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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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yi^hi, yiJii^, or, ayihi', many ; used as the 

 plural sign. — ani/a^di yihV, men. u'l^ya^ 

 yVhi, many men. ti sa™^ yihV, white 

 houses, a'^ya^di yihV a'^'xWya'"' yihV he', 

 men and women. siMo' yihV sankVya^ 

 yihV he', boys and girls. a''^xtV yVhi, 

 many women, tcu/nki yVhi, many dogs. 

 at/a'"''' yVhi, many trees. }ta'pi yi'hi, 

 many leaves. — yihVxti, ayi'xli, ayihVxti 

 (28: 47), emphatic form of yihi; used as 

 a plural sign, a'^yato' yihl'xti a'^xti' ya'"- 

 yihVxti ndo'"''ho''i'daha', I saw the men 

 and women, ha'p supka' ayl'xti, many 

 brown leaves. — hayVhini, not many; a 



few. hVxye, a plural ending of nouns; 



"many." e^to^ni', a sharp peak; 

 ekta'^'tiiliVxye, many sharp peaks, pii'ts- 

 tahVxye, many round-topped hills. 

 {Also 14: 16,20,23; 19: 14, 16; 20: 9, 

 18; 23: 1, 2; 24:2.) 



yi'xyatt, yix (31: 12), ayixyaii, ajdxyi, 

 a bayou; a creek. — Oii yixya'"'. Bear 

 Creek, ayixya'"'' de' di, he has gone to 

 the bayou, ayixya'"'' a'kiduxte', he has 

 crossed the bayou, aylxya'"'' ma'nki- 

 wa'ya'"', toward the bayou. Ayixya'"', as 

 a proper noun, is the Biloxi appella- 

 tion for Bayou Lamourie. Amoyixya'"', 

 Field Bayou. Nuxodapayixya^, Baton 

 Rouge, La. Nisixya'"', Alligator Bayou. 

 Tmxtayixya'n, Bayou Choctaw. Tcax- 

 taayixyV, "Choctaw Creek," Lamourie 

 Bridge, Rapides Parish, La. ayixya'n' 

 yinkV, a brook or rivulet, ayi'x sa^i"- 

 ya'"'', on the other side of the bayou. 

 AyVx kudo' ta'fiya'"' (= ayixya'"- -\- ku- 

 dupi + nitani -f- ya'"), "Big Ditch," 

 Louisiana; place not identified; prob- 

 ably in Rapides Parish. Ayi'x naske- 

 ya'"'', "Long Bayou," Bayou Raji- 

 ides, Rapides Parish, La. Ntipondi 

 ayixtaya'"', Nupondi's Creek. AyVxyi 

 makiido'to o'^'ya^, ' ' Muddy Place 

 Creek," Mooreland, Rapides Parish, 

 La. AyVxyi xuheya'^, " Waterfall 

 Creek," Roaring Creek, Rapides Par- 

 ish, La. ; so called because of the water 

 which falls over a rock. 



yi'xyaii, a stomach or paunch {iyVxya'"', 

 nyi'xya'"') , not to be confounded with 

 the above. — ayVxi, or, ayVxiya'"-, the ab- 

 domen or belly; his belly {aya''yixi{ya'"'), 

 nJca'yixiiya'"')). — ayVtpa''i}d'"', or, ayit- 

 pa'"'hi''H/a'"', the soft part of the abdomen, 



probably the hypogastric and iliac re- 

 gions. 



yi'ndukpe', you cross it (a stream) on 

 something. — tcahama'"'' yVndukpe', you 

 crossed the river on something. 



yinisa^, yanasa^ (17: 11), yunisa^ (31: 

 9), nsa (abbreviated), a buffalo (cf. 

 tuak). — yVnisahe' {=y1nisa-\-ahe) , buf- 

 falo horn, ylnisahe' niskodi', a buffalo- 

 horn spoon. 7isa' IntokV (sic: tndoke'f), 

 a buffalo bull; nsa' yanki', a buffalo 

 cow; nsa' yinki', a buffalo calf, nsahi' 

 {=nsa-^ahi), a buffalo skin, nsahi' 

 wtopg^, a buffalo-skin robe. {Also 19: 

 1, 4, 18; 20: 9, 11, 12, 26.) 



yisfld^, the vulva or pudendum muliebre. 



yinka (cf. ylnki and yunki). — yifiko'^'ni 

 or yinko^'niya'n, his wife. nyinko'"'ni' 

 or nyinko'''''niya'"', my wife. Voc. , nya'"''- 

 xohi'. — yinko'"''ni, to take a wife, to 

 marry a woman (m. sp.) {yi'nk.o'"yo'fi''ni 

 (m. s^.),ni'nkanko'n'ni). a'^ha'"' , ni'n- 

 kanko'"''m na', yes, I am (or, have) 

 married, hi^yi'nko'"' te', or, hi'f-yi'nko''^ 

 te na', I wish to marry you. hi'Hji'nko'"' 

 te' ni'ki na', I do not wish to marry 

 you. y')/nko'"'yo'"ni', are you married? 

 (woman to man ) . a'"-yadi' yande' yin- 

 ko'"-7ii', that man is married (w. sp.). 

 a'fiyato' yuke' yinkoi^'tu ivo'' (m. sp. ), or 

 a'fiyato' yuke' yinko'^'tu nipa (w. sp. ), 

 are those men married? yi'nko'^'yo'n'tu 

 wo'^, are you (pi.) married? (m. sp. ). 

 ni'nka'n'ko'"''ta na', we are married (m. 

 sp.). Myi'nko'"-tu' , they are married. — 

 inka'tiya'"'' yinkatiya'"', a husband, her 

 husband, hiyi'nkatiya'"', or, i'yinka'- 

 piya'n, thy husband, nkayi'nkatiya't'-' or 

 nyinka'tiya'"-, my husband, inka'tiya'"', 

 my husband (p. 121: 14) (?). Voc, 

 nya'^^iHcya' , "my old man." — yi'nka- 

 do''>''ni (m. sp. ), or yinka' do'n-ni' (w. sp. ), 

 {=yinkate-\-o'nni), to take a husband, 

 to marry a man. yinka' do'^-yo'n-'ni wo'' 

 (m. sp.) or yinka'do'^yo'nni' (w. sp. ), 

 are you married? a«^, yinka' danko'"''- 

 nini', yes, I am married ( w. sp. ). j/m- 

 ka'do'"'tu', they are married; yinka' do'"'- 

 yo'"''iu, you ( pi. ) are married ; yinka' dan- 

 ko'n'tu, we are married . hi'"'yi'nkado'n'' te', 

 or, hi'^'yi'nkado'n'' te ni', I wish to take 

 you as my husband, hii^yi'nkado'"'' te' 

 ni'ki ni', I do not wish to take you as 

 my husband. — yi'nka yi'ki, her hua- 



