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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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ngVxia, my belly (G. ). nWndita'ya'"; my 

 own. inktaf, my, it is mine; I have (see 

 to) . a'X'Se^p si'^hi'"' rie^ ko inkta\ the stand- 

 ing ax is mine, akutxyi' inkta' idw^si 

 k</, akiUxyV o™^ hw'yaxkiya^, when you 

 receive my letter, send one hither to 

 me. psde^Jii ma^nkiya'"' pana'"^ inkk/, 

 all those (horizontal) knives are mine. 

 ahie^ na^nkidiit inkta\ this (object 

 hanging up) is my hat. waka' ne 

 iUkta', this is my cow. a''>'se'pi ne 

 inkla', this is my ax. kci^xka ohi^ 

 inkta'', I have ten hogs (5: 6). i'n- 

 ktadaha', my (pi. obj.). toho^xk 

 ama'fiki Vnktadaha', those are my 

 horses. Vnktada^o'"^, my animate ob- 

 jects. siH(/ i^nktada'o'"', my boys. 

 toWxk Vnktada^o'"', my horses, inkta'k, 

 my; used in forming sentences denot- 

 ing possession, tcufnki inkta'k a'nde, 

 dog my moves, i. e., I have a dog. 

 tcufnki iftkta'k nankV, dog my sits, i. e. , 

 I have a dog. tcufnki ifikta^k yuWdi, 

 dog my the5'-move, i. e. , I have dogs. 

 anksapV inkta'k ne'di, 1 have a gun 

 (said if gun stands or leans against a 

 post, etc.). akue' ifikta^k na^nki, hat 

 my sits (hangs up), I have a hat. 

 ifikta^ni, not mine; it is not mine. 

 psdefhi ma'nkiya'"' inktafni, that (hori- 

 zontal) knife is not mine. — nkixtu^, 

 nkin^xtu (23: 6; 31: 27), we. nki^xtu 

 ko' nya'n^xtuni, we hate him. nkVxtu 

 h/ nya''^xtudahamf , we hate them. 

 yafxBXca'dqkaf xyefni, nkVxtu ko' in- 

 ktca'tunV, you have forgotten us, but we 

 (on the other hand?) have not forgot- 

 ten you (4: 2, 3). — nkWtxyatu' {=nki'"'- 

 txatu), we alone. — nkixtuhef, or nki- 

 xtuhe' {=nkixtu^he), we too. — nyukef 

 {=fi,k-'ryuke) (1st pi.), we still; con- 

 tinuous action with reference to us. 

 nkti'hi"' nyuke' o", we lived long ago. 

 nka'lAtenafxi nyu'ke o'^xa, we had been 

 friends for some time. iinklca'-ni 

 nyukef, we are still alive. — i'hktitu' or 

 i'hktatuf (?), our, ours, yaduxta'"^ iUkti- 

 tvf (sic), the wagon is ours (judging 

 from analogy, this should be inktalvf). 

 VWAfHtu', our, ours, toho'xk VnJMitu' 

 ya^xk'isine'tudaha', they stole our 

 horses from us. ngetltu'ya, our house 

 (G.). — nkVxtuha nki'xtina'xtetu', we 



kicked one another (sic). {Also 10: 12; 

 14: 16, 20; 20: 12, 19, 44; 21: 38; 26: 7; 

 28: 45, 65, 93, 103, 111, 119, 121.) 



0-, U-, a prefix indicating that the ac- 

 tion is performed inside of a given 

 area, etc. 



o, or odi, a fish; fish. — o' ue'di, to boil 

 fish, o' nkuefdi, 1 boiled (the) fish. 

 o' Vua' da'nde, will you boil the fish? 

 o' kuenV, not to boil fish, o' kuk defdi, 

 to go fishing (6:4). o' ahV, fish scales. 

 a' aiV, "fish house," a fish net. o' 

 imahi''^, fins, o sVndiyan, the tail fins 

 of a fish; a fish's tail, o' iHcinpo'"'', fish 

 gall, a' iHV, fish roe. a pVya^, a fish 

 liver, o' inp'(in^nuho''Hii (or a'^pa'naho'"'- 

 ni'), a fish spear, o' ihV, the pipe-bill 

 garfish, o' indesi', "snake fish," an 

 eel . omdviV ( = o -f ma -}- aduti ) , "fish 

 which eats earth," the buffalo fish. 

 ml' ska xa' utci'di, "fish small box 

 they-are-put-in," sardines, o' psahe- 

 dV, the "corner fish" or gaspigou (see 

 psoM'). o' ptcedV, the "jumping fish," 

 the sturgeon, o tci'pa hayi', a sucker 

 (fish). Opana'skehon'na, Yery-long- 

 headed-fish (28: 233) (a personal 

 name). {Also 6: 15, 18; 10: 1, 2, 3; 

 20:43; 29: 16, 21, 32.) 



o, to shoot. — o'di, to shoot {hayo'di 

 {=ayo'di, yo'di),nko'di; otu', ayotu' {ha- 

 yotu'), nkotu'). inyodi, I shoot you. 

 iyodi, he shoots you. Unksa'pi ko'"'' 

 o'di hutpe', to shoot a hole through an 

 object with a gun {{Lflksa'pi kayo'"'' ha- 

 yo'di yutp^', {inksa'pi nko'"'' nko'di {in- 

 kHitpF). ewande' yanko'di, he shoots 

 me. ayindi' yanko'di, you shoot me. 

 ema'"', iyotu' hana', beware! they might 

 shoot you! (pi.?). kMCipi' sa'"'hi'"''yan 

 kudcska' o'di, shoot the bird on the 

 other side of the ditch! ko' nko'di, I 

 shoot now. o'"'ti'k ha'ne otu' xa, they 

 have found a bear and (men) have 

 shot him (2: 31) (see kte). — o' ktaho', 

 to make fall by shooting, kohi'xti 

 o' ktaho', to make fall from a height 

 by shooting, ximhi'xti o' ktaho', to 

 make topple and fall by shooting {y</ 

 ktaho', nko' ktaho'). kiyo', to shoot for 

 one (20: 14, 19). ya'^'xklyo'iu-te, shoot 

 at it for me (female to males) (28: 3). 

 {Also 14: 3; 22: 1, 4, 6, 11; 27: 2, 13, 15, 



