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a bear and (men) have shot him 

 ( 2: 30, 31 ) . an'tcka noxef, ' 'chasing the 

 crow," the kingbird. {Aho, 11: 5; 

 17: 19, 23; 28: 23, 49, 77, 183, 218.) 



no^xpS, to get mired {i'nox'pe, v?hio'x'pe) 

 (26: 55). — niixpextV, to get mired, as 

 cattle do. 



noxti^ the eldest (28: 213). (of. aka).— 

 Vni, or i^niyan noxtV, his eldest brother. 

 ta^ndo noxtV, her elder brother, ino'i^'ni 

 noxlV, her eldest sister. 



no**, to have the care. — ki'no'"^tu, they 

 had the care of another's children 

 (18: 1). 



no'^de', nMe, to throw away, to lay on 

 (28: 172, 186).— no'^^ dedV, to throw 

 any object away, to lay on {if no'"' de^di, 

 tlnnoi^ dedV; no'^' detu\ Vno'"' detu\ tt™- 

 no'"^ detu'). eka'^, "Aso'"^ ayi'"fsihVxti 

 ho', aso^' in'nondaHii na," then (the 

 Frenchman said), " as you are in great 

 dread of briers, I will throw you into 

 them "(1:17). uno^^de, they laid him 

 in it (28: 140). yuno'^^def, to throw 

 you into it (28: 172). uno'"^dadi, you 

 put it m (28: 230). {Also 16: 9; 28: 

 33.) ya^xkuno^da, put it in for me! 

 (28: 57). ' a^nHfK, he laid it on (8: 10). 

 {axe) anv/de{di), to lay on (shoulder) 

 {ya^nitde^di, nka^ndde^di, a'niXdeftu, ya!- 

 nilde^hi, nka'nixdi^tu) . 



no^pa^, two. — (1) no^'pa tci^ MmkV, one 

 (book) is lying on another, or, two 

 (animals) are reclining together, toho'xk 

 'no''^a' ko xkukuf of^daha', I give two 

 horses to each (man), ye^no'^patu', ye 

 or you two. — (2) twice; nko'"'' no'"'pa', I 

 did it twice. — (3) in two places; ptgatc/ 

 ntcu' no'npa', I put the cotton in two 

 places. — klno^'pa, to be two together: 

 to be with him or her. a'yino'"^pa, 

 you (sing. ) are with him. nki' no'^'paf , 

 I am with him. nyi'no'"'pa\ I am with 

 you (thee), ewande^ ya^nklno''^pa, he 

 is with me. ayindi' ya^nklno'fpa^ you 

 (thou) are with me. yino'"fpa, he is 

 with you (thee). nyVno'"-pa^ nda^ dan- 

 def, I will go with you. nyVno'"'pa'' 

 nde'nl dande^, I will not go with you. 

 ya'nklno'"'^pa k'ddenV dande^, he will not 

 go with me. Tcitkana^ ku'^'^ku'"^ Iclnon- 

 pa^ t'/ xyapka^ ktVhando'"'^ Uuxa\ it is 

 said that the Rabbit used to dwell in 



a low tent with his grandmother (3: 

 1). — na'^fpahudV {=no'''pa-\-ahudi /), 

 "two bones" (on the second hand?): 

 seven. — ena''>pa^, both. 'A^flhatciXtciji''^ 

 ena'f'-pa^ pahV, both my eyes are sore. 

 {Also 10: 3; 23: 1; 31: 21; p. 117: 6, 

 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.) 



nsiiki^ nasuki^(14: 3,4; 20: 13; 28: 3), 

 nasu^'k (14: 5), generic: a squirrel. — 

 nsiXki^ niye^di, the squirrel flew. nsAk 

 san', a gray squirrel. nsHk silpkaf, 

 "squirrel somewhat black," a black 

 squirrel. — 7isuk ma^ iyoka', "squirrel 

 stays under the ground," a salaman- 

 der. 



nta'wayi''. — a'^tcka' niUa^wayV, the mis- 

 tletoe. 



nto. — 7ito yan^xi, the odor from a negro. 



nu! help! (excl.) (8: 16). 



n<ixa°. — akuwH.xa''"^ , to go over again to 

 gather the scattered (ears of com) 

 (26: 3). 



niipxi'', any fine or pulverized substance, 

 as dust, powder, meal. — ya'n^yd nupxV, 

 acorn meal. atutV nupxV, the meal 

 made of a large root (white inside) of 

 a thorny vine, ye ntipxV, corn meal. 

 nupxixti^ pulverized, made very fine. 



Nfl.pondi''. — NupondV ayVxta ya'"'\ "Nii- 

 pondi's Creek," Bayou de Lac, Rapides 

 Parish, La. Named after a Frenchman 

 who had lived there. The Biloxi called 

 him "Ntipondi," which was probably 

 an attempt to pronounce his name. 



niipu^ni, (he) wore around his neck 

 (21:2). 



nyuliuye^wa^de, "toward changing 

 weather," the south. So called be- 

 cause rain is brought by the south 

 wind (to Le'compte). 



nk, I, me. nhVndi or nki'ndini {=nk-\- 

 handef), I (independent personal pro- 

 noun). — inkowa^, myself (p. 140: 15). — 

 nkintxa^ or nkiHxya {=nk-\-iMxa), I 

 alone. nkin^txatu% we alone. — nkindi- 

 he, nkmthe^ (5: 2), nkindh/, nkindW, 

 nkindhe (7: 6, 13), nWnthedan, I too. 

 nkiyidUief ndunahin^, I too turn. 

 nkindMf e^dMkon^xti, 1 (too) do just as 

 he did (or does), nkindhi' Uafiko^^ I 

 too am going to do that way. — nk-, ng-, 

 my, mine (G.)- nkti, my house (G.). 



