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THE BILOXT AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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(=pe<?'+o"wt), afire-drill (G.). pe'lio'"^, 

 "makes fire," a match, lucifer 

 matches, petixto'"'^, to warm himself at 

 a fire, as when one has come in from 

 the cold (pe^tiyixto'"^, pe^tinkVxto'"'). 

 petuxW {=peti-\-n^xtS), to make a fire, 

 to camp. pUuxte^ a^matci''ha, a fire- 

 place. petitV, a chimney (cf. ksi tca^^ 

 hiC^autci' under si), supi'xti na petiti^, 

 the chimney is very black (or thick with 

 Boot). petiW supi'', "chimney black," 

 soot, pe^ti uda^gayV, a lightning bug, a 

 firefly. pi^x^ndnnV tct't/, live or red 

 coals, p^xenon^ supV, black or dead 

 coals, pe'tuxta^ atcV hayV, "it comes 

 where fire has been made," ground 

 moss. (Also 10: 25; 20: 7, 32; 22: 

 5; 26: 71; 28: 11, 166.) 



-pi, or -wi, a noun ending. Compare 

 aP'Sepi and a'"'sewi; napi and nawi. 



pi, good {hipi^, itnkpi^; ptu, hiptu^, Ixn- 

 kptu/). — a^ya' pV xye, he is a good man. 

 hipi' xye, thou art good, unkp'i' xye, 

 I am good, a^yaf ptu' xye, they are 

 good men. Mpiu' xye, you (pi.) are 

 good. Unkptw' xye, yfe are good, de'di 

 xyi pi' na, if he would go, it would be 

 good, ayct/o'"' xyi pi' na, if you would 

 do it, it would be good. pixti'{ = pi -f 

 xti), very good, best, nkii'ya'"' nko'^^ni 

 pixiV xye'ni ya''^xkiha'taxni', I made a 

 very good house for myself, but it was 

 burnt (5: 6). pi^ye, to make properly or 

 correctly {pi'haye, pVhinke or pi'hixnke). 

 ne' pi'MnW ha'nfi'"', perhaps I am mak- 

 ing it correctly, ne' pVldnke' kikna'ni, 

 perhaps I could make it correctly (if I 

 tried), atoho piye, "to cause to lie 

 good," to spread a comforter on a bed. 

 pixti'ye { = piye -\- xti), to make or do 

 very well {pixti'hay^,pixti'h{ink^'' or pix- 

 ti'hinke'') [5: 3). pi tko' he, hetter. — M- 

 pini' not good, bad; to be bad. lii'kpi- 

 ni' xye, thou art bad. nka'kpini' xye, 

 I am bad. kpVnitu' xyH, they are bad. 

 hVkpinitu' xye, you (pi. ) are bad . nka'k- 

 pinitu' xye, we are bad. tyi' kHipini' 

 ku'di, to give bad medicine, i.e., for the 

 purpose of killing him. dH't kApi'ni, 

 bad to eat. nap k-d.pini', a bad day, as in 

 rainy weather. Aiajjim'', not good. kiY- 

 pinVxtiyS {—kApini + xti -\-ye), to cause 

 to be very bad, to do very wrong (M''- 

 pini'octihayl' (3: 20), kti'pini'xtihunW). 



kixpini'y^, to cause to be bad, to do 

 wrong {kHipinVhayS', Mipini'hUnke') . — 

 hapixy^ (said by a male); how pretty! 

 (meaning, how ugly!)! 3f -\- kapixye' 

 (said by a female), oh! how pretty 

 (meaning, oh! how ugly!). — niipVhi, 

 to emit a good odor, to smell good. 

 paf'^hi'"' a'xiyehi' nupVhi, the honey- 

 suckle, ani' nupi'hi, cologne. {Also 

 8: 5; 10: 4; 11: 6; 16: 12; 21: 10; 

 23: 5; 25: 6; 26: 4, 5, 7; 28: 132, 

 140, 241.) — n^pi'y^, correctly (p. 142: 

 3). nipVhay^, you are correct 

 (p. 142: 4), nepi'hanM, I am cor- 

 rect (p. 142: 5). hint/ pi or Mnepi', 

 to be glad {yi'kinepV, ya'xkinefpi; kinhp 

 tu', yVkinSptu', ya'xkineptu') (26: 68). 

 ka'xkine'pini', I am not glad (not satis- 

 fied), kuikinefpini' , you are not glad. 

 kVklnefpinV , he is notglad. M'klne'tuni, 

 they are not glad. a'O'Xklnepi' , I am glad. 

 hi'nkinepi', to like a person (ayi'nki- 

 nepV, nki'nkinepV; pL, hi'nkineptu' , 

 ayVflkineptu' , nki'nkineptu'). kiktne'pi, 

 to like another's property, toho'xk hi'- 

 ktne'pi, to like another's horse, toho'xk 

 inki'ktne'pi, I like your horse, yata'- 

 mitu' kikin^pixti' nktnihe' e'tanlco'"^, I 

 (sic) like your working (for yourselves), 

 so lam working too (5: 2); inki'kin^- 

 pixti' is suggested instead of kikinSpixti. 

 Vnkin^'pixtV to li ke it exceedingly {ayi'n- 

 kin^pixti', nki'nkin'&'pix ti). — pihe, 

 ought (p. 151, passim), pi'hedi or 



• pihedi, ought, can. etikiyo'"^ pi'hedi, 

 he ought to do it (Bk.); rather, Hika- 

 yo'"'' pVhedi, you ought to do that (Bj., 

 M. ). haye'tike' pi'hMi, you ought to 

 do it (Bk.). pihedi, can. yakine' 

 jyihe'di, you can arise, yankeye'pihe'di, 

 he can saw it. ita'x pVhedi'di'"', you 

 (pi. ) ought to run. ya'toho pi'hedi'di'"', 

 you ought to lie on it. a'xpada'kaxti' 

 pi'hedVdi'"', he ought to be smart. 

 ya'nkyeMiP^ pi'hedVdin, he ought to 

 know me. yankeye' pVhedVdin, he 

 ought to saw it. toho'xk akin'atsV pVhe- 

 di'di"-, he ought to sell a (or, the) horse. 

 doxpt/ nask¥ kiko' pi'hedi'din, she ought 

 to mend the coat. {Also 28: 94, 103, 

 104, 112, 194, 196, 246; p. 120: 18, 19; 

 p. 121: 15, 19, 20; p. 146: 3-12.) 



pi, pi^ya^^ (Bj., M.), piya^^ (Bk.), the 

 liver; his or her liver. A liver cutout 



