling 

 rain (G). xoha'txeonnV {xohi -{- atxe -\- 

 o'fhii) , ' ' frozen rain, ' ' icicle. {Also 28: 

 167, 252.) 



xohi'', old (see intc). — han'yasanha'n-'xli 

 xohi', an aged Indian woman, teak 

 xohi', * ' old hand, ' ' the thumb, kudeska 

 xohi', "the ancient bird." adii'skxohi', 

 a species of rat. kaiva xohi, "some- 

 thing ancient," an elephant, aktni 

 xohi, the ancient goose (a species). 

 xo'^'uiyohi dudayi xohi, "the old one 

 that eats crawfish," a pelican, nya'"^- 

 xohi', my old woman! (voc. of 

 yinkci^i). Xoha'^-'tlya'"'', ' 'Old-woman' e- 

 house," Mrs. Martin's place at La- 



mourie, Rapides Parish, La. ; also 

 Hirschmann's store at the same place. 

 So-called after old Mrs. Martin, an 

 owner of the plantation, who died 

 in January, 1892. {Also 14: 1, 7, 10, 

 23; 16: 1, 2; 18: 1, lQ.)—axohi', old. 

 isi' axohi', "the old toes," the big 

 toes, inktca'fi-hi' a'xohiya', the second 

 toes (of a person): lit., "next to the 

 old ones." — xoxo'hi, pi. of xohi, ancient 

 ones, wahu' xoxo'hi, "ancient snows," 

 i. e., hailstones (in the plural), hail. 

 xoxo'hiyan', "the old ones," both 

 parents. xoxtMu'yan, both parents. 

 aHatka' xoxtetu'ya^ tcadi', a child both 

 of whose parents are no more (i. e., 

 dead). 



xoho'^'' or xoho'i^ni, a saddle. — xoho'"^ 

 o'^ni', to make a saddle {xoho'"^ ayo'^^ni, 

 xoho'"-' nko''^ni). xoho'n^na, a saddle- 

 maker, toho'xk xoho'i^y^, to saddle a 

 horse {xoho^'haye' , xoho'^-'himke'). 



xoxo^, a swing; to swing in a swing 

 {i'xoxo, nka'xoxo). — xoxo' kxiuehe', "to 

 sit in a swing," to swing himself or 

 herself {xoxo' yu'kxwehS, xoxo' -Ofn- 

 kukxwefht). — ani' xoxoni', a wave, 

 waves. — yaxo'"^ (p. 142: 21), ya'xo- 

 xo'"'ni', a chair. 



xoxo'', to cough {i'xoxo, nkxo'xo; xoxotu', 

 i'xoxoiu', nkxo'xotu'). 



xotka'', hollow, empty. — ayan' xotka' 

 ux^ na'nki O^'ti ya'ndi, the Bear waa 

 sitting in a hollow tree (2: 13). aya'"^ 

 xotka' aHi'piXpsuki', he (the Bear) 

 headed off (the Rabbit) in the hollow 

 tree (thus preventing his escape) (2: 

 26). {Also 7: 8; 28: 146; 31: 34.) 

 xotkaya^' { =xotka-]-aya'"'), a hollow tree 

 (=aya'n xotka). xotkaya'"'' haku'nuki, 

 he got out of the hollow tree (2: 27). 



xqo, to have enough (6: 18) (i.ro", iyi'xon, 

 nWxon) (6: 9). — ilkixo^'pi, I have had 

 plenty (14:11). 



xo°dayi^, the wingless grasshopper when 

 young. " It is reddish and very offen- 

 sive." Probably the lubber grass- 

 hopper. 



xo^he'. —doxpe' ilka' xo^he'di, to put a 

 knife, etc., inside a coat (p. 139: 7). 

 axkido'"' xo^hedi, to put a curved object 

 in the belt, axkido'^ kidarnafihje 

 xo'n'hedi, to put a horizontal object in 

 the belt. 



