DORSEY-swANTON] THE BILOXI and OFO LANGUAGES 



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pa,-p (15: 9, 10), only (9: 15, 17), alone 

 (15: 7, 8). {Also 12: 3, 7; 20: 13; 

 28: 78, 133, 205.)— In the following 

 examples pa is given as "self", but 

 evidently has the same significance as 

 the above: pa or napa, himself. 

 Pdidna^ pa, Brant himself, nkintpa' 

 ndefdi, I went myself. ayiHpa, your- 

 self. iMpa, himself, eweyuke'pa a'de, 

 they themselves went, ayi^xtpa'', you 

 yourselves. nkinxtpa\ we ourselves. 



pa, a head; his or her head, ayipa', or 

 Vpa, thy head. Unkapa^ my head. 

 efwe yuke^jJOjOrpatu^, their heads, a'^yi- 

 patu', your heads. iXnka'patu' , our 

 heads. — ewandef pa niianV xye (m. 

 sp.), his or her head is large, e'we 

 yukef pa ni^tata^ni xye (m. sp. ), their 

 heads are large, pa^ pitd^so'"; or pa^ 

 pUdi'so^ni^, to have an attack of ver- 

 tigo, pa^ ne'di, to have a headache. 

 pa^ aho^, or pa^ahodV, "head bone," a 

 skull, pa ah(/ kipude^, "head bone 

 joint, " a suture, sutures, pa^ ne^di, to 

 have a headache {i'pa, or ayipa' 

 nefdi, Hflkapa'' ne^di). {See pud l^ so'"', 

 ne.) pa' ne o'^-nV, a headache, pa 

 ta'wiyan, the crown of the head ( ayVpa 

 ta'wiya'"', Unkapa^ ta'wiya'"': patu' ta^- 

 wiya'"', a'yipatuf ta'wiya^, iXnka'patu^ 

 ta'vnya'n). pdsV, to stoop and lower the 

 head {i^pdsi, •d^nkiipd^si). pd^si ha''^ 

 i^ka''^' ko psdehV ko uksa^ki Tcf^tkana', 

 the Rabbit stooped and cut the cord 

 with the knife (3: 22). psudi' ( =pa-\- 

 sudif), to be bareheaded {i^paudi, nka^- 

 psudi: psutu'', i'psutu\ nka''psutu^). pu- 

 neftkohV, the parting of the hair. — 

 pa sa'n', the bald eagle, api^ {?), the 

 bald eagle (G.). {Also 8: 17; 10: 25, 

 27; 16: 3, 4; 20: 1; 27: 24, 27; 28: 

 70, 78, 197, 199, 207, 232.) 



pa. — padV, bitter. (See paxka'. ). — anipa, 

 "bitter water," whisky. 



pa. — kupa^hani, he disappeared (8: 13; 

 20: 31; 26: 26; 28: 100; 109, 123, 128, 

 178; 30: 2, 4). a''>'Sepi panV ye, he 

 lost his ax. psdefhi ita^ kHpanVhaye, 

 did you lose your knife? (p. 132: 20). 

 MLpa^niyV , to lose anything {kiXpanV- 

 hayl, bbtpanVh'dnke^). a'"-se^pi kupa'- 

 niyef , he lost his ax. psdefhi ita^ kiipanV- 

 haye, did you lose your knife? kHpanV- 



hi'i'ye', I lost you. kdpanVyanke^ , he 

 lost me. kupa^niyeni^ , not to lose an ob- 

 ject {kupa'nihayenV , kitpa^nihu^nkeni^: 

 hApa^niyetunV , kiUpa^niha'yUunV, kUpa^- 

 niM'nketuni'). (The principal stem 

 in the foregoing examples ia probably 

 ha'ni, "to find" (q. v.) and M-, the 

 privative or negative prefix. ) 



pad^a'd^a. — hade' pad^a'd^a tcedV, a 

 great talker. 



pahi^, a sore; to be sore. — {/UkatcCUcd,'"'^ 

 ka''skani'wa pahV, my left eye is sore. 

 lynkatdxtcit'"'' ena^pa' pahi', both my 

 eyes are sore, papahe', sore. — apa'xto'"'- 

 ye' , to cause pus to ooze from a sore by 

 pushing (?) or pressing {apaxto'^haye' , 

 apa' xto'^hiiflke'). apa'xto'"'}ii'''-yedaha' 

 dande^, I will press on your sores (said 

 to many) and make the pus ooze out. 

 pax, in this word, is a contraction of 

 pahV, a sore; and to^ may be compared 

 with to'^'iinni, pus, etc. (Cf. D., <o«, 

 matter, pus.) 



pahia, panhii' (8: 2, 3, 8, 14), panOiii 

 (8: 30), pax (20: 17), a bag, sack.— 

 pahi''^ ahiyV, to empty a bag. pahW 

 yinkV, a pouch or pocket, pakifi^ 

 nitanV, a large sack. akutxyV pahii^, 

 a paper sack, pahi^ is contracted to 

 pax in anks pax kidV, a bullet pouch. 



pax. — dupaxV (used by men and boys); 

 eyefwi dupaxV, to open a door 

 {i'dupaxi',ndu'pax'/). — dupaxia™^ (used 

 by females), to open a door {Vdupax- 

 ka'"^, ndu'paxka'n^). ema''^, dupa^xka^, 

 see! open the door! {Also 8: 29; 10: 

 8; 19: 4, 6, 7, 9, 14, 19; 31: 1, 5, 9.) 



paxSxka'', the chicken hawk. — Paxexka- 

 na, the Ancient of (Chicken) Hawks 

 (13: 1; 20: 35, 45). Paxe'xkana, the 

 Ancient of Red-tailed Hawks (?) (20:5). 

 paxe'xk smt tctV, the red-tailed hawk 

 (literal translation), paxe'xk sint ko' 

 natcQi^tka, "hawk with a tail that is 

 forked (?)," the swallow-tailed hawk. 



pa'xka (Bk.), paxka^ (Bj., M.), a mole 

 (26: 23). 



paxka'', sour. — pinhu paxka', sour hick- 

 ory, as paxka' {=ast paxka'), "sour 

 berry," strawberry (?). 



pana. — ktpa'nahi, or kipana'hi, back 

 again; to turn back {ya'Mpana'hi, axkl'- 

 panahi ) . klpa'nahi huya', hand it back ! 



