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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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in it (acts of going and sitting being 

 seen), plgaskdnjii^ du^ti ha^maki, they 

 are eating bread. ptgask{i'"'nV Vduti 

 aya^maki, you (pi.) are eating bread. 

 ptgaskiinnV ndw'ti nka^maki, we are 

 eating bread. In tlie following case, 

 hamaki was said to refer to a single 

 agent, /yan ki^dihan kidunV da' tca- 

 kica'ke ha'maki, when he reached home, 

 he gathered a lot of young canes and 

 hung them up (2: 2, 3). aya'maki, 

 2d pi. or collective. ptQaskA^nV Vduti 

 aya'maki, you (pi.) are eating bread. 

 nka'maki, 1st pi. and collective, ptqa- 

 skunnV ndu'ti nka'maki, we are eating 

 bread. {Aho 20: 39; 28: 131, 134; 31: 

 19, 22, 29; p. 117:6, 9, 11, 13.) 



mak, the chest. — tama'nk, deer-brisket 

 (26: 50, 86, 88). ama'nglyan', the 

 chest of a male or female, ma'n- 

 giaho'ya, sternum, breast-bone (G. ). 

 mak tVdXdihe'' o™ tyV, "medicine for 

 darting pains in the chest": the root 

 of this plant is made into a tea, which 

 is used as a remedy for darting pains 

 in the chest, ha'lma'ngiyan o'ya, the 

 front of your garment (dress) is open. 

 hna'ngiyan jmde, your dress ia open 

 (p. 140: 32). toho'xk ma'nkiyatu', a 

 saddle girth. 



maktcuhi', grapes. — maktcuhV pa'^^hin, a 

 grapevine, grapevines, ma'xtco xohV, 

 " ancient grapes, " raisins. 



maxQiitka^, the palmetto (the larger va- 

 riety). — maxo'n^tka yixkV, the small pal- 

 metto, maxo'n^tk xo'hi a'nakl, "ancient 

 palmetto fruit," a cocoanut; cocoanuts. 

 maxon''t xohi\ "the ancient palmetto," 

 a species of cactus found in central 

 Louisiana, along the banks of Bayou 

 Boeuf, Rapides Parish. This species is 

 not over 2 feet high, is destitute of 

 leaves and red buds, being green all 

 over and abounding in thorns averaging 

 half an inch in length. — maxo'"'nV, a fan. 

 maxon''t ha'tkuxo^nV, a palmetto fan. 



Ma^mo, an Alibamu. — Ma'mo anyadi, 

 Ma' mo hanya' (Bj., M.), or Ma'mo 

 hayandi (Bk.), an Alibamu person, the 

 Alibamu people. Ma'mo hanxti', an 

 Alibamu woman. 



ma^nte, ma^nta (27: 8), out of the way, 

 aside. — ma'nte da', get out of the way! 

 begone! (p. 149: 9, 10, 11, 13). mantk, 



aside (11: 19; 18: 9). man'tka, else- 

 where (21: 28) . axkte' ha'"' matu'nkde, 

 I hit him and got away from him (p. 

 140: 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26).— ma'nte 

 deye' {mante + de) , to put him aside or 

 out of the way (ma'nte d/haye', ma'nte 

 de'hinke' ) . ktcihi"' ma'nte deye^, to throw 

 aside the cover (of a bed), duxtan' 

 ma'nte dcye', to move an object by pull- 

 ing [i'duxtan' ma'nte de'haye', ndu'xta'"' 

 ma'nte de'hinke'). pxwef ma'nte deyef, 

 to move an object by punching it. 

 uxtuki' ma'nte deye', to move an object 

 by pushing it. naxte' ma'nte deye', to 

 move an object by kicking it. 



ma^sa,inas(28:208,209),masr,amasi', 

 iron, metal.— ?7if/sa H'tsanxtl' ktedi', to 

 hammer very hot iron, ma'sa u'tsa'^xti' 

 tcti' on'ni, to make iron red hot. ma'si 

 kon' utsa'n' ukpe', to burn a hole through 

 an object with a hot iron, etc. (lit., iron 

 using hot burn-a-hole-through). This 

 peculiar collocation was given by M., 

 who gave the synonym also, the latter 

 being the better collocation, masi'n- 

 kteonnV, "iron for-hitting made," a 

 hammer, masi'nkte ymkV, "iron for 

 hitting small (object)," a hammer. 

 masi' nduxtan', I pulled a chain, ama'- 

 sikte' hayi' ("always beating iron" ?), 

 a blacksmith, mas kte'ti ( —masa-\-ktedi 

 -{-ti), "iron beat house," a blacksmith 

 shop. mas pson^ti, "sharp-pointed 

 iron," a bayonet, mas' xahi', a file. 

 ma's tMcutka',ainich.iork. ma'st-Citciitka' 

 tansi' nka.d'>i', I thrust a pitchfork into 

 hay or grass, ma'sutsan' ko'^' iikpe' 

 (lit., hot -iron using burn-a-hole- 

 through; a better collocation than 

 ma'si ho'"' Htsan ukpe, which see) 

 (ma's'dtsa''^ kayo'"^ yukpe', ma'mtsa'"'' 

 nkon' '(tfnMikpt/). afiks amasi, "gun 

 iron," gun barrel, amasi' sonJionni', 

 an iron kettle, ha'masa pstuki', ' ' sew- 

 ing metal," a sewing-machine, amasi' 

 sidi', "yellow metal," brass, amasi' 

 sidi' son'honni', a brass kettle, hama'sq 

 tcti' {=axisax tcti), "red metal," copper. 



maJitu^u, "leather vine" (6: 14). 



mi. — mikii^, ami'hi, to be warm, 

 as weather (ayimi'hi, nka'mihi'). 

 tohana'k mihiV^, it was warm yesterday. 

 wite'di ko mihi'''-' daude', it will be 

 warm to-morrow, wite'di ko mihin' ko, 



