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white oak (of central Louisiana) ; prob- 

 ably the Quercus hicolor or swamp white 

 oak. — itca'^'xka^ (see tea'"'), a post; 

 ilcanxka^ si'"'hi'"'\ a standing post, iiea™- 

 xka' ho tca'"'^ xho'"'nV , the post is forked 

 (at the top), a'yan tcai^xka^, a post. 



Tcaxta^, a Choctaw. — Tcaxta' anyadi^ or 

 Tcaxta^ ha'^-ya^, a Choctaw person; the 

 Choctaw people. Tcaxta^ ha''<'ya^ ade' 

 iinka'de ief, I wish to speak the Choc- 

 taw language. Tdaf ha'^xtV, a Choctaw 

 woman. Tcafxta ayVxyi, "Choctaw 

 Creek," Lamorie Bridge, Rapides 

 Parish, La. Tcaxta^yixya''>'^{ = Tcaxta-{- 

 ayixyan^), Bayou Choctaw, Rapides 

 Parish, La. 



Tcale, Charlie. — Tca^leta^, Charlie's, be- 

 longing to Charlie Prater, a Biloxi man, 

 living near Lecompte, La. — tcfu/nlci ne 

 Tca'Uta\ that is Charlie's dog. (See 

 ly^lm, LatcV.) 



tcante^, abreechcloth (Bj., M.). This is 

 the ancient Biloxi word, the modern 

 one, given l>y Bk., being the following: 

 tco'^ho^nde or tciihante^ (cf. tconditV), a 

 breechcloth. tco'^'ho'nde o'^^ni, ^xa o™ 

 ne^di, he had on the breechcloth; that 

 is all he had on (Bk. ). 



tcati', splintered, split. — aya^^ tcatV, a 

 splinter, utcati (he) split him open 

 (31: 37). nku^tcutca% I split it (23: 

 3, 7). hayVnk tcay¥, to clear land 

 of bushes [hayVnk tcahayi^, hayVnk 

 tcahUnW). dutcatV, to split an object 

 by pulling apart with the hands; to 

 make a splinter by cutting {Vdutcati, 

 ndu'tcati). dukusa^ dutcatV , to make a 

 splinter by cutting with a knife, axo^k 

 dutca^ti, split cane, dukutca^ son^sa 

 dutcati^, given as meaning to cut in 

 two at one blow, but it should be ren- 

 dered to split at one blow {VdUkutcaf 

 so^''sa i'dutcatV, ndii'katca so^^'^sa ndu^- 

 tcati). — du^tcatcatV, to make many 

 splinters by cutting {VdutcatcatV, ndu^- 

 tcatcatV). dukusasa^ dii'^teateatV, to cut 

 often with a knife, making many splin- 

 ters. — u^tCdcatV, to split, as wood, with 

 an ax; to split by cutting with a knife 

 {yu^tMcalV, {iHku^t'CdcatV). — i/tcitcatV, 

 to split an object by hitting with an ax, 

 as in chopping and splitting firewood; 

 to split an object by cutting with a knife 

 {yw^tcitcatV, nku^tcltcatV). dasef u^tcV 



tcatV, to split, as a stick, by biting 

 {i^dase yu^tcitcati' y ndase' nku'tdtcaW). 



tca^i. — ican^xko'^'nV, to be forked, itcan- 

 xka^ ko tca'^^xkonnV, the post is forked 

 (at the tOTp). —kc/natcoi^^tka, forked 

 (?). paxe^xk slH konatcon'tka, "hawk 

 with forked tail," the swallow-tailed 

 hawk, aya'"' kutcayxko'"'ni, a forked 

 post. 



tea". — tcaHca^hayV, the sap sucker; the 

 popular name in the United States of all 

 small spotted woodpeckers, but the 

 name properly belongs to the yellow- 

 bellied or sap-sucking woodpeckers of 

 the genus Sphyropicus. 



tcdo. — tcdo^pi or tcdoj^V, smooth, ha- 

 tcdopV, anything that is smooth. — 

 tcdoyV to make smooth by planing, 

 rubbing {icdc/haye\ tcdoHi'dnW) . ditk- 

 xohV tcdoyV, to make smooth by using 

 a draw-shave. — tcdohiye^, to make 

 smooth by rubbing (tcdo^haye, tcdo^- 

 hafiW). tcdo^hiye xo^, did any one 

 smooth itl—tcMo^wdyy , to smooth. 

 aya'n^^ tcid(/w{iye\ to smooth wood by 

 using a draw-shave or a plane {ayan^ 

 tdtdo^ivuhaye^, ayd"^ tcid(/ut{mW). — 

 duktcdu''; aya'"^ duktcdu^, to smooth 

 wood with an ax. — naHiHcldo^hiye, to 

 make smooth by walking on {naHV- 

 tctdoHiaye^, na.ntVtctdo^hanke''). — siduhV, 

 worn smooth by rubbing, as clothing. 

 sidu^hiye, to wear smooth by .rubbing, 

 etc., as clothing [sidu^haye, sidu^- 

 hanke). 



tee, to drip, ooze (see uye). — du^tcetcefhi, 

 he let it drip often (6: 17) {dutcetcethi, 

 ndutcUcethi) . tcehV , to ooze ont. {Also 

 19:11; p. 153:24, 25.) 



tcedi''. — liadef pad4afd4a tcedV, a great 

 talker. 



tce'lii. — aduktce^hiyetu' , you (pi.) make 

 too much noise (p. 165: 26). adUktcef 

 yetu, they make too much noise (p. 166: 

 27). aduktce^hafikUunV, we do not 

 make too much noise (p. 165: 28). 

 ka^duktce'yeni' , he did not make too 

 much noise (p. 165: 29). 



tcetka'', a hare or rabbit. — eoi^nidV 

 tcy/nki tcMkafk no'xl yuke^di xya'"'^ oHi^'k- 

 ha^ne otu^ xa, for that reason it has 

 happened that whenever dogs have 

 chased rabbits they have found a 

 bear and (men) have shot him (2: 



