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naxtj^ MdedV, to kick a light object and 

 send it flying through the air {i^naxte 

 hldedV, {inna'xte ktdedV; naxt^ Mdetu^, 

 Vnaxte Mdetu^, Unna^xte kidetu^ ) . hana'- 



xt^ni^, not to kick {kaya^naxt^nV, ; 



ka^naxtitunV , kaya^naxtetuni^ , ), 



kanafxistunV xa (w. sp.), or kana^xte- 

 tunV xanaf (m. sp.) , they never kicked. 

 toh(/xk nofi^af ama'ndl ka'naxtetuni^, 

 these two horses do not kick (are 

 not in the habit of kicking). Mnaf- 

 xtUu\ they kick one another {ya'Mnaf- 

 xiHu', nkVxklna^xtHu\ instead of a^xki- 

 naoct^tu). The last form was given 

 thus, also: iikVxtulia nkVxkina^xtetu^. 

 kfAnaxt^, to kick something. nkVndl 

 nko'"^ kilnaxte', "I-caused-it-he-kicked- 

 something," I made him kick some- 

 thing. 



xte. — uflktca'ke de^xt^i, my hand is numb 

 (asleep) (p. 149:23). 



xti (cf. sti). — (1) Very; sign of super- 

 lative degree, as: pi, good; pi tWM, bet- 

 ter; pixtV, very good, best; iX^tsa'"; hot; 

 "O/tsafktW, very hot; amihin'', warm 

 weather, summer ; amihii^xti na'', it 

 is very warm weather. — (2) Pre- 

 ceded by a negative: not at all. kad^- 

 nixtV, it does not burn at all. Vndlx- 

 tihW ^^tiko'"' nan^ni, he could not do 

 that! how would it be possible for him 

 to do that! (p. 159: 1, 2, 3).— xti on 

 (rather than texti o"), a sign of past 

 action or condition, a'duti ie' , he is 

 hungry (he desires to eat), a'duti tif- 

 xti o™, he was hungry, aya^duti tii/xti 

 0"^, you were hungry, nka'duti ie^xti 

 0'"^, I was hungry. 



xto. — hif^hiyan'hin xto\ given as mean- 

 ing I love him or her, but probably 

 means I love you (see iya^y 



xtu. — uxtu^wiye^ or xtiiviye^, to set or 

 turn an object upside down {uxtu^nd- 

 hayef or xtiwVhayef ; uxtu^wihiXlike^ or 

 xtiwVhUfiJte'). uxtu^wiya^, masculine 

 imperative; xtVwiyekan, feminine im- 

 perative. — a'wixtupV xtu^wiyv/nkitute, 

 turned over on; turn it over on me! 

 (20: 10). awixtu'witu, they turned it 

 over (20: 11). {Also 20: 14, 24.) 



xtiik. — uxiiVki or uxWk {uxtakV, ux- 

 taxkV), to push (2d pers., yuodUki, yu'x- 

 taxki, yuxtakV; 1st pers., nkH^xtilki, 

 nku^xtaxki, nkw^xtakV). i^yd^xtHkV, I 



push you. nyu^xtiikV (?), you push 

 me (rather, nyu'xtiXki, I push you; 

 yanku^xtUki, he pushes me, you push 

 me. — J. O. D.). — uxttlkV ma^nte deye^, 

 to move an object by j)ushing it 

 {yuxtllkV ma^nte defhaye^, nku^xtukV 

 ma'nte de^kiJike') . uxWd' tcudedi', to 

 push a vessel, making it spill its contents 

 {yu^xtukV itcw'de, nkuxiiikV ntcw'de). 

 uxtilikV duksfCt/ki, to break (a rope) by 

 pushing, nxtuki xaninatiye, to push a 

 heavy object, making it roll over and 

 overin onedirection {yuxiil.k¥ xa^nina^- 

 tihuye\ nku^xtukV xa^nina'tikdfike^). 

 uxtiVksanhan^yt'^ , to push hard against 

 (a thing) (yu^xtuksanhan^haye^, nku^xtuk 

 san-hanW). uxtuki' tpef or uxtukV 

 kulfpe, to push a hole through 

 {yuxtiXkV yutpe\ llnkuxtllkV v/nkutpe') . 

 uxlaxkV ide^, to overturn a vessel by 

 pushing (making its contents spill out) 

 {yufxta^ xkV idl^, nku^xtaxki' ide^). 

 uxta^k taho^ {uxtuki-{-taho), to make fall 

 by pushing. kohVxti uxia^k taho', to 

 make fall from a height by pushing. 

 xwuhi'xli uxta'k taho\ to make topple 

 and fall by pushing {yu^xtak taho', nkux- 

 ta'k taho^). nyuxtalc taho^, I make you 

 fall by pushing you. ya^fikuxta^k taho\ 

 he pushes me or you push me. kidux- 

 mkV, to push it for him {ya^kiduxtllkV, 

 a^xkiduxtukV). ikMuxtukV, he pushes 

 for thee (you). i^-nkiduxt'dkV , I push for 

 thee ( you) . yai^xkiduxtllki^, he pushes 

 for me. My a^^xkiduxtukV, thou (you) 

 push for me. kyu''xtllki, to push an ob- 

 ject for another person {ya'kyuxtuki, 

 a^xkyutiX^ki); given as equivalent to 

 kiduxt'&ki, but there may be a differ- 

 ence). kohVxti kyuxta'k taho^, to make 

 an object fall by pushing it from a 

 height for the benefit or injury of 

 another, xwuhi^xti kyuxta^k taho', to 

 make an object topple and fall by push- 

 ing it, for the benefit or injury of 

 another {ya^kyuxta^k taho\ a^xkyuxta'k 

 taho^). uxta^x, xixk/ki, he pushed her 

 (26: 70). uxta^xk utohoti', push her 

 and make her fall in ! (28: 173, 177). 



xude^dike (28: 196), xude^dike (29: 

 36), that way (female speaking). 



xu^he, to roar (?) (cf. wu^xiv^). — Ayixyi 

 xuheyan, "Waterfall Creek," Roaring 

 Creek, Rapides Parish, La. 



