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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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(cf. -di, -ni, -xa'"') . Examples: (3d) 

 hayink tcaye, naMilcldohiye, usii^hi'^ye; 

 (2d) hayink tcahaye, naHitctdohaye, 

 usinhinJiaye; (1st) hayink tcahttnM, 

 naHitcldohanke, usinhinM. 



ye'hi, edge of, close to (20: 38, iO).—ye^hi- 

 yan (18: 7), ye/to™ (28: 29), ye^hikan, 

 at the edge of, close to. a^ni kyd^hon 

 ye^hikan, close to the well (1: 8). {Also 

 18: 11, 15; 26: 23, 40, 62, 73; 28: 11, 

 85, 89, 213; 29: 28.) 



ye^o'i, ye^ho^ini, to know, recognize 

 (cf. yihi) {iye'ho'"-ni, nkytho'n'^ni; ythoHu\ 

 iye'hoHu^, nkychoHu^). — a^ya' kaka^ ye^- 

 ho'n te^ ha^nde Uuxa' Tce'tkanadV , the 

 Rabbit (for some time) had been wish- 

 ing to know what sort of person this 

 was (3: 3). nkeha\ I do not know 

 (3 1 : 19). hin^dye^hiinni, I do not know 

 you (p. 122: 8, 9, 10, 11. ) At first Bj. 

 and M. gave a'yeli'dP'^m as the 2d sing. 

 of this verb, using it in ten sentences; 

 but they subsequently gave iye''honni. 

 They also gave kayeJionni first, then kiye- 

 ho'"'ni, 2d sing, of the negative, kyehonni. 

 i^^yehon^ni, I know you. yankyehon^ni, 

 do you know me? yankyeHiiX'"' pVhedV- 

 di"', he ought to know me. kaHuna'n 

 iyehon^ni (in full, ka^hena'ni, iyehon^ni) , 

 you know everything (5: 10). — a^ye- 

 hiX'n-'ni, given in ten sentences by Bj. 

 and M. instead of iye'ho'nm^i, do you 

 know? an^ya sin^hin ne a'yehUn^ni, do 

 you know the standing man? a^^ya 

 xe'he na'nki a^yeh'd'"'''ni, do you know 

 the sitting man? a^^'ya to'xmankV 

 a^yehUn^ni, do you know the reclining 

 man? ai^^ija nV hine'' a'yehiX'n'^ni, do you 

 know the walking man? fl«'ya ian^hin 

 yande^ a''yeh{in^ni, do you know the run- 

 ning man? a^^yn xa'xa ha'maki afyt- 

 h'CiP''ni, do you know the standing men? 

 afi''ya a^xehe ha'maki a^yehiXn^ni, do you 

 know the sitting men? an^ya tcVdi 

 ama'nki a^yehUn^ni, do you know the 

 reclining men? a'"''ya ha'kinini ama^nki 

 a'yehiX'n'^ni, do you know the walking 

 men? a^^ya ha^ta^hin ama^nki a'yehUn^ni, 

 do you khow the running men? — kye- 

 ho^nV, not to know him, her, or it; to 

 be ignorant of {kiyehonnV , nkye'ho''HiV; 

 kye'hoHunV, kiye'hoHunV , nkye'ho'"'- 

 tuni). i'^'yVhonnV , I do not know you. 

 yankye'ho'"'nV, don't you know me? 



nkye'ho'"^i na\ I do not know him, her, 

 or it (na attracts the accent). Earlier 

 forms given by Bj. and M. : kaye'ho'n-nV, 

 you do not know him; kaye'hoHunV , 

 you (pi.) do not know him; hin'hiye'- 

 hiXnni', I do not know you. ku^yankye'- 

 hUcnni, don't you know me? ku'yankye'- 

 hUcfi-ni tko'lte, you do not know me at all. 

 ka^wa nkye'hlXntunV naxo' nkan^yasn'xtu 

 hi', when we were (or, lived as) Indians 

 in the past, we knew nothing (5: 8). — 

 kakyi'hiinunV ( = kawa + kyehoHuni), 

 they know nothing, haya'sahi' ynW 

 kakyVhUHunV, they who are (still?) In- 

 dians, know nothing. — kihVyeho'"''ye, to 

 teach him {kihVyehon^haye', kihi'yeho'^'- 

 hlXnke'. kihVyehon'hiye' , he teaches you 

 (sing.) (5: 9). kihi'yehon^hinye', I 

 teach you (thee). kihVyeho'"-'hinyedaha'', 

 I teach you (pi.), kilii'yehon^yanke', 

 you teach me. kihi^yehon^yanketu' , 

 you (pi.) teach me. kihVyehon'yedaha', 

 he teaches them. kihVyehon^hayedaha', 

 you teach them, kih i'yehon'hUnkedqka', 

 I teach them. kUd'yehof"-' yankedaha' , 

 he teaches us ( or you, sing. , teach us ) . — 

 kihVyehon^yeni', he did not teach him 

 {kihi'yeho''>''hayeni, kihVyehon'h'Ankeni/) . 

 kihVyehon'hiyi'ni, he did not teach thee 

 (you), kihi'yeho'n'yankini' , he did not 

 teach me. kihVyeho'n'dahani', he did 

 not teach them. kihVyehon^hiyi'da- 

 ha'ni, he did not teach you (pi. ) . kihV- 

 ye'honya'nkidahani'', he did not teach us. 

 {Alsol6: 6; 26: 17,61,66; p. 117: 1; 

 p. 122: 17, 18, 19.) 

 yek, ye^ki, ayeki, ayekiyai*, aye^'k 

 (used in composition), corn (26: 3, 

 19). yek waxka' or aye'k wa'xka, 

 "soft corn," green corn, ye'k san^, yek 

 sa'"'', dry white corn, ye'kl kitcutu', 

 they planted corn (1: 2). ye'ktotosV, 

 ' ' hard corn, "blue corn(a species known 

 to the Biloxi of Louisiana), ye/ niipxV, 

 "fine corn," corn meal, aye'ki (Mxku- 

 hi', to shell corn, toho'xka aye'ki du'ti 

 ha'nde, the horse continues (or, is still) 

 eating the corn, toho'xka aye'ki du'ti 

 ne', the horse stands (=is) eating the 

 corn (given him), aye'ki ilnktcu'di, 

 I planted corn (5: 3). aye'k dlxdo', 

 to husk corn, aye'k kse'di, to pull 

 corn ears from the stalks, aye'k ma'xi 

 ya'nki du'ti ne', the hen is (standing) 



