Dorset-swanton] the BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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dusi^, "the cold caught me" (G.). — 

 snisnVhi, "when the leaves begin to 

 fall," autumn. — snVckite a^m%ho''<'ni^, to 

 have ague and fever, snickite^xtitu, they 

 were very cold (28: 134). snickitef iya^- 

 mihd"^, you have fever and ague(p.l41: 

 15). snichite^ nka^mihon, i have fever 

 and ague (p. 141: 16). 



snotka^, rectilinear and rectangular (not 

 necessarily square). 



sokuno^, a cypress tree. — sok udV nitanV, 

 "cypress tree large," a large species 

 of cypress found in Louisiana; distinct 

 from the sokuno. 



so'*. — so'^'so'^^ti, all sharp at the ends (15: 

 8, 9, 10, II).— ason', a'm, a brier (cf. 

 asi^) . aso""^ ayii^sikVxli ko\ aso'"'^ in^no'"'- 

 da^hi na, as you are in such great dread 

 of briers, I will throw you into briers 

 ( 1 : 17 ) . aso*^ poska\ a brier patch ( 1 : 

 16; 2: 28). ''ason^ tan^xli nkti na''," 

 ehan^ kids' di, he said, "I dwell in a very 

 large brier patch," and went home (2: 

 2). OHiya!^ e^ya^ hV ason ta^^ inda'hi 

 hande^txyO"', the Bear reached there, 

 and was seeking a large brier patch 

 (2: 3, 4). aso™'' poskVilki xe na'nki 

 Tce'tkanadV, the Rabbit was sitting 

 (dwelling) in a very small brier patch 

 (2: 4). asonwa'"'' inkanatc^ , I (will) 

 throw you into the briers (1: 20). a'su 

 o'^'Xti, large brier patch (26: 52). a'su 

 <o/io™''m, bamboo brier (vine) (26: 53). 

 a'su toHii, bamboo brier (28: 38). — 

 asudV, a brier (generic); Rubus species 

 (?); if this be as udi, it is from aso'"'. — 

 a^su toHii, the green brier, the Smilax 

 auriculata Walt. The large leaves of this 

 brier were warmed and laid on sores 

 to draw out the inflammation. — a-'st 

 paxka', or a' spaxka' {=a3paxka), "the 

 sour brier, ' ' dewberry bushes ( Bj . , M. ) . 

 A decoction made from the roots of 

 the dewberry bush is used by the 

 Biloxi for washing cuts and other 

 wounds. If this name be derived 

 from axV, berry, then ast paxka should 

 be changed to a's tepa'xka (as G. re- 

 corded it). 



soa.—so'J, kettle (28: 202). sononnV {28: 

 193), so'"'honnV^ a kettle or pot, any ves- 

 sel used for cooking, si so't-ni', hose, 

 stockings, amasi so''>'ho''^nV , an iron 



kettle, amasi sidi sonho''^ni', a brass 

 kettle, konixka so^Jio^ni', a jug. 



soi''pxi, wheat flour, dough. — so'"^pxi 

 dutcitckV, to knead dough. so'"'px¥ 

 ptgaskHnnV, "flour bread," wheat 

 bread. — so''i'pxo''>^ni (=so'*pa;i-|-o"m), 

 wheat (5: 3). 



so^^sa^, one, once. — diiJcutca^ so'"''sa dutcti', 

 to split at one blow. Tcetkana' ko' 

 sQi^sa diitV, the Rabbit ate one (2: 8). 

 wak so'"-^sa ihktgf, I have a cow (5: 6, 7). 

 ma so'n^sa inkta', I have a turkey (5: 7). 

 so^wa, on one side (21: 21). nko'"^ 

 so^^sa (for deso'"'sa), I did it (or, made 

 it) once. {Also 8: 8, 14; 9: 1; 10: 3, 

 16; 14: 1, 3; 15: 2, 5; 20: 21; 23: 5; 

 28: 114, 196, 198, 207, 208; as suffix, 

 21: 19.) 



so^itka^ka or sui^tka^ka, his younger 

 brother (real or potential), including 

 his father's brother's son younger than 

 himself {Vso^tka^ka or VsuHka^ka, hVnk- 

 so'fitka'ka, or ij/hkstiHkaka; siMka^katu', 

 VsuHka'^katu, iinksxiHka'kaiu; voc, 

 Mnkson^tkaka^ (5: 1) ) .—soHka' Mdo- 

 piya^ (sic), his youngest brother (Bk., 

 fide G.). 



soii'to° xayi^, the hen hawk. 



SQiiyiti^, rice. 



Spani^, a Spaniard (9: 13). 



spe, cpi, to know how to. — yao'"-' spe', he 

 knows how to sing. waxn¥ cpixti', to 

 be very skillful in hunting game. upxV 

 Vspexii', he knows full well how to 

 cheat or deceive, nyi-xtl' yuWde apsWki 

 yi'ispVxtitu, (all) these women sew very 

 well. sankV ynke' akutxyi' uka'de yi'"- 

 spVxtitu, (all) those girls read very well. 

 {Also 9: 10; 28: 245.) 



spewa. — spewayan^ , on the right (as dis- 

 tinguished from kaskani, the left), asa^- 

 hin^ spewaya^', the right arm. m spe- 

 waya^', the right foot. — inspe'iva, on 

 the right side ( uninflected). Hi'nkat- 

 ctdcA'"'' {'"'Spe'ica ne'di, my right eye 

 ("my eye on the right side") pains. 

 {I'^'^nixu^xwi i^spp/wa ne'di, my right ear 

 pains. — {'"■' spewa' ya'n^ his or her right 

 side {ayi^'spewa'ya:"', nki'^^spewa'ya'"'). 



stcuki', tough. — inksiyo' stdXki' han sa'"'- 

 han^xtiye', as the meat was tough, he 

 bore down very hard on it (in cutting). 



stak. — apa'stako^ni', to put on a patch 

 {apa'stak ayo^'ni, apa'stak nko'>^'m; apa'- 



