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it is too large for him to hold, nita'"'^- 

 xti Ican^ndu'sni, it is too large for me to 

 hold. tV nitan^xti, the house is very 

 large. — nitata^ni, each one (is) large, 

 (large in the plural), a'yipatu^ niia- 

 ta/ni xye (m. sp. ), your heads are large 

 e^tve yulce' pa nitata^ni xyexo' (m. sp. ), 

 their heads are large. tLnha'patu^ ni- 

 tata^ni xye (m. sp.), our heads are 

 large. — nita'^'ya'"'', large. anV nita'"'ya''^^ , 

 the ocean, ahuds ti nita'^'yan', a big 

 store. iHka nita''iya'>^, " big star, " the 

 morning star. — nita^ye^ to enlarge 

 {nita''^^haye'', nitai^^hunke^). tpe^ nitan- 

 ye\ to enlarge a hole. — k'inita'"'''xti, to 

 be too large for him. i^ktnita'"'\vti, too 

 large for you. ya'nMnita'"'' xti, too large 

 for me. akuef k^nitan^xti, the hat is 

 too large for him. akue^ Vkmita''^' xti, 

 the hat is too large for you. akue' 

 ya''nkinitan^xti, the hat is too large 

 for me. do^xpe naske^ k'iniia'"'' xti, the 

 coat is too large for him. waxi kmi- 

 ta'"''xti, the shoes are too large for him. 

 {Also 10: 3, 15, 33; 18: 4; 19: 11; 

 26: 69; 28: 81; 29: 36; p. 118: 8; p. 

 166: 23, 24.) 

 ta°, a town, village. — to** e'di ka^wak 

 ya^tce, what is the town's name? (Bk. ). 

 {Also p. 122: 15, 21. )—tanyan^ or toa™^, 

 a town or village (D., oto''^H'e, to'^'tvan; 

 ^., Kw., Os., tanwan; K., tanmO^). tan- 

 ya'"'^ xan^ ko tcuwa^, where is the vil- 

 lage? {Also p. 121: 11.) Tunickaianyan, 

 "Tunica town," Marksville. ta't^ya'"^, 

 "Village," Alexandria, Rapides Parish, 

 La. (p. 122: 22). tanyan'nku^di, I have 

 come from Alexandria. Ta a'^' nitan- 

 ya'"^, "Big town," New Orleans, La. 

 to" yVnkiya'"' {ta'"'yan -\- yinkl), "Small 

 village," (1) Lecompte, Rapides Parish, 

 La.; (2) Cheneyville, Avoyelles Parish, 

 La. (p. 122: 15, 21, 22).— TanyVfikiyan 

 W tdna^ni ko' etVke na', Ba'tjusyaP-^ 

 there are as many houses in Lecompte 

 as there are in Bunkie. Tanya'"'' ha'^'ya' 

 tcina'ni ko' Ta'^'yVnkiya'"' ha'^^ya' e' kuna'- 

 tunV, there are not as many people in 

 Lecompte as there are in Alexandria. 

 Ta'^'yi'nkiya'n ki'^-hW yaHcede^ Lamo'ri 

 tcehf/da^, how far is it from Lecompte 

 to Lamourie? TanyVnkiya'"' nku'di, I 

 have come from Lecompte. Ta'"'yi'nki- 

 yan na'nkiwa'ya^, toward Lecompte. 



ta^i. — ta^hW, to run {i'ta'"'hin, llnktanhin', 

 taxtu' (3d pi.), i'iaxtu, iinkta'xtu) 

 (^., ta'^'^i'^). ai^'ya ta'n-'M'"' yande' o'- 

 y'ihun'ni, do you know the running 

 man? iXukta'^liW he'detu, we have 

 finished running. Imperatives: to a 

 child, ta'^'hi'"'^ ; man to man, ta'^-'hintakta'; 

 man to woman, tan'hlHki; woman to 

 man, ta'"'' Mutate' ; woman to woman, 

 ta'^'lnHkV. liama'nk ta'^'hi"'' , to run on 

 the ground, ita'x pVhedVdi'"', y ou ( pi . ) 

 ought to run. ta'n-hl''^' xa, he can run (but 

 he will not at present: w. sp. ). ta'^'hi'"'' 

 de' xa, he can run away (but he will 

 not: w. sp. ). ta'n'niin ya^', he is run- 

 ning. ta'"-hinxti' Mde', running very 

 swiftly he went homeward (3: 15, 16). 

 tanhin' kide^di Tce'tkana', the Rabbit 

 ran homeward (3: 24). a'"''ya no'"'pa' 

 ta^'hi!''' ha'maki nkyehon'rii, I know the 

 two running men. ioho'xk ta''>''}ii''^ ko 

 kde'xi, or, kdexV xe (w. sp. ), the run- 

 ning horse is spotted, toho'xk no'"'pa' 

 ta'^'hin ama'nki ko kdexV xe, or, toho'xk 

 'no''''pa'' ia''''''hi'"' lu/maki kdexi' xe (w.sp. ), 

 the two running horses are spotted. 

 a''>'ya'di ta^hi'"'' newa'ya'"', toward the 

 running man. a'"'ya' ta'^'Hiin ande'de 

 nkyeho'''''ni, I know this running man. 

 o^^j/a' ta'^'lii'"' ande'ya'"' nkyeho'"''ni, I 

 know that running man. tcakta''^}d'n'- 

 handeda""-, where is the running animate 

 object? ififka ta'^'hi'"', ' ' a running star, ' ' 

 a meteor. ta^Jii:"'' nekde', he was run- 

 ning a long time, ia'f'hi'"'' nekde'psi, he 

 was running till night, yaduxtan ta'^'X 

 si''''hinya'n, "where the running wagon 

 stands," a railroad station. — a'ta^Mn, 

 to run on something {aya'ta'^'hi'"', nka'- 

 ianhi'"') . Vtolio a' ta''>'hi'"' , he ran on a 

 log. — ha'ta'^hin {p\.), they run. a^'ya 

 ha'ta'f'hi'n' a'mankV ko nkyeho'>^'ni, I 

 know the running men. toho'xk ha'- 

 ta'"-hi'"' a'mankV ko kdexV xe (w. sp. ), 

 the running horses are (all) spotted. 

 {Also 8: 16; 11: 4; 23: 3, 7; 26: 88, 

 89; 28: 83, 153, 170; 31: 22, 36; p. 

 117: 5, 11, 16; p. 119: 4, 5, 10, 15; p. 

 121: 8.) 



ta^i. — ta^sahV {=ta'n-\-sahi) , "raw to'», 

 raw melon," a muskmelon. ta^sa' 

 tohV {=ta'"'Sahi-\-tohi), "green musk- 

 melon," a cucumber, cucumbers, tan' 

 tanV, the "large to"," a pumpkin or 



