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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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tahi. — duktahV, to shake, as a blanket, 

 in. order to remove the dust {VduktahV, 

 nduktahV; duktaxtu^, Vduktaxtuf, ndiikta- 

 xtu^). 



tahi^, many (8: 21) (cf. yl^hi). — tV tahV, 

 ' ' many houses, ' ' a plantation, wax 

 ta^hixtV, or, wax ta'xtl, to have many cat- 

 tle. — ta^xti{ =tahi-\-xii), many, ivax ta^- 

 xti or wax ta^hixtV, to have many cattle. 



taho^ or toho, to fall. — dutciifp ka^ taho\ 

 it falls because it slips from his grasp. 

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

 it slip from his mouth, mkowa^ pidcpi' 

 taho'', it slipped off of its own accord, 

 as a belt from a wheel, and fell, dc^ ta- 

 ho'', he went (flying through the air?) 

 and fell (on his feet? ) ( 1 : 21 ) . ayuxo'tka 

 taho^, a fallen hollow tree (7: 8). ina 

 ta^ho, "the sun falls," sunset, a'ya''^ 

 Who nanke^li, the tree fell, a'ya^ toOio 

 na^nki H^na'xi, I heard the tree fall. 

 taho^ ntkde^, he lay down and slept. 

 aktaho^ nekde^, I lay down and slept. 

 aktaho' nekde^ psi, I lay down till night. 

 Vtaho sahVxye, you lay down so long. — 

 atoho'', to fall on an object {ayaHoho, 

 nka'toho). nya^toho, I fall on you, or, 

 I throw you down, yanka^toho^, he 

 falls on me, you fall on me. — klaho^ 

 { = k=ka'>^ (when), taho, to come (fall) 

 to the ground (?) ). — xtaho^, to fall. 

 {Also 10: 26; 17:4; 20: 38; 23: 8; 25: 7; 

 26: 90; 28: 7, 120, 128, 154, 186, 214.) 



taini^. — maxi taini, a chicken's gizzard. 



taki or takiya^, the leg above the knee; 

 his or her thighs {Vtaki{ya'n'^), ntakV- 

 [yan) ). 



takoho'i^, a prairie. — Takoho'"''' yinkiya'"'^, 

 "Small Prairie," Avoyelles Prairie, 

 Louisiana. 



tako^tcl, turning somersaults (25: 7) 

 {Vtako'tcl, unktako^tcl, tako^tctu, etc.) — 

 tako^tciye, to cause him to turn somer- 

 saults, or to turn over by taking hold 

 of his legs {tako^tdhayc, taho^tdhanke). 

 tako'tcihi^ye, did he cause you to turn 

 somersaults? tako'tciyankc\ I cause to 

 turn somersaults. 



tax. — dukta^x, (he) scared them off 

 (28: 31). ya'"'^xkMu''kta^x, (he) scares 

 off for me (28: 32). 



tax, tux. — taxta^xwedV or tuxtu^xwedV , 

 to make a series of hollow or drumming 

 sounds ( taxta^xweha^yedV, taxta^xweha^n- 



kedV). — tata^xMV, anV tata'xMV, the 

 gentle patter of rain. — to'xtuxedV, to 

 make the sound heard when one hits 

 on a board with the end of a pencil, 

 etc. (to^xtuxay/di, to' xtwxhanke' di) . — 

 tuda'xedV, to make the sound heard 

 when a horse walks on hard but un- 

 frozen ground, e'taxkiye' (8: 29). 



taxoxka'' or ta^xoxkayai*, his or her 

 ribs; a rib {i''taxoxka{ya'"'), nta'xoxka'- 

 [yan)). 



taxpa''. — taxpa' ptgasi', the wood duck 

 or summer duck, the Aix sponsa. "It 

 has white and black stripes on its 

 crest; white and gray feathers are on 

 the body, which is small." ptgasi 

 means "flat." 



taxpadi^ or taxpadiya^i, the temples of 

 any one {'/taxpadi^ya'"'), nta'xpadV- 

 (yan)). 



ta^ma, a beaver. — tamahV {=tama-\-ahi), 

 a beaver skin. 



tami, to work, to busy oneself. — ata'- 

 mmi, to w^ork (1: 1) {aya'tanvtni, nka'- 

 tamvii; ata'imtu^, aya^tanrttu^ , nka'ta- 

 imtu', or, better, nka'uti). yanka'watV 

 kiW, nkata^rmni, I work although I 

 am sick, atamini inkxici, he always 

 works, nkatamini ifikxwi, I always 

 work, yata'mitu' kikine'pixtV nkmthe^ 

 etanko'"'', I like your working (for your- 

 selves), so I am working too (5: 2). 

 yata'mitu', you work for yourselves 

 (5: 2). — ta^minoi^nV , to dress himself 

 or herself {hila^mino'f'nV, nkata^mino'"- 

 n'/). itn^mini, he was dressed in (30: 3). 

 ita'mmo'ye, she dressed her (2 6: 36, 37). 

 {Also 9: 7, 15; p. 166: 18, 19, 20.) 



tamoki', a worm, worms. 



tando^, her younger brother {Vtando, 

 u'ilktando'; tandotu', Vtandoiu', it'nk- 

 tandotu'). — tando^ a'kaya'"', her youngest 

 brother, ta'ndo aka', her real or po- 

 tential younger brother, including her 

 father's brother's son, if younger than 

 she {yita''ndo aha', -dnkta^ndo aka'; voc, 

 tando^ aka'). — ta^ndo noxtl^, her real or 

 potential elder brother, including her 

 father's brother's son, if older than 

 she {yita'ndo noxti\ iinkta'ndo noxtV; 

 \oc., tando' noxtV). {AlsolZ'.l; 26:6, 

 8, 37, 73, 77; 28: 224, 233, 237.) 



Ta^neks (in composition), Biloxi. — 

 To' neks a^yato^ (Bj., M.) or Tane'ks 



