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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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both sexes. {Also 8: 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 

 24, 27, 28; 28: 152, 158, 166, 179, 180, 

 192.) 



-wa, -wa^i, -we, locative ending; toward, 

 in that direction, into (of. vjahe); in 

 dowa, ewa, heiva, kowa, teica, perhaps -wo 

 is an equivalent of -iva. aso'^'wa'"^ , into 

 the briers (1: 20) (of. wahe). isa^ we 

 de^, to rush madly into a dense thicket 

 {isa^ Vive ide', isa' Unkuwe'' nde'). — 

 -waya^^ {=-wa-{-ya'n) , locative ending; 

 toward; in that direction, putsaya 

 waya^, "the sharp side," the edge of a 

 knife. — ywva^yan, toward, ayande^yn- 

 wa'yan, toward the place where you (are 

 or) shall be (2: 29). — wa^de, toward. 

 a''^'xu wa'de or a'^'^xxi, na^nkbva^ya'"', to- 

 ward the stone, aya'"-^ loa'de, toward 

 the tree. — e'lva or efwa\ to that place, 

 in that direction; beyond; farther. 

 e^wa hida', go farther! w'de'di ewa\ day 

 after to-morrow, e^wa nda' xo, I will 

 go farther if. e^wa ide'di, did you go 

 farther? e^wa a^nde, he moves there, 

 he is there {e^wa aya^nde, e^iua nka^nde; 

 e'wa yuke'di, efwa %'yvke'di, e'wa nyu- 

 Wdi). e'wa Ica'nde liaHca' hanan, he 

 was there, but (he has gone elsewhere). 

 e'wa yuke'di haHca' hang,'"', they were 

 there, but (they have gone elsewhere). 

 {Also 14: 25; 17: 2; 28: 50, 169, 238.) 



wa, very ( 14: 7). — xca'udi, very (27: 21). 

 iva'di, always (7: 14,15) . aya'de wa^di, 

 you are al ways talking, aya'duti wa'di, 

 you are always eating. VyaMe wa'd.i, 

 you are always sleeping. {Also 14: 12; 

 17: 4, 12; 19: 15, 16, 19, 22; 22: 4, 7,12; 

 25: 7; 26: 18; 28: 18, 68, 227; 31: 22.) 



wa, to have (?) — a'yix wa'di (14: 23). 



wahe, to go into (cf. wa). — waha'yonnV , 

 to go into or under, as a shed or 

 pile of brush {Vuriha'yonni, 2d pers.). 

 wahetu', they wentinto (10: 13; 27: 8). 

 uwahe'tu, they went into (31: 31). 

 Unka'tvahe, we went into (the water) 

 (p. 152: 28). ti kuxoe'n {ti uwe'), ti ku'- 

 yuwe'ni, iinkuwe'ni, tikuwe'tunV{Q: 16). 

 teak wahayo'n^i, "what the hands go 

 into," gloves. — uwe'; ti uwe', to go into 

 a house {ti yu'vje, ti nkuive'; pi., ti uwa- 

 hetu', ti yuwa'hetu', ti nkmva'hetu'). 

 nkuwe' nde'di, I went in. ani kuwi, 

 "to go into the water," to sink.— wg- 

 d&dV, the entrance to a lodge. This 



may have referred to the anteroom of 

 an earth lodge, aye'wi, ayepi, or eyeivi, 

 a door. — aye'ivi ko u'dunahV, he faces 

 the door, ay^'wiya^', the doorway, 

 doorhole, as distinguished from the 

 door itself {ayewi). eye'wi dupaxi' 

 (used by men and boys) or eye'wi 

 dupaxka'"'' (used by females), open 

 the door! eye'wi klXtske'ye, to shut 

 the door, eye'wi kU'd-Cik tcugo''''ye', to 

 bolt the door, aye' yinki', "little 

 door," a window. {Also 8: 20, 21; 10: 

 10, 25, 33; 14: 29; 21: 31, 35; 28: 125, 

 133; 29: 33.) 



wahe. — waM'di, to cry out (as from fear) 

 {i'waM'di, iXiikwahe'di; pi., wahetu', 

 i'wahetu', u'nkwahetu) (cf. icuhe). tci'- 

 djika i'waM'di, why did you cry out? 

 Ans., nki'f'skc' nixki', because I was 

 scared. — waMdi', to cry, bellow, squall, 

 as a child; to cry or squeak, as a mouse 

 or rat {wahaye'di, wa'hankedi'). — walie- 

 ye', to cause to cry out, as from fear or 

 pain; to make cry, squall, squeak, etc., 

 as a child or rat {ivahe'Iiaye', wahe'- 

 hanke'). dase' waheye', to cause to cry 

 out by biting or holding in the mouth, 

 as a wild animal does the young one 

 of a deer, etc. {i'dase wahe'haye', 

 etc.). ivahe'hinya' dande', I will make 

 you cry or squall, wahe'hiye, he made 

 you scream, etc. — make, to cry out, 

 halloo (16:10). mahedi', to halloo, 

 whoop; to cry as the diving duck does 

 {ma'hayedi', ma'hunkedi'). a^sna ma- 

 hedi, the diving duck, "the duck that 

 whoops." {Also 10: 33; 13: 3, 4; 16: 

 5, 10, 14, 15; 20: 4, 5, 6; 36: 60; 28: 

 41, 205, 227.) 



wahu^, snow. — wahu' slrie', the snow 

 melts, waliu' skMixli', the snow is very 

 deep, tohana'k wahu', it snowed yes- 

 terday, vnte'di ko wahu' dande', it will 

 snow to-morrow, pside' wahti' ko nde'ni 

 dande', if it snows to-night, I shall not 

 go. wahu' nedi', it is snowing now. 

 wahudi', it snows. — wahu' xohi', "an- 

 cient snow," hail, wahu' xohi' ide'kan 

 nde'ni, I did not go because it hailed 

 (literally, hail it-fell-because, I went- 

 not) . wahu' xohi' i'de ne', ' ' the ancient 

 snow stands falling," it is hailing now. 

 tohana'k wahu' xohi' i'de, it hailed yes- 

 terday, wite' di ko wahu' xohi' i'da 



