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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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its name? hanya^di ka^wak ya^ice (Bk. ), 



a'f^yadV ka''wakehV yatce^ or ha^yadV 

 kaioa^kehV yatd/ (Bj., M.)j what is the 

 man's name? a^xti ka'wakya'tce{^)s..), 

 what is the woman's name? tcu^nki 

 ka^xoak ya'tce, what is the dog's name? 

 to" e'di ka'wak ya^tce, what is the town's 

 name? ( Bk. ) ka'wakend yatci\ what is 

 his, her, or its name? • ha^yadV kawa'- 

 kehV yatcV, what is the man's name? 

 ka^wakeHii yatcV kika^, I wonder what 

 his name is! — yatc on^ni ( =yatce + o''>-ni), 

 to "make a name," to call or name a 

 person or object {Vyatc ayo'"-^ni, yatc 

 nko'^^'m). ka'imkehV yatc on^ni, what 

 does he call it? etanke^hi yatc nko'f^^ni, 

 I did call it thus. ka^wakehV yatc 

 nkon^ni, I call it nothing, I do not call 

 itanything (sic). {Also 20: 41, 42, 46, 

 51, 52; 25: 5; p. 156: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 

 27, 28, 29. ) 



yata^na. — yata^naxti'' , very soon (24: 9; 

 29: 17), in great haste (p. 166: 8, 9). 



yate', all about (everywhere) (28: 37; 

 p. 162: 14, 15, 16). 



yatka^, yatkaya^, yatki°^, his or her 

 jaw {Vyatka{yan), nya'tka^ya'f'); ya'- 

 tkatu', Vyatkatu', nya'tkatn'). {Also 

 17: 6.) — yatkin' i^sudV, jaw teeth. — 

 yatka' ps'AHV, "his sharp jaw," his 

 chin {Vyatka ps-CtHV, nya'tka psi^b^tV). 



ya,^, (l)asignof thenominative( = 2/an(;Zi). 

 Qn'ti yan^ e^ya^ hV aso""-^ tan {nda^hi 

 hande^ixyan, when the Bear reached 

 there, he was seeking the large brier 

 patch (2: 3). «(/a«^ 7/a« kade^ni xa 

 ma'nki? is not the wood still burning? 

 O'tiyan', "He-i-ha<C tena'xedV," etc., 

 the Bear said, "Halloo, O friend," 

 etc. (2: 14, 15). ekan' To^we yan^ eyan^ 

 hi, then the (distant?) Frenchman ar- 

 rived there (1: 14). tca'naska nkye^- 

 honnV aya^^ ya^, I do not know how 

 large the tree is, I do not know the size 

 of the tree. (2) A sign of the objective 

 case: unte^di ko imahW dande^ naha'di 

 ya^'', he will paddle (or row) the boat 

 to-morrow. da''ni ya^^ tcudi'', to lay or 

 put a third (book, etc. ) on a pile, ta^ ahV 

 ayatsV ya^ Unna^xe na^imkihV , I hope 

 to hear that you have bought deerskins 

 (4: 3). {Also 6: 16, 18; 7: 1, 2, 9, 12; 

 8: 6, 8.) (3) May be either nomi- 

 native or objective: qyoHii ya^^, the 



long lake. (4) Expressive of mo- 

 tion: tan^hin ya^^, he is running. (5) 

 When (?): iya^nkaku^ yan, when (?) 

 you fed me (2: 22). (6) A locative end- 

 ing, in that place, place where; where; 

 in some compounds, toward, unto. 

 TanyVnkiyan tV tctna'ni ko etVke na', 

 Ba^yusya'"'^, there are as many houses in 

 Lecompte as there are in Bunkie. Also 

 in atckayan, eusanhinyan, kwiaya'"; man- 

 kiwayan, nankiwayan, ndosanhinyan, ta- 

 toiyan, waya^, etc. (7) And ( = and too?). 

 toho'xk wak ya'"-' ndonhon'^ I gaw a horse 

 and a cow. wa^k toho'xk ya^' ndo'n'ho'"'^ 

 I saw a cow and a horse, a^yato^ a^xtV 

 yan ndonhon'' , I saw a man and a woman. 

 anyato^ a^xtV ya^^ a'hi ha^maki, a man 

 and woman are coming, toho^xk wak 

 ya'"''' ndoi^hon^ , I saw a horse and a 

 cow. a'f-yato' a'"'^xti yan'' ndo'"'ho''i'\ I 

 saw a man and a woman, a^yato'' an^xti 

 ya'"'^ a^hi ha^niaki, a man and woman 

 are coming, a^yato^ yihVxti anxti'^ yan 

 yihVxti ndo'"'^}iondaha'', I saw the men 

 and women. — ya^-, -yan, ya^x or yank, 

 objective pronoun fragment: me, us 

 (when -daha is inserted or added). 

 ewande^ kuyan^yannV, he hates me; 

 ayVndi kuyan^ya^nV , you hate me; e^ice 

 yuke'' ko kuyan'yanxtunV , they hate me; 

 ayi^xtu ko'' kuyan^yanxtunV , you (pi.) 

 hate me; ewande^ kuya^'yandahanV , he 

 hates us; ayVndi kuyan^yandahanV , you 

 (sing.) hate us; e'we yuke^ ko kuyan^ya^- 

 xtu' dahanV , they hate us; ayi^^xtu ko' 

 kuyan'yanxtu'dahanV, you (pi.) hate 

 us. — yan lie\ and (and too?) a^ya'di 

 a^xtV yan he', a man and a woman. 

 anxtV anya'di yan he', a woman and a 

 man. In the plural this becomes, yan 

 yihi he, or yan yihixti. anya'di yihV 

 anxti' yan yihi' he', men and women. 

 anxti' yihi' anya'di yan yihi' he', women 

 and men. anyato' yihi'xti anxti' yan 

 yihi'odi ndon'hondaha' , I saw the men 

 and (the) women. — yandi', the sub- 

 ject of an action; sign of the nom- 

 inative. "anV hja onni'knkqketu' ," 

 Mi' Towe' ya'ndi, "Let us dig a 

 well," said the Frenchman (1: 5). 

 Ekikan' Qn'ti yandi' inske'han yahe'yan 

 de' sin'hinxkan' , etc., and then the 

 Bear was much scared and went a 

 great distance, and when he stopped 



