dorset-swanton] the BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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xo^i^niyolii^, a crawfish (7: 9, 11). — 

 xo'^'^niyoM' duda'yi .ro/ti^, "the old one 

 that eats crawfish," a peHcan. 



xpi. — duxpi^, to pull off a scab or some- 

 thing else adhering to another object 

 {Vduxpi, nduxpV). — du'xapi, (he) 

 pulled off (31: 25). akuef duxpV, to 

 remove a hat from the head. duJiapV; 

 aJcue^ duhapi^, to pull a hat from the 

 head {ahie^ Vduhqpi'', akne' ndu^hapi'). 



xta'', (cf. xtuk). — duxtan', to pull {Vdux- 

 tan, ndxi'xta't'; duxtantu', VduxtaMu^ 

 nduf:daHu). duxta^^ ma^nte deye', to 

 move an object by pulling it {Vduxta^ 

 ma^nte de^haye^, ndu'^xta'"' ma'nte d/- 

 hinW). duxtaP^ dutcW, to pull out a 

 single arrow from the quiver, duxta'"-^ 

 duftcitcudV, to pull out several arrows 

 from the quiver, so'^'m duxlan' dedi', 

 to take one large object off another or 

 from a pile, no^pa' duxian^ dedl'', to 

 remove two large objects from a pile. 

 duxtan^ tusiyt^, to bend backward, as a 

 person, by pulling (i-^duxtan tusVhaye^, 

 ndu^xtan tusi^hunW). Wduxtan tusV- 

 hinyt^, I pull you (used if one already 

 holds the person). (See si.) duxtan^ 

 dupmW, to pull open a cache or box. 

 duxtan' xtaho^ {holi'tfxti duxta'"^ xtaho'), 

 to make an object fall from a height 

 by pulling, xivuhi^xti duxtan' xtaJio^, 

 to make a tree, etc., topple over 

 by pulling {l^dux-tan xtaho', nduxta'"'' 

 xtaho^). du^xtaxtan^ na, jerking now 

 and then to straighten it (6: 5) 

 {idn^xtan' na, ndu^xtan' na) duxtai^ 

 de^di, to pull and go, to drag it 

 along (6: 14) {'iduxlun'' de'di, nduxtan^ 

 de^dl). duxtu.dan, he pulled them out 

 (19: 13). das^ duxian xtaho, to make 

 fall from a height by biting. psdekV 

 a^duxta'ni uksa'kV, to cut a rope with 

 a knife. — uduhian, to pull through. 

 af>-''sadMi^ a^ilkada^ki udu^xtan, to pull 

 thread through a needle, to thread a 

 need\e{yudu''xtan,nki/duxian). — yadux- 

 ton^awagon(p. 120: 12,21; p. 121: 1). 

 yaduxtan^ inktitu^ (or inktalu'), the 

 wagon is ours, yaduxtan^ ko tca^kafhiedV, 

 where is the wagon? ya^duxtan or 

 ya^tctan (G. ) , wagon, yaduxtan^ tanhW, 

 "running wagon," a railway car. 

 yaduxtan' tanJiin' nutkoliV, a railway. 

 yaduxtai^ tanhi^ nutkohV ndosa^hin 



afiyadV si^^hi:"' ne ndonJiV, I see (or saw) 

 the man standing on this side of the 

 railway. yadvxian^ tanking natkohV, 

 "wagon running road," a railroad. 

 Yaduxiart^ tan^xslnhinyan^, ' ' Where-th e- 

 running- wagon-stands," i. e., a railroad 

 station; a former name of Lecompte, 

 Eapides Parish, La. — paxtannV, to 

 move an object by putting a stick 

 against it and pushing it along {Vpax- 

 tanni, npa'xtann'/). {Also 21: 40; 28: 

 85, 87, 147, 148, 150, L51; 31: 33, 36.) 

 xte (probably = kte, to hit). — naxt^, to 

 kick [hina^xte, u'^-na^xte; naxtUu', 

 hina' xtiiu\ unna^xteW). mte'di ko' 

 kiya' naxta' dande', he will kick him 

 again to-morrow. kiya' hina'xta, 

 da'nde, will you kick him again? ki- 

 yan^naxie' , I kicked him again {kiya' 

 naxtttu', 3d pi.; kiya'ina'xtetu', 2d pi.; 

 Myan^naxtHu', 1st pi. ) . naxie' hedan\ he 

 has kicked, has finished kicking {lilna'- 

 xtS heda'"^, {I'^'na'xU lieda'"^; 7iaxte'hetu', 

 hina' odehetu' , W^na^xtehetW). he'ime'di 

 i^naxtS', that one kicked you. ya^'na- 

 xW , he kicked me. nax(&'k-okde\ kick 

 him and make him go! Imperatives: 

 naxta' (man or woman to child); na'- 

 xtekanko' (man to man); na'xied^kV 

 (man to woman); na'xtate' (woman to 

 man); naocf&ka'n' (woman to woman). 

 tcy/nki yande' naxlaie' (woman to man), 

 kick that dog! naxt^ ma'nte deyt:', to 

 move an object by kicking it {Vnaxie 

 rna'nte dehayi', i'lnna'xt^ manle dehinke). 

 nkana^xte te' nkUii'"-', I have come here 

 to kick him; but it is probable that 

 the first word should be {C^na^xt^:. W- 

 naxta' xo, I will kick you, if — (1: 12). 

 naxte' ka^ atspan'hi, when he kicked 

 him, he stuck to him (1: 12). a'naxte, 

 to be in the habit of kicking; a'naxtetu', 

 3d du. and pi. toho'xk no'"'pa' ama'nki 

 a'naxittu', those two horses will kick, 

 are in the habit of kicking, naxt&'daha', 

 to kick them {hlna'xtMalia^, iinna'xt^- 

 daha'; naxtetu'daJia', luna'xtetu'daha', 

 'd'nna'xMu'daha'). ayln^xtitu' yanna'xtS- 

 tu'daha', you (pi.) kicked us. naxte' 

 ktaho', to make fall by kicking (Vnaxte 

 ktalio', {Cina'xte ktaho^). koJiVxti naxte' 

 Maho', to make fall from a height by 

 kicking, xwuhi'xti naxtd' ktaho', to 

 make topjile and fall by kicking. 



