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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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(28: 22) . tfdci'i'^ sripka'', the dark part 

 of the eye, the irife. tciit st'ipka^ , dark 

 red; blood red; roan, hap supJca^, a 

 brown leaf, hap siipka' ayi^xti, many 

 brown leaves. — sup tout hutkV, "be- 

 tween red and black" (Bj., M.); given 

 to G. as meaning dark red (see tout 

 siipka under tcti). {Also 8: 17; 9: 17; 

 14: 26.) 



susuki^, stiff. 



s-(i°''nitoiini^, tar. — sicn^nito'^nV konha' a«- 

 ya' o'^'ni, "man made from tar," the 

 Tar Baby of the myths (1: 8), 



Cepcti', a nickname given by Betsy Joe 

 and other Biloxi to the family of John 

 Dorsey and his son, Ben Austin, who 

 were part Choctaw and part Biloxi. 

 "All would steal." 



cka. — k'dckaf hedV, generic: catfish. Di- 

 vided into the cickaHie sa'"', white cat- 

 fish; cicka'he sidi^, yellow catfish; and 

 dcka^he tohV, blue catfish. 



cuhi^, a strong odor from meat (see hi), 

 cu'xka, a strong odor from meat. It 

 may differ from cuhi, but is probably 

 identical. 



ja°. — wa^x uste^ na'nki jai^, he is putting 

 on his shoes (said if the act is seen by 

 the speaker). 



tc. — dutitcu\ to pull up, as corn by the 

 roots, aye^klya'"'' iudiyan' ke dutitcu^ 

 tea' ye, he dug around the corn and 

 pulled it all up by the roots (1: 3, 4). — 

 du'lcUcudi\ to pull out several arrows 

 from a quiver: in full, duxta'"^ du'tci- 

 tcudi' {VdutcltcudV, ndu^tcitcudi''). — 

 dutckV, to pull out an object, as a 

 splinter, cork, or arrow {Vdutcke, 

 ndutcke^); to remove an arrow from 

 the quiver: duxlan' dutcke' is the full 

 form {Vduxta''^ V dutcke, nduxta^^ ndu- 

 tcke'). ndutcke^, I pull out (the ar- 

 row) (20: 23).^natcke^, to kick off a 

 shoe {Vnatcke, il'^na^lcke).—patcke^, to 

 pull off a garment; do'xpe naske' pa- 

 tcke^, to pull off a coat; waxtabdeye 

 patcke, to pull off overshoes; ya'titon 

 patcke^, to pull off a vest {V patcke, 

 Hinkupatcke' ; patcketu', Vpatcketu^, iXnku- 

 patcketu^). akiitxyV tcake'di na^nhi 

 patcke^, to take a book from the place 

 where it hangs (= akutxyV patcke^ 

 dusV). Imperative: patcka^ (to a 



child). — pa^tdtcudV; waxV patdtcu'di, 

 to pull off shoes {Vpatcitcu^di, ij,'nk{if 

 paHcltcu^di; pa^tdtcutu^, VpatcUcutu', 

 {i^nMipa^tcltcutu^). Females say, in- 

 stead, pa'tcUmxa^' , Vpatdttcuxa'"'^ , H'n- 

 kHvpa'tcitcuxa'"'' ; patcUcu. — anahW dixk- 

 tcudu^, to take the scalp of a foe 

 {anahi"'' Vduktcudu^, anahW nddik- 

 tcudu'). in^tiXtcu^, he pulled up by 

 the roots (17: 13). 



tc. — tca'na, again (6: 17). — tdma^na, tdX- 

 mana, again, long ago (cf. tctna). 

 xkiton'ni tef nka'nde hiW, tclma'na 

 yan^xkiton'ni on^kne, Mi' etuxa' Tcet'- 

 kanadi', the Rabbit said, so they 

 say, "though I have been continually 

 wishing to be the first one there, again 

 (in spite of me?) he had already 

 reached there before me" (3: 7, 8). 

 tctma'na kiiP-kd^ya^ unoxive' a'nde 

 o'"'xa' , it used to be, long ago, that 

 he was living with his grandmother. 

 (JZsop. 149:15.) — kiv/tcmima', the sec- 

 ond time. — ketca'na, ketca'na, again 

 (17: 10; 27: 15, 16, 17).— ketcHma'na, 

 again (21: 14). {Also 10: 2; 14: 14; 

 22: 12; 23: 11; 26: 48; 27: 27; 28: 

 28, 116, 123, 125, 128, 171, 181, 182, 

 187; 29: 18.) 



tea. — tcadV, to be expended (cf. te). 

 putsu' tcadV, the sharp edges have all 

 gone, have been worn down or off. ha- 

 yVnk tcadV nailkV, it sits cleared of the 

 bushes (rendered "clearing" by G.). 

 aHatka' xoxtetu'ya'"' tcadi', a child both 

 of whose parents are "expended" or 

 are no more (i.e., dead). — tca'y^, io use 

 up, expend {tcaHiaye, tcaniUflke). pWtsa. 

 tca'ye, to wear off the edge of an ax, a 

 knife, etc. aho'ye kde'xyi tca'ye, to 

 wipe out, mark off, or cancel a debt 

 {aho'ye kde'xyi tcaHiaye, aho'ye kde'xyi 

 tca'hixnke). aye'kiyan^ tudiyan' ke 

 dutitcu' tca'ye, he dug around the 

 corn and pulled it all up by the roots 

 (1: 3, 4). ta^'^-si'^'tcaye, "for removing 

 grass," a scythe.— (^aicadi^, to gnaw on 

 (8: 28). a/ca^,theygaveout(31: 31).— 

 tea, to kill many (cf. te and kie). o 

 atca'xte, many fish were killed (6: 5). 

 atcaxti'nke, I killed many fish, o atca'x- 

 tVhaye, you killed many fish, o atca'ye, 

 to kill all another's fish. maxV atca'- 

 yanke, he killed all my chickens, aica'- 



