DORSET-S WANTON] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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Bunkie. ene'nasJca, that large, tca^- 

 nasJca, how large? of what size? tca^- 

 naska nkye^lio'iini' , I do not know how 

 large it is. tca^naska nkye^ho''>'nV aya'"^- 

 ya'"', I do not know the size of the tree. 

 half-ya^ tca^naska, how large is the man? 

 ta'tya^ tca^naska, how large is the vil- 

 lage? aya'"^ tca^naska, how large is the 

 tree? kcixka^ ica^naska, how large is 

 the hog? tcanaskaf ko efnaska, as large 

 as. TanyVfikiya'"' tcanaska^ ko e^naska 

 Ba^yusya'n^, Lecompte is as large as 

 Bunkie. tca^naska ne^di ko ukVkinge, 

 half as large. ku/naska^ni, not as 

 large as. LatcV ko Dji^m kue'naska^ni 

 na' , Charles Prater is not as large as 

 Jim Jackson. {Aho 3: 6, 13; 10: 15; 

 28: 70, 106, 140, 151, 229, 232; p. 122: 

 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20.) 



natci'' or natciyai^^, a cloud; clouds. — 

 naicV kdlxi' , mackerel sky (lit., "spot- 

 ted clouds") (cf. ina). natcV tohV, 

 "blue cloud," the clear sky. nataf 

 xwuhV, "low cloud," the horizon. 

 natd/ ndo^W, I see the cloud (or, a 

 cloud). natcixtV, many clouds, the 

 sky is cloudy, natciya'"'' ndo'^'M', I see 

 (or, saw) the (or, a) cloud (or, clouds). 

 xuxef ta'ni natciya'"'', a storm cloud. 

 na'tcipso^huye^, " corner of the cloud," 

 northeast, tunataf, shadow (15: 5, 6) . 

 anaici"', a ghost; shade; spirit. {Also 

 24:1,6, 8.) 



natcka^, short; a few. yUcpi' na^tcka, 

 a short myth or tale. — hade^ natcka', a 

 few words at a time, a^^^ya' na'tcka, a 

 few men. a'"'Xti^ na^tcka, a few women. 

 tcy/nki na'tcka, a few dogs. aya^ 

 na^tcka, a few trees, ha^pi na^tcka, a 

 few leaves, ya^niksiyo''^ na^tcka, a few 

 pipes. tSnaxV, akutxyV naHcka nko'"^ 

 de'hinkiy^, O friend, I write a short 

 letter and send it to you (4: 1). 

 nai^tcka n/hi, a little more (20: 35; 

 p. 155: 11, 12). 



nata, middle (18: 16). — na'taxti, the 

 very middle (20: 33). {Also 26: 19; 

 28: 31, 84; p. 153: 20, 21, 22.) 



nati^x, stretched (26: 81). 



natoii^, the brain: his or her brain. 



na^ukJda'' o^xaf, (Bj., M. ) ; no'nkide o'fhiV 

 (Bk.) — a rainbow. 



nawi. — kina^tviy^, (he) poked it out for 

 him (28: 96, 105). 



naye', to swallow [ina'y^, ii'nm.a^y'i; na- 

 yUu', Vnayttuf, •OtMia'ytiu''). — k'dda'- 

 deni' nayV, to bolt down food (which 

 has not been chewed) {ku'yuda'deni' 

 ina'yl, nda'deni ■fl^na^'i/?). inay/ya'"', 

 meaning uncertain: it maybe, "You 

 can swallow this" (said to the Rabbit) 

 (2: 20). ekina'ye, to eat with that 

 {e^kayina^ye, ehinkina^ye; efkinafyetii/ , 

 e'kayina'yetu', e^hinkina^yetu^) . {Also 

 28: 218,219.) i^. food (28: 17, 19, 

 211, 216, 217). 



na^iiki, (1) the sitting or curving object; 

 the part of a whole; the object hung up, 

 as a garment {ina'fiki, na^nki). — a'^ya^ 

 xc^he na^iiki a/yehu'"'^ni, do you know 

 the sitting man? a'^se^p sv/di na'nki 

 ko ita', the ax-head is yours, do'xpe, 

 naske' na'Tiki ko sad¥, the coat (hang- 

 ing up) is torn, a^ya^ xe'he na'nki ko 

 tcakna^nkiha'"', where is the sitting 

 man? dyo'hi na^nki, the curving lake. 

 eka^ha^^ ko po^tcka na^nki, and then 

 he (the Rabbit) sat (i. e., was 

 drawn together) like a ball (1: 14). 

 aso'"'^ poskVilki xe na^nki Tce^tkanadV, 

 the Rabbit was sitting in a very 

 small brier patch (2: 4). — (2) Used in 

 expressing continuous or incomplete 

 action if the subject is sitting. nkaduW 

 na'nki ya'"' ka'"'' imfhi'"' lia^nde, while I 

 was (sat) eating, he was drinking. 

 V hande^ na'nki yan ka'"^, nkaduW 

 na^nki na', while he was drinking [note 

 use of ha'nde as well as of na'fiki\, I was 

 eating. akiitxyV tcake'di na'nki patck¥ 

 ( =akutxyi' patcke' dusi^), to take a book 

 (almanac) from the nail where it is 

 hanging, wa'x tiste' na'nki ja'>^', he is 

 putting on his shoes (said if the act is 

 seen by the speaker), uxe' na'nki, he 

 was sitting in it. yiifxe ina'nki, you 

 were sitting in it. nkux^' na'nki, I 

 was sitting in it. siMo' inksiyo' du'ti 

 na'flki, the boy sat (or, was) eating the 

 meat, he ka^' ya'ndiya'"' Uxtixye' na'flki 

 Tceftkana'di, when he (the Bear) said 

 that, the Rabbit's heart was palpitat- 

 ing (2: 25; 6: 13). — (3) used in sentences 

 denoting possession of female kindred, 

 animals, etc.: nko^'ni e' nanki\ my- 

 mother she sits, i.e., I have a mother. 

 xMi'^'^kdnyaP' e' nankV, my-grandmother 

 she sits: I have a grandmother, tcy/nki 



