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[BULL. 47 



the humming bird; also used as a per- 

 sonal name, signifying "old but small" 

 (28: 146, 156, 164, 165, 169, 178, 182, 

 203, 204; 31: 14, 24). 



tcido'^na''. — Atix tcldofHia^ Rapides, La. 

 (the town so called). 



tcldiitka or tcitutka^, glittering, shin- 

 ing. By metathesis, this becomes 

 tcufttka, which also means "silk cloth" 

 (though the same word). — hauni tct- 

 tutha, "they dangle and shine, " silver 

 earrings. — tddu/ikaye^ , to make glitter 

 by rubbing, as a gun barrel {aiiksa^ 

 tclduftkaye^ anksa^ tdidu/tkahayef , anksa' 

 tcidii^tkahijinW). 



tcika'', a flying squirrel. 



tcin. — tcinankV, the knees (8: 28). taf- 

 nankiya'"^, the knees of one person, etc. 

 tcinanta' waxehe\ the patella or knee- 

 pan, tcivdi^ or tcindiyan, the hips. 

 i^tcindi or itcindiya'"', your hips, tcinda- 

 ho^ya, the hip bones ( Bk. ) . do'"'hV tcin- 

 dah(/ya, look at his hip bones (Bk.). 



tclna. — tcinahiye^, to swing another {tct- 

 na^hihaye^, tcina'hihiXnke^) (cf. xoxo). 



tc^na, that many (cf. tc, and tctdike). — 

 tcVna yVnki, a very few (2: 18). tcV- 

 nahiHa, go fast (male to male) (17:22; 

 28: 215). tcina^ yuke^di ko etVke, (there 

 are) as many as (said of living things) . — 

 tdna^ni, tcinanV, (1) how much? how 

 many? owt/o'' tcina^ni yuke^di, how many 

 men are there? tohoxka^ ko tcina'ni 

 yukefdi, how many horses are there? 

 atVtcina^ni, how many houses are there? 

 aya'"^ tcina^ni, how many trees are 

 there? kcixka^ ko tcina'ni yuke^di, how 

 many hogs are there? tcina^n yuke^ 

 nkye^ho'"'nV, I do not know how many 

 (there are). toho^xk tdna^ni yuke' 

 nkye^ho'"'nV, I do not know how many 

 horses there are. ayan^ tc\na'ni nkye'- 

 ho^nV, I do not know how many trees 

 there are. tcma^ni ko etVke, as many 

 as (used after names of inanimate ob- 

 jects). Ta'nya'^' ha^ya^ tcina^ni ko^ Ta^- 

 yVnkiya'"' ha'^'ya^ ef kuna^LunV, there are 

 not as many people in Lecompte as there 

 are in Alexandria, tctna^ni nedV ko ukV- 

 kinge {=ukikinge yukedi) , (there are) 

 half as many (animate objects). — (2) 

 some. aWya'idna^m, some men. tcu'nki 

 tcina^ni, some dogs, aya"^ tcina^ni, some 

 trees, ha^pi tcma^ni, some leaves. — 



Tcinaha^yina, Ancient of Wrens (3 1 : 35). 

 tcino^hedV, ' ' it makes much noise, ' ' the 

 wren. {Also 14: 18; 19: 15; 20: 34; 

 24: 7; p. 122:3, 4, 5, 6, 7.) 



tclnase. — tctno/sedi^, to make the rattling 

 sound heard when a chain is dragged 

 {tctna^shayedi'', tcina^s hankedi^) (8: 25) 

 (cf. sahe'). — tdina^seye^, to make a chain 

 rattle by dragging it, etc. {tcina^sehaye^, 

 tctna^sehanke'). 



tcFpana^kono'', tcipanokano, or tci'- 

 pana''kono, a whippoorwill. 



tci^se, the sound heard in warm weather 

 when one hits a tree (cf. sahe) . — tcisedV, 

 to make the sound "tci^se," which is 

 heard when one strikes a tree during 

 warm weather, when the sap is low- 

 ing {tcV say edi^, tcVshankedi'') . — tcistcVse, 

 said of the hissing sound of escaping 

 steam or the sizzling sound of wet wood 

 or of meat that is frying before a fire. 



tcitcakL^ortcitcki', hard (cf. tcitcekV).— 

 anicUckV, gravel. 



tcitceki^, a terrapin, turtle (cf. tcltca- 

 kV). — tditce^k nitanV, the "big turtle," 

 the loggerhead or snapping turtle of 

 Louisiana, the alligator turtle, tdtce^k 

 xuhV, ' 'stinking turtle, ' ' a species of tur- 

 tle, tdtce^k waxka', the soft-shelled 

 turtle. 



tcitcM. — dutdtckV, to wring out, as wet 

 clothing; to squeeze (28: 67) (W. 

 sutckink,Tci. lutckink). soft'^pxi dutdtcBf, 

 to knead dough {VdutdtckV, ndvf' 

 tdtckV). 



tcitcu''tka or tcltciitka''. — anahi'"^ td- 

 tcutka^, to have the hair bristle up. 

 nka^nahi'"' idtcMka^, my hair bristles 

 up, stands on end. tcake^ tdtdc^tka, to 

 spread the fingers. Unktcafke tdtdi^tka, 

 I spread my fingers (as in playing a 

 piano). 



tci''-wa, difficult, difficulty; trouble; trou- 

 blesome. — td'waxtV ndo'"'^xt o", we have 

 seen great trouble (in the past) (5: 9). 

 tciwa^yata^ , do your best (male to male) 

 (17: 21). td^waxtiyata^ , do your very 

 best (male to male) (17: 22). 



tciwl'' or tci^wiya°, the intestines. — tdwi^ 

 rriiska^ the small intestines; td'wi nir 

 tafni, the large intestines. 



tciya. — td'ya xu^hu, rancid (cf. xyuhu). 



tci°. — atd't'^ni, grease. atd''^ni pxhdV, 

 to rub grease on an object, to grease it 



