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Tika'naxmV ; ka^naxtunV, kaya'naxtunV , 

 nka^naxtunV). a'"-ya' ka^naxenV, a deaf 

 man. siHo^ no'"'pa^ yukef ka^naxtuni' . 

 those two boys are deaf. {Also 7: 

 10; 8: 17, 24; 18: 2; 20: 27, 28, 29; 23 

 12; 24: 12; 27: 7; 28: 215, 216; 29: 

 13; p. 118: 17, 18.) 



naxki'ya,oughttohave(p. 152: 2, 3, 4). — 

 vkand/ na'>^xkiya'', I am not that one 

 (26: 50; p. 158: 24,25,26,27,28; 28: 

 105, 114, 190, 245). 



naxo'', a sign of past time: refers to an 

 act which is not done any longer. — 

 nVhinedV naxo', he was walking (but 

 he is no longer doing so). heke'wihV 

 nax&, he did think so (then, but he 

 does not now), a'^'hi'"^ ayVhi naxo', 

 you did think (then, not now) that he 

 cried, kawa nkyehoMuni naxo nka^- 

 yasaxtu hi, when we were (= lived as) 

 Indians in the past, we knew nothing 

 (5: 8), {Also 6: 20; 21: 39.)— tceh/dan 

 Mtu' naxo', how far or how long did 

 they say that it was? (said to a man or 

 to men; without the naxo', it might 

 be said to a woman or to women). 



nani, nai^ni, can (28: 96), might (28: 

 165; p. 145: 35), must (27: 19).— nam 

 xyo, must have (16: 7). {Also 28: 

 114, 190, 245; p. 152: 16, 17, 18, 19). 



na'nte. — tca'k na'nte nedi', the middle 

 finger, isi' na'nte nedi', the middle or 

 third toe. 



na^nteke, nearly. — axesa'x ya'iikalca' 

 na'nteke, my money has nearly given 

 out (p. 167:7). ni'xta tea na'7iteke hia 

 breath has nearly gone (p. 167: 9). 

 itnni'xta ya'nkatca na'nteke, my breath 

 has nearly gone (p. 167: 10). {Also 

 26: 55,72,81; 28: 221; p. 140: 36,37; 

 p. 141: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.) 



na^o". — na'oi^de'ye, to set the grass afire 

 (28: 81, 82). 



na^pi, nap, na^i^pi (28: 128), na»ip 

 (28: 100, 108), nowe, na''wi, day, 

 daytime. — na'pi ya'n^xa, almost day. 

 ana'"'' pi, daylight (28: 22). na'p so'n'Sa', 

 one day. na'p kitpini', a bad day, un- 

 pleasant weather, nkanan'pini', I do 

 not (sleep) till day (7: 5, 6). nan'p 

 so'"^sa, one day; na^'p no^pa', two days. 

 no' we na'n^ni hinya'ndihi'"^ dande', I will 

 think of you each day (4: 6). na^pi 

 hudi', "day is coming," dawn, napi- 



xti', clear, as the weather; "a pretty 

 day." napka'^ yihi', to be waiting for 

 day to come {napkan' a' yihi', napka'n' 

 nkihi'). kde'napi, till day, till morn- 

 ing, ni' hine' kde'napi', he walked 

 (was walking) till day. kana'mini, not 

 day (24: 13). no'unte', naude', no'w^de 

 (p. 126: 7), nond (5: 1), na'wUnde, 

 na'wimdeni',naon'tkan {28: 233), to-day. 

 naon, daylight(28: 244). nau^, weather 

 (p. 151: 5). na'wundl' a^^xti kade'ni 

 ndoi^xtu, we have seen the mute wo- 

 man to-day. anqtka' manki' no'{mte', 

 a child was born to-day. nawatcka' 

 ( = nawi-{- atcka), "day near," just 

 before day. nawo xi'di, nauxi'ya, 

 na'xwidi, noxwi'di, no'xi, noo'^'Xi', ' ' chief 

 day," Sunday, a week, nka'tamlni' 

 nawo xi'di so^sa', I worked one 

 week. Towe nauxiya, "Frenchman's 

 Sunday," New Year's day. noxwi'd 

 so^sa', "one Sunday." no'xi tca'ya, 

 "Sunday gone;" Monday. noxvA' 

 so'i^'tka, "Sunday's younger brother," 

 Saturday, noo'^xi' nitani', "big Sun- 

 day," Christmas day. {Also 9'. 2; 10: 

 1; 14: 13, 14, 17,20; 18: 4, 6; 20: 48; 

 24: 14; 25: 2; 26: 2; 28: 108.) 



napi^ or nam, to bother. — kudunapini' or 

 kudu'namni, he did not bother him 

 (p. 150: 10). hiyudunapini' or kuyudu' - 

 nanim', did you not bother him? (p. 150: 

 11). ndunapini' or ndu'namni, I did 

 not bother him ( p. 1 50: 12 ) . indunapini' 

 dande', I will not bother you (p. 150: 

 13) . yandunapini' dande', he will not 

 bother you (p. 150: 14). 



naskS'', long; tall, as a tree. — a'naxtu' 

 naske', their hair is long. do'xp^ 

 naskS', "long cloth," a coat, aya^^ 

 naske'xti, the tree is very tall. Mi', 

 a'l^yadi si' nask£xti' kito''^ni de' o''^knS 

 Huxa', behold, a man with very long 

 feet had passed along ahead of him 

 (3: 2, 3). naski'xti, very long 

 (28: 97). naskeyon^ {=nask^-\-ya'n, 

 locative); Ayi'x naskeya'"^, "Long 

 Bayou," Bayou Rapides, La. efnaska, 

 enaski' (28: 190), that large, i. e., the 

 size of the aforesaid, kcixka' nedi' ko 

 tca'naska uki'kinge ko' skane' e'naska 

 na', this hog is half as large as that 

 one. Ti'fhji'nkiya'n tcanaska' ko e'naska 

 Ba'ynsya'"'' , Lecompte is as large as 



