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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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(28: 38, 39). duko'di, to whip, use 

 a whip {Vduko^di, nduko^di). i^duko', 

 he whipped him against (17: 5, 14, 

 17). ayindu^ko, (he) whipped him 

 against the tree (17: 9). oHkon', the 

 "cypress trout" or mud fish (?) (see o). 



txa or txya, alone; only {—dixya). — 

 sa^filci txa\ there are or were none but 

 girls, there were girls alone (no boys). 

 sinW txa', there are or were none but 

 boys, hsa^'xa txa\ all the brothers 

 and sisters. ha''>'ya' inHcya txa\ (there 

 were) none but old men, the ancients. 

 hama' anVtxa, the earth is full of water 

 (p. 140: 4). ayan'' anVtxa, the wood is 

 full of water (p. 140: 5). pe^titi' yus- 

 atx(/, the fireplace is full of ashes (p. 

 140: 7). txaxti, alone (30: 4). in'txya 

 (or -xa), only he, he alone; ayin'txya, 

 only you; nhin'txija, only I, etc. {Also 

 21: 41; p. 157: 18.) 



txitfi^ini hayi^, the horned owl. 



txoki', a toadstool (28: 114, 119). 



txya^i, an archaic ending, not used in 

 modern Biloxi {=di xya'"') (cf. xa, 

 txa).—On'ti yan' e'yan hi' ason' tan' 

 i^da'hi hande'txya^, when the Bear 

 reached there he was seeking a large 

 brier patch (2: 3, 4). — txye, an archaic 

 ending not used in modern Biloxi. 

 ha'me ta^' oi"- i^da'ki ande' txye, he was 

 seeking the large bent tree aforesaid 

 (2: 12,13). 



tmotcka'', tiinio^tcka, tumo^tck, a 

 wildcat. tmotckaliV {=tmoicka-{-ahi), 

 a wildcat skin. tmotckahV utuxpe', a 

 robe of wildcat skins, tmo'tc kdexV, 

 "the spotted wildcat," the panther 

 or mountain lion. Tdmo'tckana, the 

 Ancient of Wildcats (8: 1, 4, 5, 9, 

 16, 23). 



to. — kito'hedi, to hide from him {ya'- 

 kltohe'di, a'xkitohe'di). nyVkttoM'di, I 

 hide from you. eivande' ya^'xhitohi'di, 

 he hides from me. ayindi' ya^'- 

 xkltohe'di, you hide from me. tolie'- 

 hayii', you hide (23: 14). Mto'he, hiding 

 (28: 185). {Also 21: 9; 23: 11; 28: 

 257.) 



toh.ana'', tohanak, or tohanakaJ^, yes- 

 terday. — to'hana nde'di, I went yester- 

 day. (^Zso p. 118: 16.) tohana'kktde'di 

 Mtu', they say that he went home yes- 

 terday, tohana'k xo'hi, it rained yes- 



terday, tohana'k wahu', it snowed 

 yesterday, tohana'k wahu' xohi' Vde, 

 hail fell yesterday, tohana'k snihi'xti, 

 it was cold yesterday, tohana'k mihin', 

 it was warm yesterday, tohana'kan 

 a^'ya hautV ndon'hi, I saw a sick man 

 yesterday, to'hanakan' an'xti tckc/ki 

 ndo^'ho'"', I saw (in the past) a laine 

 woman yesterday, tohana' e'waya^, or 

 io'hanewa'ya'"', day before yesterday. 



tohi. — dfikto'hi, to drive horses, hogs, 

 poultry, etc., along {i'diXkto'hi, nduk- 

 to'hi). 



tohi' (9: 15), toOiU (14: 24), blue; green; 

 hence, green, unripe, as fruit, etc. — 

 natcV tohV, "blue cloud," clear sky. — 

 atHti', ripe, as fruit, etc. — toxka', 



(1) gray ("a kind of blue"), toho'xk 

 nV hinef ko' toxka' xe (w. sp. ), the 

 walking horse is gray, toho'xk no^pa' 

 ni'ni a'manki' ko toxka' xe (w. sp. ), the 

 two walking horses are gray, toho'xk 

 ha'kinini' a'manki' ko toxka' xe{'w. sp. ), 

 the walking horses are (all) gray. 



(2) generic, a fox. (3) a gray fox (25: 

 1, 5; 31: 15). tox, afox(31: 17). toxka' 

 s'di', a yellow fox. to'xka sa^', a 

 "white" or silver fox. 



toho', toho (28: 51), taho (18: 12) , to?, 

 to lie down, recline (single or com- 

 pleted act) (H., xu'pi). {i'toho, axto' 

 ho': tcitu'{?), i'tdtu{T), 'dnktci'tu{?)). 

 Imperatives: to child, toho'; man 

 to man, toho'takla' ; man to woman, 

 toho'tki; woman to man, toho'tate'; 

 woman to woman, tohotki'. — an'ya 

 no'"'pa' tci' ha'maki nkyeho^'ni, I know 

 the two reclining men. a^'ya tci'di 

 ama'nki a'yehun'ni, do you know (all) 

 the reclining men? toho'xk toho' 

 ma'nki ko sa^' xe (w. sp. ), the reclining 

 horse is white, a^se'p hama' toho' 

 ma'nki ko Ma', the ax lying on the 

 ground is his. mikon'ni toho' kta'ni, 

 the (reclining) hoe is not hers, akua'- 

 yan toho', to lie down out of doors. 

 utoho', he lay in it (8: 2). aya^' toho', 

 log (28: 36). uto, (he must) lie in it 

 (31: 38). utoho'ye, following the trail 

 (18: 11; 22: 5; 28: 49; p. 157: 22, 23, 

 24, 25). utoho', to lie in {yutoho', nkuto- 

 ho'). a^ya' tax ma' nice nkyeho^'ni, I 

 know this reclining man. ««//a' tox 

 ma'nkiyan' nkyeho^'ni, I know that re- 



