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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



[bull. 47 



(2: II). — Used in forming a participle: 

 kida' o'"'ni, he was returning thither 

 — lciko'"^ni, akutzyV klko'>^nV, to write a 

 letter to another; to write a letter 

 for another {ya^kiko'"^ni, a'xklko'>^ni). — 

 aduti^ te ho'"^, he is hungry, mja'duti 

 te ho'"^, you are hungry, nka^duti te 

 hoi^, I am hungry. {Also 8: 23, 26, 

 29; 9: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15; 10: 6, 16, 21, 

 27, 28, 32; 11: 4, 6; 12: 1, 4; 14: 24, 

 30; 16: 1, 7; 19: 21, 22; 20: 7, 9, 51; 

 21: 17, 24, 29, 31, 34, 36, 38; 22:14; 

 23: 2, 4, 6, 16, 17, 66, 82; 27: 9, 25, 26, 

 27; 28: 6, 17, 20, 25, 34. 39, 40, 55, 57, 

 58, 74, 80, 88, 90, 93, 94, 103, 104, 111, 

 112, 181, 187, 190, 212, 224, 225, 227, 

 228, 240, 257, 258, 259; 29: 25; 31: 18, 

 20, 27; p. 121: 3; p. 159, passim.) 



o^, past time. — oblong ago (7: 2, 3; 9: 7, 

 14; 10: 8). ondi, so long (7: 12, 13; 

 10: 27). on^de, in the past (8: 1), after 

 (14:6,15). o«ifca, after (9: 3). onni, 

 in the past (9: 12, 14; 10: 1, 6, 28; 

 11: 1,9; 12: 4; 13: 2, 3; 15: 1, 2, 6, 

 7, 9, 10, 11).— ha'' me ta^^ o™ inda^hi 

 ande^ txye, he was hunting (in the 

 past) for a large bent tree (2: 12). 

 tcVivaxtV ndo^xt o«^, we have seen great 

 trouble in the past (5: 9). The past 

 of a^duii t/, to be hungry, is a^duti te^- 

 xti 0''^. o'f^xa, a sign of a remote past 

 action, referring to a time more remote 

 than that imphed by o"^ kne. Tcetkana^ 

 ku'i^hu''^ unoxe^ ha^nde oi^xa, the Rabbit 

 was dwelling (continuous or incom- 

 plete act) with his grandmother. 

 nkunnoxl' nka'nde o'n^xa, I used to live 

 (lit., I used to be living) with her 

 (long ago). tcAma'na ku'^kunya''^ uno- 

 xvoef a'nde o'^'Xa', long ago he was living 

 with his grandmother, nka'latena'xi 

 nyu^ke o''^xa, we had been friends for 

 some time. edV Ina' ko dusV o''^xa 

 etuxa^, behold, the Sun had been 

 taken, they say. eka'"^ Tcetkana^ def 

 Qfi^xa, then the Rabbit departed (in 

 the past) (2: 31). {Also 10: 34.)— 

 o'^nidi, because, as (11: 2, 3; 14: 3, 29; 

 23: 22). eo'>^nidV (probably from e, 

 0^71% and -di), for that reason (2: 30), 

 therefore. 



o°, with, by means of, having (26: 4; 

 31: 39).— on^pa, with (?) (20: 16).— 



on^ha {=o'n-\-ha1), with, by means of 

 (?). tca^k%k o'"'^ha kte^di, he hit him 

 with his hand or fore paw ( 1: 11). {Also 

 9: 2.) — yo'^, by means of, with, in. 

 tane^ks ha^yadV ade^ yo'^' hiya'nkuka'de 

 ka^ psde^hi ma^nkd^ pana'"^ ayindi^ta 

 dande^, if you talk to me in the Biloxi 

 language, all these (horizontal) knives 

 shall be yours. 



o^, to use, to wear. — tco''"'hx/nde onnV, he 

 had on the breechcloth. e^xa o" ne^di, 

 that is all which he had on (Bk. ). 

 nindoxp¥ oi^ nedV, he had on panta- 

 loons alone, axo^g misk o'^'ya'"^, a place 

 where switches ( of the Arundinaria ma- 

 crosperma) grow, axo^g o'^'ya'"^, a place 

 where canes (of the Arundinaria macro- 

 sperma) grow. a''>'SudV o^ya'^^, a pine 

 forest, in'tka sind o''^ya'"'', "where the 

 stars have tails," the Aurora Borealis. 

 axkonnV^ to line a garment {aya^xko'^'iii, 

 nka^xko'^'ni). do^xpe naske^ nka'xko''^nV , 

 I line (or lined) a coat, adito'"' axkio''^ni, 

 a table cover. 



oHi^(Bj.,M.), o>idi(Bk.), abear. (Dor- 

 sey says "a grizzly bear," but he must 

 be in error. ) — oi^ti ha^yadV, he is a bear 

 person, on-'ti ya'"'ya^di, are you a bear 

 person? o^ii nka'"^yndi^, I am a bear 

 person. o''>^ti hav^ya'tu, they are bear 

 people, o^^ti ya'^'ya^tu, are you bear 

 people? o''>'^ti nka'n^yatu^, we are bear 

 people. o'"^ti ya'ndi o'xpa, the bear 

 swallowed all (2: 9). o*^ sidV, a " yel- 

 low bear, " a cinnamon bear. oH' s(jLpi\ 

 a black bear. oMaW {^oMi^ahi)., 

 the skin of a bear. oHahV utuxpi', a 

 bear-skin robe. O^^tixyan^ or Qntiyix- 

 yan, "Bear Bayou," Calcasieu River, 

 Louisiana. — oHidV, the bear, subject 

 of an action. oHidV Tcttkana'k, 

 "Imjan^hii^ta''," kVyehan^ klde'di, the 

 Bear said to the Rabbit, "go there," 

 and went home. — oHVk, the bear, ob- 

 ject of an action. Tcetkana' Cf^Vifk, 

 •'heyan^iinta^", ki'yeha'"^ klde^di, the 

 Rabbit said to the Bear, ' ' go there, ' ' and 

 he went home (2: 1, 2). oHVk ha^ne 

 otu' xa, they have found a bear and 

 (men) have shot him (2: 31). {Also 

 17: 7; 19: 6,20; 26: 28; 29: 27.) 



pa-, prefix indicating action outward or 

 by pushing. 



