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squash. This seems to be better Biloxi 

 than aMani, which was also given as 

 the word for pumpkin. aHa^ aho'^hii, 

 ' ' has a rind, ' ' the crook-necked squash 

 or kershaw. 



ta^iiJihe. — tan'inMxti' , very tight or 

 tightly, duni'' tan^i'"'hextV, to roll up 

 very tightly, as a bundle. 



ta^'ii'hi'i', the back (cf. das).—akidl 

 ta'i^^Mii'"-^ tof-'xlca, " broken backed in- 

 sect," the buffalo bug. ta''>''inyu'hiya'n, 

 his or her spine. ta't^'inhudV, the spine; 

 his or her spine, ti taH'^'hudi, "the 

 backbone of a house," the ridgepole. 



ta^nki (28: 6), tank (26: 86), tan- 

 kiya^i, his real or potential elder sister, 

 including his father's brother's daugh- 

 ter older than himself (yata''nkiyan, 

 nta'nkiya'n') (18: 7). ta'nkid, your sister 

 (20: 30). tankixtV, his full sister (20: 

 3). — tankxo'hiyan, his real or potential 

 elder sister, including hia father's 

 brother's daughter older than himself 

 {ya^tafhkxoniiya'"', ntankxo'hiyan; voc, 

 txi'nkxohV). — tangda^wiyan, all his sis- 

 ters. i^tangda^wiyaJi', all thy or your 

 sisters, {inkta^ngdawiya''^, all my sis- 

 ters. — tanka'ka {=tanka -\- aka?) or 

 tanka^kaya'"', his younger sister ( real or 



. potential ) , including his father' s broth- 

 er' s daughter younger than himself 

 {yVtankaka {ya'"-), unktanka^ka [ya'"'); 

 voc, tankaka^). — ta^nke topV (rare 

 form), his younger sister. — ta'i^ska or 

 tafi'skaya'"', her real or potential younger 

 sister, including her father's brother's 

 daughter, if younger than she {yita'"''ska 

 iyan) H^fiktan'ska {yan); voc, ta^ska'). 

 {Also, 18: 7; 28: 48, 49, 50, 69, 222, 

 226, 248.) 



ta^^ni. — tdnVya'"' (going), to be ahead 

 (21: 'd).—ta'n'nikiyan\ (the) first (one); 

 may be intended for ta^'ninkiyan', the 

 first time, tan'nikiya'"'^ eya'"^ inJd'"'', he 

 was the first one to reach there. ta«^- 

 nikiyafi'' eya'"'^ ayWhi'"', you were the 

 first one to reach there, tan^nikiyan^ 

 eyaP'' nki'"''hin te\ I wish to be the first 

 one to reach there. — ta'ninkiya'"'^ {tane- 

 kya, G. ), the first time; probably iden- 

 tical with tannikiya'": — hiton^ni, to be 

 the first to do anything; he is the 

 first, xki'to'^'ni, I am the first. MV 

 a'f^yadi sV nas1cextVkito''>''ni de^kne etuxa', 



behold, a man with very long feet had 

 already gone along (3: 2, 3). "xkVto'^ni 

 e^ya'"' nkihi'"'^ xyo," uyiOd ha^nde, he was 

 thinking continually, "I will get there 

 first "(3:4). xkito'^'ni ie' nka'nde klke\ 

 though I have been continually wishing 

 to be the first one there, etc. (3: 7). 

 kVtdni, he first (7: 1, 9). yan'xkito'"''ni, 

 to get there before me. xkito'"'' nite^ 

 nka'nde kike', tcima'na ya''^'xkiton'ni o'"-'- 

 kne, edV etuxa' Tce'tkanadi', the Rabbit 

 said, they say, "Though I have been 

 continually wishing to be the first one 

 there, again had he already reached 

 there before me" (3: 7, 8). xki'tofWd, 

 I first. {Also 9: 11; 10: 20; 20: 2, 3, 

 33, 41; 26: 48, 52; 28: 223; 31: 33.) 



ta^^si', grass. — tansi' toho'xka du'ti ne', the 

 horse is (standing) eating grass, ta''^si'' 

 xva'k du'ti ne', the cow is (standing) 

 eating grass. ta'"''s uxwi', "dry grass," 

 hay. ta'"''si menkso'"'', the short variety 

 of broom grass, the Andropogon ma- 

 crourus Michaux. ta'"'''si sidi' menkson' 

 tfi'ti tudexti', "the very tall variety of 

 yellow broom grass." to«''s psoHi', 

 "sharp-pointed grass," a species of 

 grass which bears yellow berries, found 

 in central Louisiana, the nightshade 

 {Solanum nigrum L., var. villosum 

 Mill.), tan's pso'nd anakV, the yellow 

 berries of the above, to^s Wtcaye' 

 {=ta'"'sl+tcaye), a scythe. ta''isi'"''tcay'^ 

 ko piitsaye', to sharpen a scythe. 



ta'^ta, panther (common term). — ta^- 

 ion, panther (archaic), tanta'hi, pan- 

 ther skin (23: 83). Tanto^na', Ancient 

 of Panthers (17: 3). 



ta'^tka, peas. — ta'tka yinka' or ta^tka 

 yinki, "small peas," beans (5: 5) 

 (Bj',M.). 



Ta^i'yosa'^', an Englishman. — Tcf^'yosa'"'' 

 anxti', an Englishwoman. 



te, te, a sign of desire (uninflected). — 

 hadhi' te ni'ki, he does not wish to beg. 

 haya'dhi le ni'ki, you do not wish to 

 beg. nka'dhi te ni'ki, I do not wish to 

 beg. te'hdnM te', I wish to kill him, 

 her, or it. aduti te, or aduti te ho'"', he 

 is hungry {ayaduti te, or ayaduti te ho'"; 

 nkaduti te, or nkaduti te hon). a'duti te' 

 xa, he is still hungry. Before dande, 

 te becomes ta; as, a'duti ta' dande', he 

 will be hungry. — anV in te', he wished 



