DORSEY-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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pta. — dapta^ioeyF , to clap the palms of 

 the hands together {dapta'wehaye', da- 

 pta'ioehanke'). a'kipta'ye, she caught 

 both in one hand (8: 15). 



ptga. — pigaxe^, ptgaxi, ptgax (28: 258), 

 ptgasi^, wide, broad, flat (f3., g^a^^). 

 teak ptQaxe^, the "wide part of the 

 hand," the entire palm of the hand 

 (also 9: 16). plQaxitu, they are flat 

 (28: 259) . ptga^xi sWhin ne^di, to be 

 standing with the feet apart; to strad- 

 dle, i^su^ ptqaxka', "flat teeth," the 

 incisors (K., fefaFa (?)). taxpa ptgasi, 

 the wood duck or summer duck. 

 ptgasiye^, to cause an object to be flat- 

 tened out again {ptqad'haye^ , ptQasi^- 

 MmW). ptgaskix^nV , bread of any sort. 

 yl'ni ptgaskHii^nV, corn bread, so^pxi^ 

 ptgaskH'n-mf , wheat bread, ivak ta^s 

 ptqaskix^nV , cheese. pt<;asku'"'nV dv/ti 

 na^nki, he "sits eating" bread, he is 

 eating bread {ptqask'dnnV Vduti na^nki, 

 piqaskilf^nV ndu^ti na^nki; ptgask'^J'^nV 

 du'ti ha'maki, ptQasktiP^nV Vduti aya^- 

 maki, ptgaskil'"'nV ndu^ti nka'maki). 

 ptQasku'"'^, bread of any sort, atct'^ni 

 ptQaskfOP^, batter cakes. — akipta, fold. 

 akVptadV, double, liakipta^di, in lay- 

 ers. akiptQa^tgadV , " lying one on an- 

 other, ' ' double or manifold, as, akutxijV 

 akiptga'^tgadV, a book, akifptatay'i, mul- 

 tiple, manifold (i. e., more than double 

 or twofold), akipta^ no'^pa\ twofold, 

 double, akiptaf dani'', threefold, akipta' 

 iopa', fourfold, akipta' ksani' , flvefold. 

 akipta' akuxpe', sixfold, akipta' na^'- 

 pahudi', sevenfold, akipta' danhudi', 

 eightfold, akipta' tckant/, ninefold. 

 akipta' ohi', tenfold, akipta' ohi' so^- 

 sa'xeM, elevenfold, akipta' ohi' no^- 

 pa'xcM, twelvefold. akipta' ohi' 

 dana'xehS, thirteenfold. akipta' ohi' 

 topa'xehc, fourteenfold. akipta' ohi' 

 ksa'xehe, fifteenfold. akipta' ohi' a'ku'- 

 xpa'xehS, sixteenfold. akipta' ohi' 

 nan'pahu' a'xeM, seventeenf old . akipta' 

 ohi' da'nhu a'xehS, eighteenfold. akipta' 

 ohi' tckana'xeM, nineteenfold. akipta' 

 ohi' no'"-pa', twentyfold. akipta' o'hi 

 da'ni, thirtyfold. akipta' o'hi to'pa, 

 fortyfold. akipta' o'ld ksa^', fiftyfold. 

 akipta' tsi'pa, a hundredfold, akipta' 

 tsipi^^tcya, a thousandfold. 



ptgato^, cotton. — ptgato' ntcu' no'^'pa', I 

 put the cotton in two places, jjtgato' 

 ntcu' danV, I put the cotton in three 

 places, ptga'to uni', the cotton comes 

 up. ptga'to udV, the cotton plant, cotton 

 plants, ptga'to da'di, to pick cotton. 

 ptga'to san^, " white cotton," a tunic or 

 man' s shirt, ptga'to akidV, the ' ' cotton 

 insect," a caterpillar. — p-dftUu kayudi', 

 the Cottonwood tree. 



pude, open (p. 140: 32, 33. — dupMe', du- 

 p'ade'{28: 147, 149, 150, 153), to uncover 

 by pulling, to open. Mdu'nahi' diipUde', 

 to uncover by rolling, naxte' dupude', 

 to kick off the covering, as an infant 

 does {i' dupude, ndu'pUde). duxta'"'' 

 dupude', to pull open a box, cache, etc. 

 {i'duxta'"' i'dupude, ndu'xtan ndu'pilde). 



pftded, brant. — PMedna', Ancient of 

 Brants (6: 11, 12, and notes). 



pudi^. — apMi', he stepped over it 

 (28:115). 



padi'son, or -p^di'so^in.' .—pa' jjfidi'so'"' or 

 pa' pHidi'so'n'ni', to have an attack of ver- 

 tigo {i'papiXdi'so'"', {inkapa' p'ddi'so'"'). 



puhe, to blow. — puheyii', to blow a horn 

 {pu'heha'yc^puhe'hixnk.t' ; pu'heyetu' ,pu' 

 heha'yetu', pu'hihtmlcUu' ) . — pu'hekiye', 

 to blow a horn for or instead of another. 

 pu'hehi'iikiye, I blow a horn instead 

 of you. — pu'heki'kaf"', to blow a horn 

 for some one to come {pu'hcyaki'kan, 

 pu'heaxkVka'n). pu'hehi'nkika'"', I blew 

 the horn for you to come, pxi' heya^x- 

 kVkO"; he or you blew the horn for me. 

 pu'heki'kan tcu'nki, she blew the horn 

 for the dog. — pu'hekVdaha, to blow a 

 horn for them to come {pu'heyakl'daha' , 

 pu'heaxkl'daha'). pu'heaxki'daha' tcu'n- 

 ki, I blow the horn for the dogs (to 

 come). — apu'x ho^ni', a blowgun: to 

 use a blowgun {apu'xhayoi^ni, apu'x 

 nko''^ni). The Biloxi learned the use 

 of the blowgun from the Choctaw. — 

 pxuhin', pe'ti pxuhi'"^, to blow at a fire 

 {pe'ti i'pocuhi"; pe'ti {tnkiipxu'hin; pe'ti 

 pxuxtu', pe'ti i'pxuxtu, pe'ti 'Cc'nkik- 

 pxuxtu'). 



puka^yi, large red-headed woodpecker 

 (15:9) (see Mideska', omayi', yakida'- 

 mankayV): It stays in swamps; its note 

 is "kV tm'tttm't1'tl'."—pil'kp{ika'yi', the 

 large black woodpecker (perhaps p{i'k' 



