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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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30, 31 ) . The final k in tcMkalc marks the 

 object. tcUkahV {=tcStka-\-ahi), a rab- 

 bit skin. tcHkahV utuxpe^, a rabbit-skin 

 robe. tcHka san\ a white rabbit. TcU- 

 kana\ the Rabbit, a mythical hero of 

 the Biloxi; subject of action, Tcl'lka- 

 nadV (1: 3, 18; 2: 4, 5, 6, 30); Tc^t- 

 kana^di (2: 21, 26); object of action, 

 Tcrtkana'kan (2: 24, 26, 27). Tcit- 

 kana' kA'^'k'Oi,'"'' unoxef ha'nde d^-'xa, it 

 used to be that the Rabbit lived with 

 his grandmother. TcUkana^ kd'f'kiin^ 

 klno'^pa^ ti' xyapka' kti^hando'"'^ Uuxa^, 

 it is said (but we do not know that it 

 was true) that a long time ago the 

 Rabbit lived in a lodge with his grand" 

 mother (3: 1; 28: 19).— tcmohV {=tcei- 

 ka-\-xohiJ), "the old or big rabbit," 

 the sheep. tcetko^akV {=tcetkohi-\-ahi) 

 a sheepskin, tcetko^x ahV (obtained by 

 Gatschet) is the better form, accord- 

 ing to analogy, as words ending in hi 

 usually change that ending to x in con- 

 tractions, tce^tkoxo^ihin^ , wool, icetko- 

 hii^doxp^, woolen cloth. {Also 16: 2, 

 5, 13; 20: 46; 28: 19.) 



tce^tka, adeadtree(21: 22). — aya'"^ tce^t- 

 kasa'"', tree with the bark peeled off 

 (21: 19, 25). 



tci, or tci^di, du. and pi. of toho; the two 

 reclining objects. — tcitu'', they lie down. 

 a^^ya no'^'pa' tci^ ha^maki nkyehoi^^ni, I 

 know the two reclining men. tcV htm- 

 ki^, said of two or more animals (not 

 human beings) or inanimate objects in 

 a horizontal attitude, no^pa^ tcV htm- 

 ki^, two (books) lie in a pile, or two 

 (animals) are reclining, da^ni tcV Mm. 

 kV, three (books) lie in a pile, or, three 

 (animals) are reclining, tci, to lie 

 (31: 5). utci^, they lie in it (8: 5). 

 ti tci nanldf, ti tci nank, they sit (?) in 

 the house (19: 21). tcix kldef, lay 

 them all along! (26: 28, 30). tci kUef 

 lay them all along! (26: 33). tcUci, 

 hide, they lay down all along (28: 241 ) 

 <citoi<tt,they lay down all along (28: 242)' 

 kiJLtcho, to lie in wait for him (7: 3). 

 {Also p. 117: 8, 14; p. 119: 8, 13; 

 p. 120: 5, 7, 9. amotci hayi, "field- 

 dwells-in-always," the solidago weed. 

 a'"^ya tdfdi ama^nki ^a'yeh'OP^ni, do you 

 know (all) the reclining men? toho'xk 

 no'^pa' tcVdi a'manW ko toxka' xe 



(w. sp. ), the two walking horses 

 are gray, tohc/xk tci^di a'manW ko 

 siipV xe (w. sp. ), the walking horses 

 are (all) black. a'"'se^p no'"'pa' hama' 

 td'di a^mankV ko inkta^, the two axes 

 lying on the ground are mine, a'^s^p 

 tci^di a'manW ko pa'na inktaf, all the 

 axes lying (on the ground, etc.) are 

 mine, a^sefp td'di h\fnaxadi' pa'na 

 inkta', all the scattered axes lying 

 down are mine. 



tci, to give up, surrender. — kitcV (they) 

 did not wish to give it up (27: 4). 

 kVtci (he) did not wish to give her up 

 (26: 35). nkiytt^nkiya'"' xkVtci, I am 

 unwilling to give up my daughter (p. 

 169: 5). {Also p. 159: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 

 11, 12, 13.) 



tcida^, a scar. — tcistclda' to be scarred 

 {i'tctstcVda, ntcVstctda). 



tcida^gayi'', the kingfisher. 



tc^diki, tcrdike, tcJdIke', tc^dika, 

 what? why? wherefore? how? which? 

 (probably same stem as tc in tc{ana), 

 tctna, etc.). — ioho'xk tcVdiki a'nde ita' 

 (horse which moves your), or toho'xk 

 tcVdiki a'nde ko' a'yindl'ta, which is 

 your horse? aya/ki tcfcttke, what kin 

 are you two? kihd/ki tcl'dike yuke'di, 

 what kin are they two? tcVdike andedef, 

 which of the two (7: 4). td'ctike' 

 yankukitdii'>^ni, why did you not tell 

 me? tcldiW kadenV, why does it not 

 burn? tcidlW e'tikayo'"'', why do you 

 act thus? (3: 10). icVdVke mankiyan' 

 ixnna'xe te', I wish to hear how he is. 

 tcVdike hVmankiya'"'' ixnna'xe te', I wish 

 to hear how you (sing.) are (4: 1, 2). 

 tcl'dlke manktu' iXnna'xe te', I wish to 

 hear how they are. tci'dike hVmanktu' 

 Unna'xe te', I wish to hear how you 

 (pi. ) are. tcl'dHka Vwahe'di, why did you 

 cry out? Ans., nki^ske' nixki', because 

 I was scared. — tddVkika^', tddi'kaka'"^, 

 why? wherefore? tddi'kika'"'' eftakayo'"''- 

 ni, why have you done thus? (3: 20). 

 tcidi'kaka^' ka'padiya'nkenV, why have 

 you not paid me? — tddVkike'di, why? 

 (Also 9: 3; 10: 9, 10; 11: 3; 14: 17, 

 21; 15: 3; 16: 1; 18: 9; 20: 18, 19, 

 22, 27; 21: 17; 23: 2; 27: 21; 28: 4, 

 5, 68; p. 150: 3, 4.) 



tcJ''dlkiina', said to be the name of the 

 smallest bird in Louisiana, smaller than 



