DORSBT-S wanton] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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of which the Biloxi used as a remedy 

 for dropsy. This is the balloon vine or 

 Cardiospernum. 



po, pa. — popo(W, to wrap up a bundle 

 {yapo^podS, {mkpo'pode; popo'd^tu^, ya'- 

 popo'dUu', {inkpopo^ dUu' ) . Vndita^yan 

 popode^, to wrap up his own (in a) 

 bundle. Imperatives: popoda^ (to a 

 child); pop(/dekank(/ (man to man); 

 pop(/d^<^i''(man or woman to woman). — 

 pd^de, to make up a bundle {ipd'de, 

 npd^de) (of. apenV). a'pdd o", (he) 

 wrapped it up (26: 47). hapode^, to 

 wrap up an object {haya^pode, nka^- 

 pode). akutxyV hapodef^ wrapping 

 paper. — Mpc/podif, to wrap up an ob- 

 ject in a bundle for another {ya'klpc/- 

 pods, a^xBpc/podS) . Vflklpc/podS, I 

 .... for you. ya^xkipo^pode, he 

 .... for me. Mya^xklpo^pode, thou 

 (you) .... forme. — kVxklpo^pode, to 

 wrap himself up in a cover {yVxklpo'- 

 pode, nkVxkipo'pode; kVxMpop(/detu, 

 yi^xMpopo^detu, nkVxktpopc/detu) . 



poda''dS, owl {20:16) .—p(/dadi, podi 

 (28: 110), pd^di, the swamp oy/L—pddV 

 a'f^sudita' {or podV a'"'sdiia'), the "owl 

 pine," the short-leaved pine, Pinus 

 mitis. 



poxayi', a night hawk or bull bat. 



poxka'. — ai^sl'^p poxka\ sledge hammer 

 (28:193). 



poxono'', a snail 



poxwe, a splashing sound (20: 38). 



poni'', (cf. po, punV). — sponV {asi + 

 ponV), his or her ankles. tcak-ponV, 

 his or her wrists. 



poska'', potcka', rounded, globular, 

 curvilinear. — aya''^ poskaf , a curvilinear 

 forest, xiixwif poska\ a whirlwind. 

 xd^voi^ poskaf yi^nki, a small whirlwind. 

 aso''^ poskc/, a brier patch ( 1 : 16 ) . iHka 

 poska, "stars in a circle," the Plei- 

 ades. poskVnki {=poska -\- yinki) , oc- 

 curring in the following: aso'"^ poskVfiki 

 x& rw/nki Tce^tkanadV , the Rabbit was 

 Bitting (was dwelling, or, was) in a 

 very small brier patch (2:4). In this 

 case poskinki was pronounced "pos- 

 ki^ + ki," the prolongation having the 

 force of "very." eka^ha'"^ ko poHcka 

 iw/nki, and then he (the Rabbit) sat 

 (i, e., was drawn together) like a ball 

 (1: 14). aft potcka^, Irish potatoes. 



awV'Ask potcka^ , cabbage, teak po^tcka, 

 a fist. {Also 8: 17; 10: 17; 17: 6; p. 

 118: 14.) 



po^ smelling (28: 142). 



■pade. —psdehi, psufdehi', or spdehV, a 

 knife, psdehi' a'duxta'ni uksa'ki, to 

 cut a rope with a knife, psdehi' dusi' 

 hankeya'"'' kiya' de Uuxa\ he seized 

 the knife and departed again (3: 19). 

 psdehi' kimukV, the edge of the knife 

 blade is turned, psdehi' ku'niikiyS', to 

 turn the edge of a knife blade, psdehi' 

 ma'nkdfeinkta', this (horizontal) knife 

 is mine. psde'-ma'7ikiya''>' inkta'ni, that 

 (horizontal) knife is not mine, psde'hi 

 no'^pa' ma'nkiya'"- i'ndikta'ni, those 

 two (horizontal) knives are not his. 

 psde'hi ne ka'ta, whose knife is that? 

 psde'hi ne inkta', that is my knife. 

 psde'hi ita' k'Apani'haye', did you lose 

 your knife? psdehi' naskS', "long 

 knife," a butcher knife {=psdehi ni- 

 tani). psdehi' nitani', "large knife," 

 a butcher knife, psdehi' yi'flki, " small 

 knife," a pocketknife. psdehi' put 

 kunUxka', "knife with a curved end," 

 a table knife, psdeha'tcapi' {= psdehi 

 -\-atcapi), a sword, psdehudi' or psu'- 

 dehudi' {= psdehi -{-udi or ahudi), a 

 knife handle. psH'de psoHi', a knife 

 point, psu'de putsa'di {=psudehi-\- 

 putsa), "sharp part of a knife," a 

 knife blade, spdehi' ma'fiki ko kta', 

 the knife is his. spdehi' ya'"' xa^ ko 

 tca'ka-manki', where is the (reclining) 

 knife? ya^daksa'di na spdehi', the knife 

 cut me. spdehi' nko^' ndaksa'di, I cut 

 with a knife, spdehi' du'si ha'nde, he 

 is holding a knife. {Also p. 120: 10.) 



psi. — dupsi', to take up a handful {i'dupsi, 

 ndupsi; dupsitu', i'dupsitu', ndu'psitu'). 



psi, pis, to suck {i'psi, nka'psi; psitu', i'- 

 psitu', nka'psitu'). {Seeutdtcpi'.) — pis 

 tSxti (he) desires strongly to suck (26: 

 58). {Also 26: 59, 6^, 66.) 



psi, piis (28: 243; 30: 1), pusi, piisi' 

 (30: 4), night; nighttime.— ;p»i''j/a»'xa, 

 almost night. pside'{=psi + de), or 

 psude' (29: 36), "this night," to- 

 night, pside' zo'hi ko' nde'ni dande', 

 it rains to-night, I shall not go. psid^ 

 wahu' ko nde'ni dande', if it snows to- 

 night, I shall not go. psiki'nkinge (Bk. ) 

 or pskikifige (Bj., M.){=pn ukikiflge), 



