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nda' dande^, if it be warm to-morrow, I 

 shall go {also 12: 3, 6). — a^mihin^xti, 

 to be very warm {aya^mihin^xti, 

 nka^miJiWxti). a^mihi'"'XtV, hot weath- 

 er. ami'hi''<'Xii na, it is very warm 

 weather. — VxMmiye^, to warm himself 

 at a fire {VxhimVliaye^, Vxkimi^Mmke^ ) . — 

 amihVy^, to warm any object {amihi^- 

 haye^, amVhinke). — of mix ktefdi, mtxkl- 

 tedi', to "be hit by the heat" (?); to 

 perspire {ayVmixktefdi, mixlie^di (sic); 

 VmtxkltedV, ■CtnmVxkltedi''). — amihi'"^, a- 

 mVx, (1) summer; (2) a year. — amVhi'"' 

 d/, this year (M.). ami''^^ so^sa^ 

 amVx so'^'Sa^, a whole year; one 

 year; amin^ noi^pa^ , two years. 

 amihahna', this year. amVx kdi, or 

 amVx kldV, ' ' warm weather has re- 

 turned," spring of the year. — amixka'n^ 

 yihV, to be waiting for summer to 

 come (aviixka'"'^ aylhV, amixkan^ 

 nkilii'). — amihon^, or a^miho'"'nV ( = 

 amihi'n-\-o'"'ni) , a fever; to have a fever 

 {ya'mihon^ni, nka''miho''^ni; a'mihoHii/, 

 ya^mihoHu^ nka^mihoHu'). ya'miho'"''- 

 dalia', you (pi.) were feverish; had a 

 fever. a^mihoHu^ ha^nun, perhaps 

 they have a fever, amihon^ ha'nde, 

 he still has a fever. ki nka^miho'"^ 

 dandef, I shall have the fever again. 

 cmiiho'"^ sidV, the yellow fever. 

 amiho'"^ tixyV, "fever medicine," 

 fever weed; a weed about 4 feet high, 

 growing in the pine forests near Le- 

 compte, La. It has white blossoms, 

 and its leaves resemble those of peach 

 trees. A tea made from this weed is 

 drunk to produce perspiration. 



miko'i'ni, a hoe. — miko''^'ni tohr/ kta'ni, 

 the hoe (reclining) is not hers. 

 miko'n^ni kof^ hidpc^, to dig with a hoe 

 {mikoi^ni ayon^ yutpc', mikon^ni nko'"^ 

 mkutpe). {Also 21: 33; p. 120: 11.) 



mixyi^, to move in a circle, as the hands 

 of a clock; to go around an object by 

 moving in a circle {Vmixyi, nm¥xyi). — 

 kiya^ mVxyi ko' (implies a contin- 

 gency), when it turns again in a cir- 

 cle. — Tcvftkana' kttcu^di, mVxyi defdi, 

 when he (the Bear) had put down (the 

 young canes) for (before) the Rabbit, 

 he started offtowalk around him (2: 19). 

 amixyif, they passed [around] (20: 32). 



raiaV, to sneeze {i'mM, HmmVsi, misibuf, 

 Vmlsitu^, unmYsitu). 



miska', or mi^ska, (1) fine (not coarse); 

 thin, unktca^ki miska', fine thread. 

 {Also p. 149: 12, 13.)— (2) {=ymki), 

 small, a^yipatu' miska^ xye {—a'yipatu' 

 yinkV xye), your heads are small, tcwi' 

 fmska^ the small intestines, ansna' 

 wi/ska, small ducks (of all species). 

 aya'"^ miska^, undergrowth. {Also 20: 

 50.) — MVskigu^la, said by Gatschet to 

 have been the Biloxi name for the 

 Pascagoula Indians. Not known to Bj. 

 and M. 



momoxka^ (Bj., M.), tamo^maha^yi 

 (Bk.), a humming-bird. {Also2Q: 25.) 



mustuse^(Bj., M. ), ormusiidse^ (Bk.), 

 a bridle. — mu^stusPyF ; toho^xk mfistii- 

 slyt', to put a bridle on a horse {mus- 

 tuse'haye' , vfiusttse'hunkt') ■ 



musuda, musfida', musu^da, a dish; a 

 bowl. — a'yan imisMa' , a wooden dish. 

 haina' inilsuda' , a dish made of pottery. 

 musudankia' dutcadi' , to wash her own 

 bowl. Tfiusuda' kdopka^, an earth- 

 enware bowl. viusLidqf sditka', an 

 earthenware dish (such as is used 

 for meat): literally, "elliptical dish." 

 viusudV yinkV, an earthenware cup. 

 musada^ honnV, "dish with a handle," 

 a pitcher, mu^siit xapka^, an earthen- 

 ware plate. 



na-, prefix indicating action by means of 

 the foot. 



-na, a sign of habitual action; as, from 

 asne, to steal, comes asnena', one who 

 steals habitually, a thief; yetcumna^ 

 (perhaps from yctcpi), a habitual li- 

 ar. Used frequently in forming names 

 of mythic representatives of the vari- 

 ous species of animals: Ska'kana, the 

 Ancient of Opossums (7: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 

 10). Tumotckana, The Ancient of 

 Wild Cats (8: 1, 4, 5, 9, 11, etc.). 



na, masculine oral period; used in mak- 

 ing assertions; a sign of voluntary ac- 

 tion (its feminine is ni). — o'"'^ni no', 

 he made or did it of his own accord. 

 nkon'ni na^, I did or made it of my own 

 accord, nde^di na', I went of my own 

 accord, ti ne' ko sa^ na\ that is a white 

 house (m. sp. ). do'xpe naskV kiko'di 

 na', she mends or mended the coat, the 



