DORSEY-s WANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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cc^t ia mended. (See xa, xe, xyexyo, 

 naxo, neya""; hanu'":) na sometimes in- 

 dicates that a person out of doors is 

 addressing one in a house, as dedi na, 

 he has gone; ndedi na, I am going. 

 Eka'"^, " aso'"^ ayi^'sihVxti ko\ aso'"^ i"^- 

 no'n'da^hina," "then" ( the Frenchman 

 said), "as you are in great fear of bri- 

 ers, I will throw you into them" (1: 

 17). ason^ Me'hinya na', I will send 

 you into the briers (1: 18; 6: 13). 



na, used (1) in warnings and prohibi- 

 tions, after emai^, lest; also alone (p. 

 142). — ema''^ Vda na', beware lest you 

 go! (or, do not go!) ema'"'' iyotu' ha 

 na', beware lest they shoot you! — (2) 

 might; ohon' na', it might go off ! — (3) 

 would; de^di xyi pi' na, if he would go, 

 not be (18: 3, 5, 6; 20: 22; 21 : 16). 

 it would be good, nani (wo) it would 

 ayaon xyi pi' na, if you would do it, it 

 would be good, nka'pstuki na kde'psi, 

 I sewed till night. 



na. — nana'yeye', to shake a tree in order 

 to shake off the fruit {nana'yehayc', 

 nana'yehunke') . — duna'nayeye' (nanaye), 

 to shake a person, dusi' duna'nayeye', 

 to shake a person when one grasps 

 him (i'dusi duna'nayehaye', ndu'si du- 

 na'nayehuiike'). — nana'ye, loosened, as 

 teeth. 



na. — kidu'nahi', to turn around, to roll 

 over (ya' kidu'nahi, a'xkidu'nahi). 

 stu'di ko' kidu'nahi', to turn around on 

 his heels, kidu'nahi' dupude', to un- 

 cover by rolling, as when one takes off 

 bed covering, ani' xyu'hi kidu'nahi' , 

 an eddy, yaasi' nduxta'"^ kulu'nahi', I 

 pulled a chain and it (a log) turned 

 over, o'di kidu'nahi ha'nde, the fish 

 still goes around(=swims around). — 

 kKdu'nahiye', to cause an object to turn 

 around or over; hence, to turn around, 

 as a gimlet; to turn as a bundle, etc., 

 in a horizontal plane {kidu'nahihaye', 

 kidu'nahunke'). rnasi' nduxta'"^ kMu'- 

 nahihunke', I turned over (a log) by 

 pulling a chain, udu'nalio'^, (she) 

 went (flying) around (28: 67). — 

 ktdu'nanahi' , to turn round and round. 

 kUna'xka kidu'nanahi' , to turn round 

 and round, as the hands of a clock. — 

 kidu'nanahi'xtaho' , to move and writhe, 



as when in pain {ya'lddu'nanahi'x 

 taho', a'xkldu'nanahi'x taho'). — udHfl'- 

 naho^ni', to fly round and round. — 

 kinahi', any thing rolling downward 

 (G.). xa'ninati, he was rolling (ia:a'na- 

 nati, Unkxa'nana'ti, xa'nina'tilu, etc.). 

 unkxa'nana'li ma'iiki, I am rolling 

 while reclining, upa'ninahi', to make 

 a heavy log roll in one direction by 

 \}nshmgit{:iu'pani7ia'hi,nku'panina'hi). 

 kyupa'ninahi' , to make a heavy log 

 roll in one direction for another per- 

 son by pushing it {y a' kyupa'ninahi', 

 a' xky upa'ninahi'). inahin^tixti, (it) is 

 too apt to rock (26: 32). inahi'n', it 

 might turn (26: 32). {Also 15: 1; 17: 

 2; 28: 23, 36.) 



naha, after, afterward (18: 12, 13; 21: 13; 

 23: 8, 12, 14; 24: 13; 28: 123, 134, 175; 

 29: 12, 13). 



nahati^, naha'di, naha^diya^i, naha^d, 

 naha^t, naha^ti (28: 80), a canoe, a 

 boat. — wite'di ko' nkimahi"^ dande' 

 naha'diya'"^, I will paddle (or row) the 

 boat to-morrow, naha'd aka'"^, the 

 boat went against it and stopped. 7ia- 

 ha't peti', "fire boat," a steamboat. 

 naha'tpet aka^ya^', "fire boat goes 

 against and stops," a steamboat land- 

 ing. (/Ifeo 10: 1, 2; 26: 1, 15, 19.) 



nahi. — kina'hi, he painted himself (21: 

 28, 33). kinahi', black paint (G.). 

 ginahV, I paint myself (G.). 



nahi. — upanahV, to knock down a hang- 

 ing object, or a stick set up with one 

 end in the ground {hipa'nahi", 

 ■Arikpa'nahV'). 



naxa^xa, naxa^x, now, just now, just 

 (29: 16), not yet (28: 225, 238).— 

 hinks'/'ti^tkaka', naxa'xa nyu'kiitiki', O 

 younger brother, now have I told you 

 (5: 7, 8. .ifeo21:27; 29:21.) 



naxe', to hear {i'naxe, unna'x'e, 4: 4) (see 

 hayi'"') . icl'diki mankiya'"'' unna'xe te', 

 I wish to hear how he is. tci'diki 

 hi'nianlciyaf>^ ^'tna'xe tef, I wish to 

 hear how you (sing.) are (4: 1, 2). 

 nyi'naxe' na'iXnkihi' , I wish that I 

 could hear from or about you! 

 na'xe haka'"'hi', to tell what he hears, 

 i. e., to tell newa {i'naxe haya'kai^hi, 

 vPna'xe ha nha'ka''^hi). — ka'naxeni', not 

 to hear: to be deaf {kaya'naxeni'. 



