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kill him ( 2 : 24) . teWye U, did he wish 

 to kill you? te^hixnke tef, I wish to kill 

 him, her, or it. t^M^yef ki imafnki xyo', 

 I will kill you as you recline, tefkdnkl 

 viafnki xyo^, I will kill him as he re- 

 clines, te'ye ko^ (conveys the idea of 

 waiting for him to kill it), when he 

 kills it. te'ya %(/, he will kill it ( a con- 

 tingency: as, a horse that is trespass- 

 ing, if not removed); but, teya' dandef, 

 he will kill it, he is going to kill it (at 

 the proper time, when he gets ready, 

 as a hog in the pen). Bjlm tcu/nki kta' 

 te'ye, he killed Jim's dog. toj/nki ila' 

 tefye, he killed your dog. tcyfnk inkta' 

 te^ye, he killed my dog. ateye^, a murder- 

 er. — te^kiye, to kill another's property 

 (teha^kiye, teha^xkiye). tcu/nki teya'f-^x- 

 hiye, he killed my dog. tci/nki tehVkiye, 

 he killed your dog. — kfd&'rn, not dead. 

 kiUe^ni ha^nde, to be still alive, iteni 

 Mya^nde, you are still alive, ■dnkte^ni 

 nka'^nde, I am still alive, I still live. 

 kMca^ni yuWdi, they are still alive. 

 itca^ni yayuW, you (pi.) are still alive. 

 ■dnktcafni nyukef, we are still alive. 

 hixtenV Imnde' was given as meaning, 

 he is not dead yet. — tafhi, to reach or 

 to have reached death, ta^hi ya'"^xa, he 

 has almost reached death, he is almost 

 dead, {mkta'hi ya'"-^xa, I am almost 

 dead. ta'Jd ya'"' Wii^^ kan, when his 

 time to die came, itafhi yan inJiW ko, 

 when your time to die comes. Ilnkta^hi 

 ya'"' inJiin^ ho, when my time to die 

 comes. (8: 19, 22, 29; 10: 12, 15, 19, 

 20, 22; 11: 4, 5; 13: 2; 16: 1, 2, 4; 20: 

 6, 44; 21: 1, 15, 17, 18, 20, 22, 30, 32, 

 35, 37; 23: 8; 24: 9, 11, 13; 26: 56; 

 27: 16, 19, 28; 28: 33, 44, 46, 48, 58, 

 69, 68, 74, 195, 196, 198, 202, 205, 210, 

 231, 234, 236, 237, 238; 31: 15; p. 118: 

 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; p. 155: 30, 

 31; p. 156: 1, 2, 3, 4, 31, 32.) 



te^ink. — tefinkayi', ivory-billed wood- 

 pecker (15: 10). (It has a white bill, 

 stays in swamps, and its note is "7^- 

 ink! Te^ink! Te^ink!".) 



Te^ksi, Texas. 



tenaxi^, tena^x (6: 20), or tenaxiyaa-', 

 a friend: his, or her friend (1: 1) 

 {Vtenaxiyan^, i'/nktenaxiyan ) . —nkuf^- 

 naxi\ he is my friend, ^kii^naxi, 

 is he your friend? ewande^ Unaxi^, he 



is his friend, toho'xk Vnku na''^^ni 

 nikan^ yan^tSna-'xi da^nde, as I have 

 given you a horse, will you be a friend 

 to me? toho^xk inku^di ko^, yaP'^tena'xi 

 da^nde, if I give you a horse, will 

 you be a friend to me? tina'x^, 

 friend (1: 10). f&naxV, friend (2: 6; 

 4: 1). tSna'xMr, O friend (2:15).— 

 kWna^xi, to be friends (to each other). 

 kMna^xtuxa^ , they had been friends (in 

 the past) (2: 1). nka'kMna'xi nyu'M 

 o'n^xa, we had been friends (long ago). 



te^tcajmdi^, the white bay. The Biloxi 

 used a tea made from the bark and 

 leaves as a sudorific. 



ti, a house. — ti rie^ ko sa^^ xe (w. sp.), the 

 house is white. tV no'^'pa' xa'xa ma^nki 

 ko tctV xg (w. sp. ), the two (standing) 

 houses are red. Bj. and M. gave the 

 following, which they said was used 

 when the object was seen by the one 

 addressed: ti ne' ko saTt tedilianu'^^ the 

 house is white; but Bk. said that this 

 was not plain to him, tedi seeming to 

 mean " it is dead . ' ' W ko tca^ka'"' nedV, 

 where is the (standing) house? ti ne'- 

 yaP- kowo'hi icehe'dtiP-, how high is that 

 house? ti' xyapka', an Indian lodge 

 or tent of any sort, i. e., the Win- 

 nebago style of (low) tent or a Sibley 

 (high) tent (3: 1). tisa''>''no'n-pa' ama'n- 

 ki ko ka'tva tupe'ta ti', whose are 

 those two white houses? ti san' yi, hi^^ 

 white houses, nkti' ya'"''xkiha'taxni', 

 my house was burnt. tV kohV, the 

 house is high, ti' nitani' (or, nita'"''- 

 xti), the house is large, ti' yinki', the 

 house is small, ti' a'tckaya'"'' ( =ati at- 

 ckaya'"') , near the house, ti' kida'ya'"' 

 (= ati kwiaya'"'), under the house, i™- 

 ska' ti hvia'ya'"'' xe' naiiki', the skunk 

 is sitting under the house, nkti'ya^ 

 nko'i^'ni, pixti' xye'ni, ya'"''xkiha'taxni' , 

 I made a very good house for myself, 

 but it was burnt (5: 5). nkti' ya^'- 

 xkiha'taxni' , my house was burnt, ti 

 tahi', "many houses," a plantation 

 (i. e., a sugar or cotton plantation, such 

 as are common in Louisiana, etc.). 

 ti' sa'"'ha''i''ya'"', "strong house," a jail. 

 ti ta'wiya'"-, a house top ti ta^'lnhudi' , 

 " the backbone of a house," the ridge 

 of a roof, ti u'xkllnni', a floor, ti a'xe- 

 he', a doorknob, ti a'tMcugo^nV, a 



