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Ta'ftyVnkiya'"' ha'^ya' e' Izuna'tumf , there 

 are not as many people in Lecompte as 

 there are in Alexandria (p. 122: 22). 



una''si, to parch, as corn (yu^nasi, nku- 

 nasi). una^shonnV ( = unasi + o'^'Tii), to 

 fry meat, etc. ( una^sayo'n''ni, una^snko'"-^- 

 ni). — toxpV a^sime'ye ya^xan, where is 

 that fried fox liver? (p. 166: 32). 



unaski^ki, (he) pressed her down in it 

 (28: 203). 



unatci^ktci, to dodge; evade a blow, 

 missile, or person by dodging {yw'natcV- 

 ktd, nku^natcVhtd). — unatcYktcidl ha- 

 ka^nuki, when he dodged (the Bear) 

 he (the Rabbit) escaped (got out 

 from the hollow tree) (2: 27). una'ktcl- 

 ktcl, he dodged about (16: 8). — kyu^- 

 natcVktct, contraction from kiya^ una- 

 tcVkid, to dodge again. 



urd^, a plant of any kind (cf. tcu). 

 ptqa^to unV, the cotton comes up. — 

 haunV, hominy made with lye, hulled 

 or lyed corn. fika''on, I make hominy 

 (28:228) (or from o«). 



unoxe^ or unox-we', to live with him 

 or her {yw'noxe, nku^noxe; pi., u^noxetu^, 

 yu'noxetu\ nku'noxetu'). — inyu'noxe, I 

 live with you. ya^nkunoxe^, he or you 

 live(s) with me. Tcetkana^ kUniun' 

 unoxe' ha'nde d'^'xa, it used to be that 

 the Rabbit lived with his grandmother. 

 nku'^'noxA' nka'nde on^xa, I used to live 

 (lit., be living) with her (long ago). 

 ??lM%io.re^ nka'nde o'^-^ni, I did live with 

 her for some time, nkunnoxe^ xa nka''- 

 nde, I am still living with her. tcu- 

 ma'na ktinkiXnyan^ unoxvoe' a'nde o'^'Xa' , 

 it used to be, long ago, that he was 

 living with his grandmother. — kuno'- 

 xenV, not to dwell or live with him or 

 her {ku^yuno'xenV, nkuno^xmV). 



upi^, to be tired, weary {ayW'pi, nkw'pi). 



W'si, the sting of an insect. — ka^x usi- 

 naske, "bee-with-long-sting," a wasp. 



usi^. —wax usV, to put on overshoes {ivn^x 

 yu'si, wa'x 'd'nkusi'). usW; wax uste\ 

 to put on shoes {yu'ste, u^nkuste). wax 

 uste^ na^nki ja^^ he is putting on his 

 shoes (said if seen by the speaker). 



usi^^hii. — usiyi'hinye'; fmnV usin^hinye\ to 

 plunge (hot iron) into water {usi^'hin- 

 haye\ usin'MnW) (28: 210, 214). 



ustiki'u8tu^ki(16: 3), ustH^ki (28: 184), 

 ust^^x, to set a perpendicular object 



on something, to stand it up {yusU 

 kV, nkustt ki'). — ilka' y a'"' usU ki\ to 

 set a perpendicular object in some- 

 thing. s^nnitonnV ko'^ha' a^ya^ o'^'^ni 

 mta^x kqne^di, amf kytX^hon ye^hika^, he 

 stood up a tar baby close to the well 

 and left it there (1:8). — kyustkV or 

 kyustixki (6: 16), to set a perpendicular 

 object on something for another person 

 (ya^kyustki or kyustuki, a^xkyustki). 

 yVkyustkV, I .... for thee, yanxkyu'- 

 siki,he .... for me (preceded by ew;- 

 cmrfe), you .... for me (preceded by 

 ayindi). inkVnt-yakyu^stki, you .... 

 for me (sic). kiJLstiX'ki, set it down be- 

 fore him! (6: 6). (^Zso 24: 1; 29: 26.) 



utcine^, to miss the mark in shooting 

 {yn^tclne, nku^tdne) (20: 25) (cf. tcup). 



utcitcpi', to kiss; to suck {yu^tcltcpV, 

 yiku'tcltcpV). — nyu'tcilcpV dande\ I will 

 kiss you.' nyu'tcltcpi' te na', I wish to 

 kiss you. 



utcu'wi, borrow it (26: 78). 



uti^, a pigeon. 



u'tsa^i or utsa^i^, hot. — u^tsanxtV, very 

 hot. ma^sa uHsanxtV ktedi\ to hammer 

 hot iron, as a blacksmith does, ma^sa 

 ii^tsanxtV tctV on'ni, to make iron red 

 hot. 



uvnise. — ii/wu^sedV, to make a crunching 

 sound, as by walking on ice or hard 

 ^no\\{uiou''suye^di, nwu'sMinWdi; uwd^s- 

 etn', uwf/suyetu^, uwij/slfdnketu'). 



uye^, to leak (p. 139: 4, 5). 



iiiiktci'^^ sayi^, onions (5: 4). 



u^ini^, sign of continuous action (?) (cf. 

 0"). — ina^hu u'fhiV, the sun is coming. 

 da unnV^ he is going, ida^ unnV, are you 

 going? nda^ unnV, I am going, o", still 

 on the way (22: 6). 



6»ini^, or ■a.^ni'-ya,^, a mother; his or her 

 mother {ayo'"-^niya'"', nho^nVyan (Bj., M.) 

 or nkdnni^ (Bk. )). ui^nV, O mother! — 

 'An^niiya'"') ef ande^ ox {(p/nK^ya^) ef nan- 

 kV, he or she has a mother. ayo'"'^ni- 

 {yan) ef ande^, or ayon'ni{ya''<') e' 

 nank'/, you have a mother, nko'^^ni- 

 {yayi) ef ande' or nkon^ni{ya'f^) ef 

 nankV, I have a mother. o'/inVya'"', his 

 mother (26: 72). ko'^'nV, mother! (in 

 address) (28: 139).— 0^11 ymvo^, my 

 mother's elder sister (real or potential), 

 literally, ' 'my elder mother. ' ' Used by 



