OFO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY 



Note. — In arrang;ing this dictionary the following order is observed: a, an (or an), 

 b, e, c^,/, h (including x and x), i, in, k (including g), I, m, n, o, o", -p, s, c (Eng. sh), 

 tc (Ens. ch), t (including rf), tt, m«, w, y. g is probably identical with the Biloxi 

 medial A;, and d with the Biloxi medial t. tc is an independent sound intermediate 

 between the sibilants and t. x, x, and h all usually stand for the aspirate which fol- 

 lows several Siouan consonants and is particularly prominent in the Ofo language. 

 Superior m (™) occurs sometimes before p or b and indicates an m nasalization. 



abaho^, hail. 



abaiya^i^te, a dream. 



abashi^sk'', fog. 



aba^si, aba^si, a chicken. — aba' si ya'iiki, 



or aba' si ya'nki, hen; abasdoki', or abas- 



to'ki, rooster; abastcVnki, little chickens; 



aba's Fade' si, guinea hen, "spotted 



hen;" aba'stuta, chicken-hawk, 

 abo^fti, bad, evil. 

 abo^ki, a river. — abo'ki ke'dji, a river 



bend, 

 a^bowe, to poison, poison. — aba'boive, I 



poison; tca'bowe, you poison; a'ilkwa 



a'bowe, someone poisoned. 

 afha^^, white. 

 afhi^, it stops, to stop. — a'nic lo'lohe 



of hi' hi, the current. 

 ?,fh.o'ti, cane-brake. 

 afpe^ni, to forget, not to know. — bafpe'ni, 



I forget, or do not know; tcafpe'ni, you 



forget, or do not know; o^afpe'rii, we 



forget, 

 afta'ti, to prick. — abafta'ti, I prick; 



qtcafta'ti, you prick. 

 ahe^, ahi^, horn (of deer, etc.). — itxa' 



ahe', deer-horns, 

 ahi^hi, blood. — aba'hihi, my blood; atca- 



hihi'tu, your (pi.) blood. 

 ahi^te, to land, disembark. 

 a^?3iaki, a:piaka, out of, it is nearly 



light, it is just rising, it is out. — 



i'la axnaki', the sun rises, a'ni aba'- 



xnaka te'kna, I am going out of the 



water. 

 a'lio, bone. 



&1a.o, the haw (black or red). 

 a^kaftati, to nail. — abqkafta'ti, I nail; 



atcqkqfta'ii, you nail. 

 akale^wa, to stand up.—bakqle'wa, I 



stand up. 



akanafpa^a, bow, semicircle, arc. — 

 asho'hi akqnqfpq'ka, rainbow. 



akape^, six. 



a'kde, to find. — ba'kde, I find; tca'kde, 

 you find. 



akfu^, bead. — qkfu' /hi, yellow bead; 

 qkfu' ifthepi', black bead; qkfu' qtchu'ti, 

 red bead; qkfu' ilho'hi, blue bead; qkfu' 

 afhan', white bead. 



akhai^yi, cushion, pillow. 



akxe^, to plant (cf. khewe). — ba'kxe, I 

 plant; tca'kxe, you plant. 



akhi^pi, satisfied. — abqkhi'pi, I am satis- 

 fied; atcqkhi'pi, you are satisfied. 



akhl^si, aki^si, turtle.— a^M^si sxu'pka, 

 soft-shelled turtle; akM'si patchU'ti, 

 red-headed turtle {pa, head; tchti'ti, 

 red). 



akhi^si, ak:^i^si, the caul (Creole: la toi- 

 lette), the spleen (Creole: la rate). 



akho^ba, a^kxoba, stout, strong. — i'to 

 akho'ba, ito' a'kxoba, a stout man, a 

 strong man. 



akho^hi, prairie. 



akho'tca'i, akho^tca, out, outside. — 

 akho'tcan ate'kna, I go out; akho'tca^ 

 cte'kna, you go out; akho'tcq ate', I go 

 outside. 



akho^te, akho^te, under. — abo'ki akhd'- 

 te, river bank. 



akxc^ihi', a worm found in human 

 beings. 



akhu, ku, to give. — bqkhu', I give; 

 tcqkhu', you give; a'nkwa qkhu', one 

 gives, akhu'hi, I am giving it to him; 

 atclkhu', you are giving it to him; 

 tcakhu', he is giving it to you; miHi' 

 atcikhu', he is giving it to me; ontci- 

 khu'be, give it to me! (with future 

 suffix); a^tcikho', give mel tci'tcaki 



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