DORSE Y-S WA.NTON ] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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/)?■ ie nVki, I do not wish to beg. MizwV 

 nVH, there is no coffee. yamaJcV nVki, 

 there are no mosquitoes, akue^ nikV, 

 he has no hat. w txV nikV, he has no 

 shoes ( see yama ) . a^ya^ nVki, no man. 

 tcu'nki nVki, no dog. ha^pi nVki, no 

 leaf, kafiva nVld na'x lea'"- i'tiM ya^nde 

 na^, he (the Rabbit) was there at length, 

 but he (the Bear?) sat without any- 

 thing for him (2: 16; 6: 13). kedikVni, 

 (it) is notso (high) (p. 123: 8). kani/ki 

 na^xka""- tea na, I have nothing at all as 

 I sit {kanVki=ka^wa nVki) (6: 4). 

 nankV na'n-xkiya^ , I am notthat ( 26: 24) . 

 {AlloQ-.lZ; 10:9; 11:4; 14:21; 15: 

 3; 16: 1, 4; 19: 9; 20: 6; 26: 60; 28: 

 4, 6, 16, 27; p. 157: 5, 33, 34; p. 

 158:1.) 



nixki^, because: used at the end of the 

 clause or sentence. — nkinske^ nixkV, be- 

 cause I was scared. ha'"^ya ya'"^xktedV 

 nixkV, because a man hit me. {Also 

 8: 22; 9: 8; 10: 6; 26: 87; 28: 14, 

 200; 29: 13.) 



ni^xta, his breath (p. 167: 9). — H'n^i'xta, 

 my breath (p. 167: 10). nixtadV, to 

 breathe {inixtadi, icn-nixtadi) . yonix- 

 tadV, "the body breath," the pulse. 



nixuxwi^, the ears. — ewande^ nixu- 

 xiiV, his or her ears, ayl'nixuxwi^, 

 your ears. nkVndini nVxuxm\ I, my 

 ears, ewe^ yuke' nVxuxwitu', their ears. 

 ayVnixuxwitu^ , your (pi. ) ears. nkVxtu 

 (we) ni'xuxwitu' , onr earn. ayVnixu^xui 

 ha^idVna, your ear is bleeding, 'd^ni- 

 xu'xwi i^-spe'wa ne^di, my right ear 

 pains, %'nixu'xwi ka^skanViva ne^di, 

 does your left ear pain? anksawi'^'ni- 

 xw'xvri, "the gun-ears," the nipple or 

 nipples of a gun. nixuxwV ahodV, the 

 upper part of the ear. nixuxvnf tpanhin'^ 

 "the soft part of the ear," the base of 

 the ear, the ear-lobe, nixu^xwi siopV, 

 "ear pith," ear-wax. nixuxw' okpc', 

 the perforations of the ears, nixu'xwi 

 haunV, "dangle from the ears," ear- 

 rings, nixii/xti tpe', the meatus audito- 

 rius, the opening in the ear. ktu^ 

 inxuxV, a cat's ears (G. ). {Also 10: 15, 

 17, 18, 23.) 



ninda'yi, a plant about 2 feet high, 

 without branches, having many rough 

 leaves, with sharp points, resembling 

 the leaves of peach trees. There is a 



single yellow blossom at the top. An 

 infusion made from this plant is used 

 for bathing, not as a drink. 



nindi^, or nindiya'i, his buttocks or rump 

 {Vnindi{yan), 'dnnindi{ya'"-); niHu^, Vni"- 

 tu^, UnniHu'). nindoxpe^, or nindux- 

 pe', "cover for the buttocks," panta- 

 loons, nindoxpe^ o^' nedV, he has on 

 his pantaloons alone, ninduxpe^ tuf- 

 kama^go'^nl^, "to go under the panta- 

 loons," drawers. 



ni'p.a, feminine plural interrogative sign, 

 are they; are you. — ayaHo^ yuke' yin- 

 ko'^-^tu iiipa', are those men married? 

 (said by a female). yinka^do''>'yo''^tu 

 nipa\ are you women married? (said 

 by a female) . 



niskodi^, a spoon. — wak W niskodi^, a 

 cow-horn spoon, ymisalief niskodV, a 

 buffalo-horn spoon. 



ni^stuti, accurate, accurately; correct, 

 correctly. — nVsl-dii tWhe ya'nkukutihf, 

 na^unkihV, I wish that you would tell 

 me very accurately (how things are), 

 or, just how affairs are (4: 4). 



nitapi^, nitawi^, nitawiii^, a ball, nita- 

 ivin^ inktefoniiV, "that with which one 

 hits a ball," a ball club. 



nitiki^, quietly, stealthily, unawai'es. — 

 ni'.ikV de^di, he went to him quietly, 

 stealthily, unawares, etc. (p. 160:20). 

 {Also p. 160:21, 22, 23.) 



niye. — iiiyedV, to fly. rwiikV niye^di, the 

 squirrel flew, niye^tu, they flew up 

 (23: 19, 20, 22). 



nku'n-ii, a gallon. — nkiynil so^sa^, one 

 gallon. nkiX^nti, no'"'pa^, two gallons. 



nxoto. — nxo^dohi, a species of garfish, 

 probably identical with nuxo^do hedi', 

 the alligator garfish. nuxwotV, an alli- 

 gator. nuzo'^d-xapV, alligator box. 

 Niixo'da-pa^yixyan' , ' 'Alligator Bayou, ' ' 

 Bayou Cocodrile and Lake Cocodrile, 

 below Cheneyville, La, Naxo'tod^a', 

 a'f^ya^di, the Alligator people of the 

 Biloxi tribe; Jim Sam's uncle Louis 

 was a member of this clan. 



noxe', to chase or pursue him, her, or it; 

 to drive or scare off a single horse, 

 chicken, etc. {i'noxe, ■w«no^a;e). — eon^- 

 nidV tcu'nki tceika'k no'xe yuke'di xya""-' 

 oHVk ha^ne otu^ xa, for that reason (it 

 has happened that) whenever doga 

 have chased rabbits they have found 



