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haya''>'do' (Bk.), a Biloxi man (as dis- 

 tinguished from a woman). Ta'mks 

 a^yaf, or Ta'neks anyadV (Bj., M.), or 

 Ta^rieks haya^dV (Bk.) , the Biloxi peo- 

 ple, a Biloxi person. Ta^neks ha^ya^ 

 dede^, or Ta^neks ha'"'ya^ ade^, the Biloxi 

 language. Ta^neks ha'^^ya^ adef tlnka^de 

 ie^, or Tane^ks ha'^-yadi' ads' nka'de te' 

 (M. ), I wish to speak the Biloxi lan- 

 guage. Ta^neks ha^yadi^, he is a Biloxi. 

 Ta'neks a' yaP'ya^ di^ are you a Biloxi? 

 Ta^neks nka^^yadV, I am a Biloxi. 

 Ta^neks hanyatu^, they are Biloxi. 

 Ta^neks a^ya'^'yc/tu, are you Biloxi? 

 ,Ta^neks nkafi'^yatu^ , we are Biloxi (i. e., 

 men). Ta^neks ai^xtV, a Biloxi woman, 

 she is a Biloxi woman. Tarieks af^yaxti, 

 are you a Biloxi woman? a", Tarieks 

 nkanxti, yes, I am a Biloxi woman. 

 Taneks anyaxtitu, are you (pi.) Biloxi 

 women? Ta'neks sa'"^ya siMo' (sic), he 

 is a Biloxi boy. Tane'ks sa'"''ya isWto, 

 are you a Biloxi boy? a^ha^', Tanefks 

 sa'"''ya unksi'i^to, yes, I am a Biloxi boy 

 (Bj., M.). Tan^'ks sa^ya safikV, she 

 is a Biloxi girl. Tanefks sa^'ya isa'nki, 

 are you a Biloxi girl? a'"^, Tane'ks 

 sa'^'^ya {mksa'nki, yes, I am a Biloxi 

 girl. Tane'ks hai^yadi' yad^di, do you 

 speak the Biloxi language? Tane/ks 

 ha'^'yadi' adef nkadefni, I do not speak 

 the Biloxi language, ■pana^ Tam'ksa 

 ha^ya''tu, all the Biloxi people. Ta- 

 nVks .sa«ya' ta^yan', a Biloxi village 

 (Bj., M.). 



ta^ni, du. of xehe, they two sit (p. 119: 

 7). — toho'xk no'^'pa'' ta'ni a'manki' ko tctV 

 xe (w. sp.), the two sitting horses are 

 red. — ta'ni yoW, "it stays in the 

 swamp," the water snake, the water 

 moccasin. — ta'ani, pi. of xehe, they sit 

 (p. 119: 12; p. 141: 14). ta'am, they 

 sat (28: 31). toho'xk ta'ania'manhVko 

 ictV xe (w. sp. ), the sitting horses are 

 (all ) red. 



tao"!', cry of the squealer duck (26: 91). 



tao°ni'. — anV tao''^n'/, an overflow. 



tap, tup, tawi, tawe (26: 63), to make 

 a slapping, pattering, or popping 

 sound. — tuptc/ioe, making a pattering 

 sound with the feet (16: 15). afni 

 td'we'di, he made a popping or slapping 

 sound in water (p. 159: 28). a'nitdwe- 

 ye'di, did you make a popping or slap- 



ping sound in water? ( p. 1 5 9 : 29 ) . a'ni 

 tdfwUnke, I make a popping or slapping 

 sound in water (p. 169: 30).—td'ptowe'- 

 di, to make a popping, slapping, or pat- 

 tering with the feet {Vtdptowaye'di, 

 ntd'ptowankefdi; tuptowetu, itdptowayetu, 

 ntdptowanketu). e^kiha^' td'ptoive'di 

 TcVtkanadV, and then the Rabbit 

 made a pattering with his feet (2:5). 



tapi^.— <ca''^ iapi\ the back of the hand. 



tapka, flat, as a cap (cf. xyapka'). aku'e 

 ta'pka, a cap ( " a flat hat " ) . 



tasi', or tasiyaa', the female breasts 

 {Vtasi{yan'), u'nktasi{yan')).—wak tasi, 

 cow's milk.— tosi^ pMiyan, the nip- 

 ples (?), "the tip ends of the female 

 breasts. ' ' 



tati^onni^, a knife used by the Biloxi 

 women for fleshing a hide, by pulling 

 toward the one holding it. 



ta^wiya^i, on top of ; upon; above; upper 

 (as distinguished from xwuhi, lower). — 

 an'xu ta'iviyan, upon the stone (p. 150: 

 1 ) . pa'^'hi"^ ta'wlyan, a mustache ( ' ' hair 

 above"), tiitciin' ahV ta'wiyan, upper 

 eyelids, pata'wiya^, crown of the 

 head. ihVyapV ta'iviyan, the upper lip. 

 puts tawiyan', the top of a round-topped 

 hill or ridge, ti taiviyan, upon the 

 house. 



tayo'', the cheek; the cheeks (of one 

 person) {Vtayo, iX'nkata'yo; tayotu', 

 Vtayotu', u'nkata'yotu) (cf. yo). — tayo^ 

 diLseye'', to make a clapping sound by 

 slapping the cheek. 



ta^i, large. — aso'"'' tan' inda'hi hande'txya'"', 

 he (the Bear) was seeking a large 

 brier patch (2: 4). ha'me ta'"'' o'"''ni 

 nkatV na\ I dwell in a large bent 

 tree (2: 11). Anxn tana, "Big Eock," 

 Boyce, Rapides Parish, La. ta^'xti, 

 very large. "aso'"'' ta^'xti nkti na'," 

 eha'"'' kide'di, "I dwell in a very large 

 brier patch," said he and went home 

 (2: 2). — nitanV or nita'ni, large, ti' 

 nitanV, the house is large, akue' nitanV, 

 the hat is large, itoho' ko nitanV xe 

 (w. sp.), the log is large, ayipa' ni- 

 tanV xye (m. sp.), your head is large. 

 a'n'Sna' nita'ni, large ducks (of all spe- 

 cies). psdehV n'dani', a butcher knife. 

 nita'nixti {— nitani -{- xti) or nita'"''xti 

 ntanxti', very large, too large, stout (the 

 opposite of snd'hi). nita'nixti kidusnV, 



