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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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with light from outside, ' ' window glass. 

 kxuyAdatV, translucent (?), transpar- 

 ent (?) "the light comes through," 

 "one can look through," hence, glass. 

 konicka'' kxwMatV, a glass bottle. 



udi', a stalk or trunk of a plant, etc. (cf . 

 tu^di). — ayan'' udV, the roots of trees, 

 etc. haatan' tani^ udV, a banana stalk. 

 ptqa^to udV, the cotton plant. -Ankokon 

 udi, yaniksiyo'"' udi, a pipestem. u^di 

 mhkudV, the "fine" or "small wood 

 tree," the pin oak or water oak (cf. 

 tcaxku). udV misk w' anakV, "the fruit 

 of the pin oak," an acorn of the pin 

 oak. iiti'', mast, acorns ( 14: 19, 22). 



udu^, a drum. — u^dukte^ {=udu^-\-ktedi), 

 to beat a drum {u^du yakte'di, u'du 

 xkte'di). u^dukte' hedai^, he has fin- 

 ished beating the drum. u^dukie^ 

 he^detu, they have finished beating the 

 drum. 



ue, to boil, stew, or cook anything {Vue^- 

 di, nku^di). — o Vue^di, did you bpil 

 the fish? iua^ da^nde, will you boil 

 the fish? uwr (29: 14), ue' (14: 7), 

 huwe'' (29: 16, 21, 32): uwedV, stewed 

 (28: 137, 138), o huwe', cooked fish 

 (6: 15, 18). u'a, to stew (p. 143: 17, 

 22, 23), nku'a, I stew (p. 144: 25). 

 kuenV, not to boil or stew (ku'yue'ni, 

 nkue'ni). o kuenV, not to boil fish. 

 wax, cooked (28: 204). awahi, to get 

 cooked, to get done (14: 6, 7, 8, 9; 

 26: 69, 70). cnva'hiye, she got it 

 cooked ( 14: 6, 7). toxpV a'uwef ya'"'xan, 

 where is that stewed fox liver? (p. 

 ' 167: 1). {Also 8: 19, 20, 23, 27; 9: 5.) 



ukanka'yi, her vine (28: 179). 



uka^nki, ukai»x (28: 85, 88, 180, 193), it 

 caught on, it caught him. 



uke', to resemble some one a little {yu'ke, 

 nkuke'). — nyu'ke, I resemble you a little. 

 tyi nupihi ukahi, "resembles sweet- 

 smelling medicine, ' ' a species of clover. 



ukikinge, one half (p. 122: 20). — 

 uki'kingeyuke' di or tcXna'ninedV ko ukV- 

 kinge,h.&\i as many, tca'naska nedV ko 

 ukikinge, half as large, kcixka' nedi' ko 

 tca'naska ukVkinge ko' skayie' e'naska 

 na' , this hog is half as large as that one. 

 tcehe'dan nedi' ko ukVkinge, half as tall. 

 skuti' nedi' ko ukVkinge, it is half as 

 deep, ti ne' ko kowo'hi ti ne'di uki'kinge, 

 that house is half as high as this one 

 8351.5°— Bull. 47—12 19 



kVnkinke, half (20: 11, 36). pskikiiige, 

 midnight. 



ukpe^ itka^xeye^, given as meaning, to 

 put a curvilinear object under the blan- 

 ket, next the body and above the belt 

 {tukpe' itka'xehe' ha'yitu', given as the 

 3dpi.). 



uksani^, very soon. — uksanV nda' dande', 

 I will go very soon, akutxyi' uksa'ni 

 hu'yaxkiy/ na'ilnkihV , I hope that you 

 will send me a letter very soon (4: 5). 

 (cf. ksahon'.) 



ux!, psha! (29: 31). 



uxi. — dau'xitu hi na'unkihV, I wish that 

 they would bite it off (p. 144: 9). 

 dauxi hi nkihV, I think that he ought 

 to bite it off (p. 143: 32), {Also p. 

 143:33; p. 144: 10, 11.) 



uxte', oxte^ (28: 194), to make a fire, to 

 camp. — oxtetu, they make afire (22: 16). 

 pe'ti uxte' or peta'xte, to make a fire 

 (29: 28) {pe'ti yuxte', pe'ti nkuxte'; ux- 

 tetu', nkuxtetu'). pe'ti uxta', make a fire 

 (said to a child). — kuxt^ni', not to make 

 a fire {kuyu'xtenV, nku'octenV; ku'xtetunV, 

 kuyu'xtetunV, nku'xfetuni'). — kyuxte'; 

 pe'ti kyuxte', to make a fire for some one 

 {pe'ti ya'kyuxte', pe'ti a'xkyuxte'; pe'ti 

 kyuxtetu',pe'ti ya'kyuxtetu',pe'ti a'xkyux- 

 ietu'). pe'tinkVutyakyuxt^, did youmake 

 the fire forme? pe'ti yan'xkyuxta', make 

 the fire for me! — kyuxteni'; pe'ti kyu'- 

 xteni, not to make a fire for another 

 {pe'ti ya'kyuxtenV, pefti a'xkyuxtenV). 

 {Also 20: 7; 22: 1, 5; 26: 57, 69; 28: 

 155, 203.) 



uxwi^, dry, as grass, clothing, etc. — do'di 

 uxwi', his throat is dry, he is thirsty 

 {ido'di uxwi',ndo'di u'xwi; doxiof uxwi', 

 Vdoxfu' uxwV, ndo'xtu uxwi'). do'di 

 uxivi' dande', he will be thirsty, doxtu' 

 uxwV dande', they will be thirsty. 

 ndo'di u'xwi dande', I will be thirsty, — 

 uxwon' { =uxwi + 0"), to have been dry. 

 do'di uxwo'"^, his throat was dry, he was 

 thirsty {ido'di uxwo''^', ndo'di uxwo'"''; 

 doxtu' vxwo'"^, Vdoxtu' uxwo""^, ndoxtu' 

 uxwo'"^). 



uma^, to bathe. — iiku'ina'"', we bathe 

 (10: 29). iima'kidi', go and bathe! 

 (male to female) (10:31). u'makie', go 

 and bathe! (female to male) (10: 32). 



una(?). — kuna'tuni', there are not that 

 many. Ta'tya'"'' ha^ya' tclna^ni ko' 



