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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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to it when he |^it it (1: 11). naxte^ ha^ 

 atspan^hi, when he kicked it he stuck 

 to it (1: 12). atspa'n^tspahV , to stick or 

 adhere here and there, to be sticky or 

 gummy. (G. gave this as, hadespa- 

 pahi.) — a'tspa^ye to cause one object to 

 adhere or stick to another; to glue or 

 paste one object on another {atspa^haye, 

 atspanMinke) . 



-tu, usual pi. ending of verbs and nouns. 

 Used when the act or acts were seen 

 by the speaker. utaHu\ they (went 

 and) sat in it (while I was looking). 

 hi and sometimes hi and ti are changed 

 to X before this ending. 



tu, here (p. 167: 11, 12, 13, 14). 



tiide^, long, tall, as a person {Vtude, 

 u'nkutude^). — i'"'Sii/ tudef , "long teeth," 

 canine teeth ( =insupmHi) . siHo' tudef 

 dande', the boy will be tall, tohoxlca' 

 tudef, the horse is high (cf. naske^ 

 hohi). tWti tudextV, very tall, ta^si 

 sidi menhso'^ tuti tMexti, "the very tall 

 variety of yellow broom grass." — 

 tiidaxpe^, a perch (fish). — du^tididV 

 (masc. verb); asa'f^'hi'"' ditftididV, to 

 stretch the arms straight out horizon- 

 tally {Vdutididi^, ndv/tididV; du^fiditu^, 

 VdutMitu^, ndu^tulitu^ ) . — du^tid ixa^^ 

 (fem. verb); asa'n-'hi'"' dv/Udixan^, to 

 stretch the arms straight out horizon- 

 tally {VdutidA,xa''>^, ndu^tidixa'n^). 



tu^di (17:9), root, stump. — tudiyan', a 

 stump (cf. udV), hence, the base of an 

 object, in^su tu^diya'"', the roots of teeth. 

 asaff-hW tudiyan^ spewaya''>-\ his right arm 

 above the elbow. asa'^hW tudiya'"-^ kas- 

 kani', his left arm above the elbow. 

 tudiyai^ ka^ nduHi xya^, let me eat the 

 roots (1:2). aye^kiyaA tudiyan' he duti- 

 tcu' tca'ye, he dug around the corn and 

 pulled it all up by the roots (1:3). 

 ayitut, stump ( 14: 26). (.IZso 21:19. )— 

 atutV, the large root (with a white inte- 

 rior) of a thorny vine. The Biloxi 

 used to grind the root and use the meal 

 as food. The meal made from this 

 root was called atutV nilpxV. 



tTX^^A.v^e.—tu'd'iXduhe'di, to shiver, as 

 with the cold {Vtududuhe^di, ntu^diXdu- 

 he^dl); ^subsequently given thus: to 

 have the ague ( tu'dudiiliaye'di, tti'dudu- 

 hdnWdi). — <i^c?ic?i/ie'(-cZ (■.?), to havedart- 



ing pains. maklidA,(Mhe o™ tyi, "medi- 

 cine for darting pains in the chest." 



tiihe', thunder; the Thunder Being 

 (28: 1, 2hl). — tuhe' naxe^ yiW, he 

 thought that he heard (it) thunder. 

 tu'he hande^, it still thunders. {Also 

 p. 118: 7.) tuhe^di, it thunders. 



tuka^, that way; in that direction. — tuka^ 

 do'fihV, look that way! 



tii^kama^go^ni or tUkmago'ini, to go 

 underneath. — ninduxpe tukamagonni, 

 "going under the trousers," drawers. 

 doxpie tH.hnago'^'m, "under cloth or 

 dress," a skirt or petticoat. 



tukaJi^ni, tukani'' (28: 1); generic: his 

 or her mother's brother, ya^tukai^^ni, 

 thy uncle. iX'nktuka'"''ni ( Bj . , M. ) , nka^- 

 tuka'"-^ni (Bk.), my uncle {tukan^nitu', 

 ya^tukan^nitu^, 'A'nktuka'n^nilu^ (Bj., M. ), 

 or nka'iul-ai^nitu' ( Bk. ) ). — tuka'"''n i 

 aka'', his or her real or potential moth- 

 er's younger brother {yatukan^ni aka\ 

 'Anktuka'^-^niaka'; voc, tuka''>-ni^ aka^). — 

 tukan'ni noxtV, his or her real or poten- 

 tial mother's elder hrother {yatukaP^riV 

 noxtV, unktukan^ni noxtV; voc, tuka^nV 

 noxtV). {Also 22: 2, 3, 6, 8, 9; 26: 39, 

 62; 28: -20, 34, 52, 55, 64, 80, 222, 229.) 



tiikixye''. — yaka^kilx tilktxye^ to rest the 

 face on the palm of the hand {yakaf- 

 kux i'tiLklxyV, yaka^kHx it^nkAWhixyy) . 

 yaka^kux tilkixyef nankV, he is (i. e., sits) 

 resting his face on the palm of his hand. 



Tukpa^, Atakapa. Tukpa' hanyadV, the 

 Atakapa people, an Indian tribe of 

 Louisiana. 



tukpe^. — tukpe' o^di^ she changed into it 

 (14: 27, 29; 16: 2, 10; 22: 2; 26: 92). 



tu^ksiki or tuksikiyaJi, his real or po- 

 tential sister's son, applicable to his 

 father's brother's daughter's son, if 

 the mother is older than himself 

 {iWksikV {2Q: 58; 28: 12) yiiWksiki{yan) 

 unkWkslki{yaii)', voc, tiikslkV). — 

 tu^ks'iki aka\ his real or potential 

 younger sister's son, including the son 

 of his father's brother's daughter 

 younger than himself {yiti/kstki aka'', 

 unktu'k&iki aka^). {Also 17: 3, 7, 11, 16.) 



tuksi^i^, the armpits {Vtuksi"-, ntuksW) . 



tuxkike^. — e^t'tlxkiW, it makes no differ- 

 ence (14:17, 21). 



