226 



BUREAU OF AMEEICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bull. 47 



etc., you have forgotten us, but, etc. 

 (4: 2). 



xyi, xyin (12: 3, 5; 13: 3, 4; 14: 4,13, 

 14, 15), if, when. — de^dixyipV na, if he 

 should go, it would be good, ide^di 

 xyi pV na, if you should go, it would be 

 good, aya'^o'"' xyi pi' na, if you should 

 do it, it would be good. 



xyi. — eW xyi' din ida' hi ko, well, why 

 don't you go? (p. 160: 25). {Also^. 

 160: 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32.) 



xyi, — xyVde nedi', to make the sound 

 heard in sawing. xyixyVhe a'nde, he 

 was making a sort of blowing noise ( 10: 

 26). — xyihe', to growl as a bear does. 

 xyihe' na'fiki O^ti ya'ndi, the Bear was 

 (sitting) growling (2: 13, 14). — xyY- 

 wahe'di, to make leaves rustle by coming 

 in contact with them {xyYw ahaye^di, 

 xyV^vahanW di) . — xyuwa'hedi', to make 

 the sound heard in coming in contact 

 with sunflowers, grass, or leaves 

 {xyuwa'^hayedi'', xymua'hankedV). This 

 is probably a synonym of xyYivahe'di. 



xyuhi^ (cf. xyi). — ani' xyuhV, a current. 

 kixyoxtv/, they ran off (23: 20). 



xyuhu, (it) smells bad (26: 66; 28: 142, 

 144); a close odor as from a closed cel- 

 lar, cache, or room. 



xyu'i-we. — ixyun'wf;, to roar or whistle, 

 as the wind does (see x{txiv(^). — cW^we, 

 to whistle, as the wind does. 



Lamo^ri (adopted word), Lamourie 

 Bridge, Rapides Parish, La. — Lamc/ri 

 ^tu, they say, Lamourie. Ta''H)i'nkiyan 

 Hnhii^ yaHcedef Lamo'rl tcehe'dan, how 

 far is it from Lecompte to Lamourie? 

 Lamo'ri hinjii''^ y ant cede' Tanyi'Tiklyan 

 tcehe'dan, how far is it from Lamourie 

 to Lecompte? 



Latci^ (adopted word), Biloxi name for 

 Charles Prater, a member of the tribe — 

 meaning not learned. — LatcV ko DjVm 

 kue'naska'ni na', Charles Prater is not 

 as large as Jim Jackson. (See Tcale. ) 



ra+, feminine sign of admiration or dis- 

 gust; Oh! 31 +, do'xp'i kMeni', Oh! 

 what an ugly garment! (meaning the 

 reverse). il/+, ka'pixy^, Oh! how 

 pretty (meaning, how ugly)! 



ma or mani, a turkey, turkeys. — ma' 

 soi^sa inkta', I have a turkey (5: 7). 

 ma yoka', a wild turkey. maJd'"'', turkey 

 feathers (28: 25). Maind'na, (8: 2). 



Ma'iHcina' (8: 5), Ancient of Turkey 

 Gobblers. — maxi', a chicken, chickens; 

 i. e., domestic fowls, ma'xi Indoke, a 

 rooster, ma'xi ya'nki, a hen. ma'xi 

 yinki', a chick, ma'xi i^d^^ chicken 

 manure, hen manure, ma'xi ohon'ni, 

 to crow (see kdeke ayt/k ma'xi ya'nki 

 du'ti ne', the hen is (standing) 

 eating corn), maxiti', a hen egg, hen 

 eggs, maxiti' ahi', an eggshell (see 

 xuki, in I'), max Wtiya^', hen eggs. 

 maxii^tiya'"^ paspahon' ha'nde, she is fry- 

 ing eggs, maxi' taini', a chicken's giz- 

 zard. {AlsoS: 19, 23, 27; 11: 1, 5; 28: 

 26, 27, 28, 34, 37, 49. ) 

 ma, ama, liama, maJi (26: 20), the 

 ground (cf. hamakl below), nsuk ma 

 iyoka, "squirrel staying under ground," 

 a salamander, ma'hieyan', an island. 

 mayinni', to walk on the ground {I'ma- 

 yi^ni', 2d and 1st sing.). ma'yiHii' 

 tpe': wa'xi' ma'yinni tpe', to wear holes in 

 shoes by walking on the ground (iva'xi 

 i'mayifijii' yutpe', wa'xi i'mayi^ni' {I'n- 

 kutpc'). isi' mayinni', the soles of the 

 feet, kcicka mayintka, ground hog. 

 ama' toxma'nki, he is lying on the 

 ground, ama' atxe, frozen ground. 

 iohoxka' ama' ke'di, the horse paws 

 (or pawed) the ground, ama' tee', 

 "this country," Louisiana. pUuxte 

 amatciha, fireplace, ama' kddotci', hama 

 kMotci, "wet earth," mud, a little 

 mud. ama' Mido' Icixti' {=havia kudol- 

 cixti). much mud, deep mud. Ayixyi 

 makudotc onyan, "Muddy - place 

 creek," Mooreland, Rapides Parish, 

 La. ama' kuditpi', a hollow (in the 

 ground ) . ama' xidi' dike' onni', a quick- 

 sand, a'mankta' {=ama'-\-inkta'f), 

 this is my land (rather, the land is 

 mine), watckuy^ hudi amdnya, a sugar 

 field, amatcti', ama ted, red paint (G.), 

 "red dirt." amonni' { = ama -{-onni), 

 "land worked," afield, amotci' hayi', 

 "field dwells-in always," a weed found 

 in Louisiana, the ySoZ/da(70. Amo'yixyan' 

 {=amonni-\-ayixyan), "Field Bayou," 

 Baton Rouge, La. a^se'p hama' toho' 

 ma'nki ko kta', the ax lying on the 

 ground is his. havia' m{is{ida', a dish 

 made of earthenware or pottery, hama' 

 pxaki', sand, sandy land, hama' yu- 

 hedi', an earthquake {yuhi, to shake). 



