DOESEi-swANTON] THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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{atcf^ni VpxudV, atcWni i)/nkpxradi^ ; 

 atcWni pxutu^, atdi''>'^ni Vpxtitu^, atcWni 

 v/nkpxMu''). wak tas atci'^hii, "milk 

 grease," butter, kax atcV^ni, "bee 

 grease," honey, tcii^cti, very fat (26: 

 50, 86). tcln'tu, they are fat (28: 249). 

 atcP^ni pVhi ayudi', "grease smells- 

 good tree, ' ' a slippery elm tree. atdP^- 

 ni pt^asku'"^, "grease bread," batter 

 cakes. atci'n'^txa{=atclnni-{-txa), "only 

 grease," to be greasy {aya'tciMxa^ 

 nka'tciHxa^; atci^txatu^, aya^tdHxatu' , 

 nka'tciHxaiu''). tcWtcttco''''ni (Bk.) or 

 tdHconni^ (Bj., M. ), soap. {Also 23: 2; 

 28:251.) 



tci"!, cover. — td'^ to^hii, blue cover ( 14: 

 24). — ktdhi'"', a cover or coverlet for a 

 bed. ktdhi"^ ma'nte dey^, to throw 

 aside the cover {ktdhi"' ma^nte de^hnyS^, 

 ktdhi"' ma'nte de^hinW). — ktdho'"'y^^, to 

 put a cover on him {a^ktdho'''^hay^, 

 a^ktdho^Mmki^). a^ktdho'^'^nya dandef, 

 I will put the cover on you (sing:). 

 a^ktdho^^hiyafika^, put the cover on 

 me! {Also 14: 24, 25, 29.) 



tci^poJi^ or tci'ipo'iyai, the navel (cf. i"^- 

 tdnpo^^). 



tckane^, nine. 



tcka°^ni, his or her sister-in-law, in- 

 cluding his real or potential brother's 

 wife, his wife's real or potential sister; 

 her husband's real or potential sister 

 {yatcka'f'^niyan^ {inktcka'^'^niya''^ ; voc, 

 tckanni'). 



tcka'iti'', mashed, crushed, as fruit, etc. — 

 dutcka'i^ti, to mash fruit, etc., in the 

 hands {Vdutckai^ti, ndutckOf^ti). — dtt''- 

 kutckafi^ti, to mash fruit, etc. , by sitting 

 on it or by hitting ( i'dukutcka'n^ti, ndW- 

 kxdcka^'tl^. — natd:,a^'ti, to mash, as 

 fruit, by kicking or treading on {Vnatc- 

 kan% {inna^tckani). 



tck6, to tie (?). — dtikutcke^, to tie any ob- 

 ject {i^dukulck^, ndu/kutcke^) ( 1: 15; 28: 

 191 ) . yVdukUtck^, he tied you. ya^n- 

 dukutck^, he tied me. hiya^ndukutcki^ , 

 you tied me. dukutck'^ xwiifdikefdi, 

 to tie an object loosely, dukutcke^ 

 sa^ha'n^xtiye, to tie an object tightly 

 {VdMMcke^ sa'^'kai^ xtihaye\ nd^'^kutck^ 

 sanhafi^xtih-dnW). ndii^kutcke ne'di, I 

 am (standing) tying it (8: 3; 28: 24). 

 kid{i/kutcke^ {=k%di/kutcke), to tie an 

 object for another {ya^lctd'Ctkixtcke^ , 



a^xkidHkidche^) . toho'xk si kMij/Mitckef, 

 to hopple a horse, kida'katcke, (she) 

 tied it for her (26: 37). kulddatckefye, 

 he tied them together for her (28: 

 179). 



tcke. — in^d^itckedehV or {mtcke^dehV, rib- 

 bon. — tcke^niko'"'7iV, an ornament made 

 of beads and yarn, formerly worn by 

 Biloxi men. This ornament was tied 

 to the scalp lock. Mrs. Bankston 

 Johnson had one in February, 1892; 

 but, as it had belonged to her father, 

 she would not sell it. 



toko. — tckokV or ickukV , lame; to be lame, 

 to limp {Vtckoki,ilfnk{dckoki^). to^han- 

 akan^ an^xti tcko'ki ndo'n^lio'^ , I did see 

 a lame woman yesterday. 



tcku. — apa^tckunV, corn dumplings (per- 

 haps from paska, bread ) . 



tckuye^, sweet. — tdku^yixtV, very sweet 

 (22: 10). ko tckw'ye, "sweet gourd," 

 watermelon. — waxtcku^ye, sugar, wax- 

 tch/ye udV or watcku^ye udi^, sugar 

 cane, tvaxtcku^y^ wihi/, molasses, wa- 

 tckw'ye ati^, "sugar house," a sugar 

 refinery, watcku^ye kudi^ amd'^^ya, a 

 sugar field, ato^ watdcw'ye, sweet pota- 

 toes. 



tcodo^, to mourn. — a'tcodoHa hande 

 o'^'TiV, she was mourning for him in 

 the past f 13: 2). aHcodon^, a widower 

 (one who mourns for the dead). 

 a''xti aHcodo^, a widow. 



tco^a, a prostitute. 



tcohi^, a cold. 



tcoka^, a piece broken out at the top 

 (26: 15). 



tco^kanan, when? (cf. teak). — tan- 

 yVnkiya'"' tco^kana^ efya'"- kayu^di, when 

 did you come from Cheneyville (or 

 Lecompte)? 



tco^o°, to take up. — itco^o'""ni, you took it 

 up. unktco^onni, I took it up. atco^- 

 oHu^, they took it up. utco^o'"'ni, he 

 took it up (6: 10). 



tco'*. — natcon^, to plait (i'na^co'J, Hinna^tcon; 

 natcoHu^ VnatcoHu^, Unna'tcoHu'). 

 axc/k duica'ti natco""-^ nko'"'' nkon nda^sk 

 nkon^, I make baskets and mats out of 

 split cane (Bj., M.). 



tco^^diti', the membrum virile. — wak 

 tcoMkixtsi, castrated cattle. 



tconktcona, a mythic hawk (20: 3, 

 37, 41). 



