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haye^, you kill all of his. odca'hinke, I 

 kill all of hig. atca^hin ya^dande, you 

 will kill all of his (?). — psdehatcapi, 

 sword {psdehi='kn\ie). (Also 6: 15; 

 10: 1, 4, 11, 19; 11: 1; 12: 5; 16: 1; 

 16: 1; 17: 13; 20: 11, 22, 43, 47, 50; 

 28: 217, 243; 31: 12, 22, 27, 31; p. 140: 

 34, 35, 36, 37, 38; p. 141: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 

 7, 8, 9, 10; p. 167: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.) 



tea. — dutcadV, to wash; miisllda^ dutcadV, 

 to wash a bowl {i'dutcadV, ndu'tcCtdV; 

 du'tcatu', i'dutcatu', ndu'tcaiu'). rn-H,^- 

 sUdankta^ dutcadV, to wash her own 

 bowl, dutca^ yuhoztV, wash it very 

 clean ! tca'kta dutca^di, or, teak i'ndita^- 

 ya'"' dutca^di, to wash his own hands. — 

 dutca^tcadV, to wash often (i^dutcatcadV, 

 nduHcatcadi'). kidu'tcadV , to wash an 

 object for another {ija^kidu'tcadV, 

 a^xkidu'tcadi^; kidu^tcatu' , ya'kldu^- 

 tcatu\ a'xkldu^tcatu'). Vnkidu'tcadV, 

 I . . . . for thee (you). Viikidu^tcatu', 

 we ... . for thee (you). ya''>''xMdu'- 

 tcadV, he ... . for me. ya'"'^xkldu^- 

 tcatu\ they .... for me. Idya'"''- 

 xkldu'tcadV, thou (you) .... for me. 

 hiya'X'^xkidu^tcatu^, you (pi.) .... for 

 me. Vkldu^tca ne^di, she stands wash- 

 ing it for you. — kVxkiditcadi' , to wash 

 himself {yi'xkldUcadV , nWxklditcadi^ ; 

 kVxktditcaiu^, yVxktditcatn^, nk'/xkidi- 

 tcatu').—kVxkldiicadV, to wash himself 

 {yVxklditcadV , nkVxklditcadV ; kVxM- 

 ditcatu^, yVxktditcatu^, nkVxkiditcatu^). — 

 tcakVyetu, they took it all off (clean) for 

 him (28: 42). [Also 9: 17; 10: 21; 

 20: 1; 26: 21; 29: 32; 31: 3, 7.) 



tea. — kanVki na^xkan tca'na, I have 

 nothing at all as I sit (6: 4, 13). 



tcade. — tcddedV, to make the sound 

 heard in tearing calico, etc. {tcddayedi' , 

 ted' dahankcdV) (cf. so). 



Tcaf 9.1a^ya, the Atchafalaya River, Loui- 

 siana. 



tca'hama'i, a river. — tcahqma'"'' a'ki- 

 duxte\ to cross a river, tcahama'"'' yi'n- 

 dukpe', you crossed the river on some- 

 thing, tcahaman^ kuhV, the river is 

 high, tcahqma'"'' xwiihV, the river is 

 low. Tcaman\ ' ' the river, ' ' Red River 

 of Louisiana. Tcahqma'"'' supV, Black 

 River, Louisiana. Tcahqma'"'' yinkiyan^ , 

 Little River, Louisiana. 



teak. — tcake^, the hands (of one person) 



[Vtcake, imktca'ke; tcaktu^, Vtcaktv/, 

 ix'nktcaktu' ) . leaked sanhin^xa, his hand 

 on one side, or, tcake' so''>'sa', one hand. 

 tcak^ tcltcuftka, to spread the fingers 

 (as in playing the piano), tca'ke hin- 

 ka'h'i, to get something (as a hook) 

 hooked in the hand, tca'ke duseyS^, to 

 make a noise by slapping the back of 

 the hand, teak tapV, the back of the 

 hand, teak ptgaxe^, "the wide part 

 of the hand," the palm of the hand. 

 One part of this is called tcake yanli. 

 tcake^ yanti' , the "heart of the hand," 

 the middle of the palm (see teak 

 ptgaxe). teak owHsV, (all) the fingers 

 (Vtcak owixsV, ntca'k ow{lsV). teak 

 uwljfsi, the fingers (of one person). 

 teak uwijtfsi ukUdV, to fillip with the 

 fingers, teak xohi^, the "old hands," 

 the thumbs {itca^k xohV, ntca'k xohV). 

 teak amihi"^, the index finger {itca'k 

 amihV, ntea'k amiJii'"^). teak na'nte 

 nedV, the second or middle fingers 

 {itea'k na'nte ned'/, ntca'k na'nte nedV). 

 teak ayinlca' inktea'"'hi' , " the finger next 

 to the little finger," the third or ring 

 finger, teak ayinka', the little finger 

 {itca'k ayinka', ntca'k ayinka'). teak 

 aid', or teak ahiya^^, the finger-nails 

 (itca'k ahi'{yafi'), ntca'k ahi' or ■Ci-nk- 

 teakaM'{ya'"^)). teawaxe', or teaoxe' 

 (28: 8, 9), claws, nails, teakhonye' (lit., 

 to cause the fingers to sound or cry 

 out) , to snap the fingers [teakho'"^- 

 hayi.', tcakho'n^hank'c'). tca'kS doxp^', 

 "hand dress" or "hand cover," a 

 finger ring, teak ahudi', " hand bones," 

 the spaces between the knuckles, teak 

 po'tcka, a clenched hand, a fist (G.). 

 tcakponi', his or her wrists {itea'kponV, 

 ntea'kponi' ; tca'kponitu', itca'kponitu', 

 ntca'kponitu'). tcakponi' spewaya'"-', his 

 right wrist, tcakponi' TcaskanV, his left 

 wrist (cf . sponi in si) . teak waha'yo'"'ni', 

 "what the hands go into," gloves. — 

 tca'Mk, the hand (inanimate object). 

 tea'ktk o''^ha kte'di, he hit him with his 

 hand, or fore paw (1: 10, 11). — tea'kta 

 {=tcake-{-kta), his hands, her hands. 

 tea'kta ditteadi', to wash his (or her) 

 own hands, tcaye'kxaya, the inter- 

 digital membranes or membranes be- 

 tween the fingers. {Also 9: 17; 10; 



