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Timi^cka (in composition), Tunica. — 

 TunVcka anyadi', or TunVcha ha'^^ya^, a 

 Tunica, the Tunica people. TujiVcka 

 hanxtV, a Tunica woman (Bj., M.). 

 TunVcka tcO^ya'"^, "Tunica town," 

 Marks ville, Avoyelles Parish, La. 



tiipe^ta. — kawatupeia, whose (p. 136:16). 



tupi^, tiiwi^ (p. 139: 4, 5), a pail or 

 bucket. — tiipV nitanV, "large bucket," 

 a tub. 



tupo', (it) burst (26: 42) (cf. po.) 



tusi. — tusiye\ to pull another backward 

 {tusVhaye', ttisinmnW) (cf. si). ttisV- 

 hinya^ dande\ I will pull you backward. 

 When one already holds another, 

 duxtan tiisiye is used; but if he grasps 

 him at the moment of pulling him 

 backward, dusi iusiye is correct. 



tiisii^fiki or tusunkiya°, his real or po- 

 tential elder sister's daughter, includ- 

 ing the daughter of his father's broth- 

 er's daughter older than himself (yitu- 

 siVnkiiya'"'), iX'nklijLsunki{yan); voc, 

 tUsunkV) (cf. tanki). — tusiVnki aka\ his 

 real or potential younger sister's daugh- 

 ter, including the daughter of his 

 father's brother's daughter younger 

 than himself [yi'tiXsu^nki aka^, v/nktil- 

 sunkV aka^). 



tatce', (it) touched it(28: 191).— ttltce'di, 

 (it) touches her (20: 3). iutca^ya ni, do 

 not touch it (28: 189). 



tiitcku', to spit, expectorate {VtCitcku'', 

 "O/nkatiitcku'; tutckutu', Vtdtckutu^, 

 iynkatiktckutu^ ) (28: 134). — tatcke', sa- 

 liva. 



tiitcii>i^ or ttitcG"^, the eyes of one per- 

 son; his or her eyes {Vtcitcix'"'' , 

 ■finWtclltciW; t'(itc(iHu\ i'tcitciiHu^ {in- 

 kaHcMcHiHu' ) . — VtcHicfinndn sa^Mn^xa, 

 your eye on one side, one of your eyes. 

 ■fy/nkatditc'd'"'^ k'Asidie'towe, my eyes are 

 full of smoke, 'd^nk.atdltdji'n'^ {'"■spe^wa 

 nefdi, my right eye pains, ii'nka- 

 tcAtcA'"'^ ka^skajiViva paM\ my left eye 

 is sore. M<e?i«' imdivVde unnV, his eyes 

 twitch often, liilcu'"' pftspttsedi'', to 

 wink the eye(s). t'dtcA'"'^ ahV, the eye- 

 lids. <i2<a?.w' ahV ta^wiya'"', the upper 

 eyelids. tiXlciji'"'^ ahV xwtihV, the lower 

 eyelids. tUlcA'"'^ san^, the white part of 

 the eye, the cornea, tilted'"'^ su^ supV, 

 "the black seed of the eye," the pupil. 

 tiUcii'"^ supka^, the "dark part of the 



eyes, ' ' the iris. Onsi^x fAtcon^ ' ' Fish (?) 

 eye," the Great Dipper. Ta^ tUtco'^^, 

 "Deer eyes," two stars known to the 

 Biloxi in Louisiana, sometimes called 

 by them the "Buck eyes." — tiltcon^ 

 ksepV, to be clear-sighted {VtdUco'"' %'kse- 

 1)V, HL'nkalcttco'nksepi'). 



tutu^xka, tuduxka, tuduxka^, short 

 (the ancient word; the modern form is 

 tMuxka or tuduxka). — a^yinaxtu^ tutu^x- 

 ka, your (pi.) hair is short, nkinsu^ 

 tuduxka^, my teeth are short, do'xpl 

 tMu^xka, or do'xj) tcduxka', "short 

 shirt," a man's shirt or a woman's 

 sacque. do'xp'i. tldii'xka nVki, without 

 a shirt, i. e., stripped to the waist 

 i=yoxa). 



tuwa. — kokoM' tu'wa. kVdi rie'di, he was 

 walking back and forth making a noise 

 (8: 24). 



tyi, atixyi or tixyi, medicine (seeari). — 

 tyV kfipinV ku'di, he gave bad medi- 

 cine, i. e., for the purpose of killing a 

 person, popoxtyi, "swelling medi- 

 cine." mak ttdtdihe o'"' tyi, "medicine 

 for darting pains in the chest." amihcp^ 

 tixyi, "fever medicine," a weed, atix- 

 yV kilxwV, "medicine coffee," tea. 

 tyVnupihV, "sweet-smelling medicine," 

 a tall variety of clover, found in Loui- 

 siana. It differs from the following. 

 tijV nupihi'' ukalvi, "resembles tall 

 clover" or "the sweet-smelling medi- 

 cine," a species of clover which ia 

 found in Louisiana and elsewhere; it is 

 only a few inches in height. 



ii, u + (14: 19), interjection Oh! (2: 19). 



uda or da. — udatV, uda^ti, light of any 

 sort; the light of day, of the sun or 

 moon, as distinguished from firelight 

 (udaki) (30: 5). oti, (they) shine 

 (p. 142: 16). pet-udati, firelight, ina^ 

 hoode\ the sunshines. — udaki, firelight. 

 uda^gayi ( = udaki + hayil), "light all 

 the time" (?). peti udagayi, firefly. 

 uda'k st(igo'"'ni' , or hadaksifigo^ni (Bk.), 

 "light made to stand up," a candle or 

 lamp (Bj., M.). uda^k st6go'>^ ni' xivHc- 

 datV, "light made-to-stand-up glass," 

 a glass lamp, uda^k sttigo'"'^ ha^iio''>'nV , 

 "a light that has a house over it," a 

 lantern. xwAdatV, light within doors, 

 coming from outside; hence, window 

 glass (?). o^do'^ho'"'^ xwildatV, "to see 



