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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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me. k-dkVtcue^hiyankenV da^nde, will 

 you not lend it to me? 



tcukdexyi'', a handkerchief; a cap. — 

 tcukdexyV nitanV, or, tcukde^xyi nita^ni, 

 a "big handkerchief," a shawl. 



tcuko^ni^. — ya'"'Xtd tcvLko'"'ni, diaphragm. 



tcumuki' (Bk. ), tcemuk (Bj., M. ), tcu'- 

 mux(20: 47), generic, a mouse; mice. — 

 tcemii/k adaxke'', the mouse makes a 

 gnawing or grating sound by biting 

 wood, etc. tcemu/k katitV, the mouse is 

 eating (sic). (See <i. ) tdj/m'dk sa^, a 

 white mouse (Bk.). 



tcup. — tcAtcapi, or tatca^pyi, slippery. 

 natcdpY (her) foot slipped (28:120). 

 dutcv/p, she missed it (28: 248). tcdtca- 

 pVxti tiitca^pyixtV, very or too slippery. 

 tcutcapVxti ka'"^ ndutcpV, as it was very 

 slippery, I could not hold it, or, it was 

 too slippery for me to hold. — Mtca^- 

 pyixtiye^, to make very slippery {tutca^- 

 pyixtihayV, tutca^pyixtihmW) . — da- 

 tcCb'p, to miss with the mouth, lips, 

 teeth, etc. {Vdaicdp, ndatcu'p). da- 

 tcu^p kan taho^, it falls because he lets it 

 slip from his mouth. — datcpV, to miss 

 an object in grasping after it, or, in 

 reaching out to an object; to miss with 

 the mouth, lips, teeth, etc. {=datcup) 

 {Vdatcpi, ndatcpV). — dutcpV, dutcu^p, 

 to miss, as in trying to catch a ball 

 {i^dutcpi, ndutcpV) . tdjitcapVxti ka"^ ndu- 

 tcpV, as it is too slippery, I could not 

 hold it. dutcO/p ka^ taho^, as it slips 

 from his grasp it falls. Vdutdl/p kan 

 taho\ it fell because it slipped from 

 your grasp, nduted^p kan taho\ it fell 

 because it slipped from my grasp. 

 dutctVp ktaHio, to let meat or bread 

 drop. — natcpV, to let the foot slip 

 {Vnatcpi, 'd'^na^tcpi) . — a^natcpi, to kick 

 at an object and miss it {aya^natcpV , 

 nka'natcpV). — diiktdcpi', to miss in 

 pushing or punching; to let a knife or 

 an ax slip by the object without hitting 

 or cutting it. tci/nki kte^ dukutcpV, to 

 miss a dog in trying to hit him {Vduku- 

 tcpV, ndWkutcpi^). spdehV dUkiUcpV, 

 the knife slipped. — putcpV, given as a 

 synonym of dukutcpi, to fail in pushing 

 or punching, tcfu/nki dase^ putcpV, the 

 dog missed (his aim) in trying to tear 

 with his teeth, ta/nhi ktef putcpV, to 

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miss the dog in trying to hit him 

 {VpMcpi, iinkputcpV). inkowa^ putcpV 

 take/, it slipped off of its own accord, 

 as a belt from a wheel, and fell. — 

 kldutcpV, to drop another's prop- 

 erty from the hand {ya^kidutcpV, 

 a^xkidutcpV) . VkidutcpV, he dropped 

 your property from his hand. Vftkl- 

 dutcpV te nVki, I do not wish to drop 

 your property from my hand. yO'i'^xM- 

 duicpV, he dropped my property, hi- 

 ya'^'^xkulutcpV , thou (you) dropped my 

 property. kldu^tcpinV , not to drop 

 another's property from the hand(?) . — 

 tcke, to slip off the helve, as an ax 

 sometimes does. (^/so20:38; 26:29; 

 p. 163:33.) 



tcfipa^i^. — dutcupa'"'^ (she) dipped it up 

 with the hand (26: 47). 



tcuu. — tcu/uxti, very old (28: 185). 



tcuu. — tcy/uxti, very fast (28: 219). 



tcuwa^, in what place? where is it? — 

 tanyan^ xa^^ ko tcuxoa^, where is the vil- 

 lage? {Also 18: 11; p. 121: 11.) 



tcuwa'liana^, a cedar. 



tcu^iiki or tcunki', a dog. — tcy/nki das^ 

 piitcpV, the dog missed (his aim) in 

 trying to tear an object with his teeth. 

 tcu'nki ktef putcpV, or tcy/nki kte^ d'iXk- 

 tcpi\ he failed to hit the dog. pu^he- 

 kVka'"' tcy/nki, she blew the horn for the 

 dog to come. pu^heaxkVdaha^ tcy/nki, 

 I blow the horn for the dogs to come. 

 tcy/nki so'^sa', one dog, a dog. tcy/nki 

 no'"'pa' two dogs, tcy^iiki na^tcka, a few 

 dogs. Icu^nki yVhi, many dogs, tcu/nki 

 pana'"'^, all the dogs, tcy'nki tcina^ni, 

 some dogs, tcu^nki ma'nki a^duse, that 

 (reclining) dog bites, tcu/nki ma^nkdt 

 ka'^dusenV, this (reclining) dog does 

 not bite. tcfu/nki inkta\ my dog. 

 tcy/nkiinkta^k a^nde, "dog my moves," 

 I have a dog. tcu^nki inkta^k nankV, 

 "dog my sits," I have a dog. tcy/nki 

 inkia^k yuke/di, "dog my they-move," 

 I have dogs, tcy'nki Vtak a^nde or 

 tcu/nki Vtak nankV, you have a dog. 

 tcu^nkV ktak a^nde or tcy'nki kta^h 

 nankV, he or she has a dog. tcu/nki ne 

 ka'ta, whose dog is this? taVnki ne 

 Tca'Zeto'', that is Charlie's dog. tcy'nki 

 ne Djiinta^, that is Jim's dog. tcu'nki 

 teya'f'/xkiye, he killed a dog for me (my 



