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antcku^ give me your hand! a'khu, 

 to give to eat; gba^kku, I give to eat; 

 atca^khu, you give to eat. athi'si tciku\ 

 you give medicine. 



akifhui^tku, Saturday. 



aMktce^, a flower. — ila akiktce^hi, sun- 

 flower. 



akisho^tia^taba, a lizard. 



a^kiska, grass, bush. — a'kiska ktce^hi, 

 rosebush. 



ako^, to shout, to call out. — hako'hi, 

 I shout; tcako'hi, you shout. kWive 

 inko^hi, what do you call? mi''<'^te 

 kia^ive iba^koM, what am I calling? 

 tca^kohi, you are calling. 



ako^cka, gizzard, his gizzard. 



ako^i^si, bee. — ako^^si win^shu, honey. 



ak6°^ti, a peach. — akdH atcu^ti, a plum; 

 ako'f^'t paWska, an orange or a lemon. 

 (The Jesuit missionary Poisson men- 

 tions contai as the name which "our 

 Indians" give to the plum, and this 

 may have been taken from the Ofo lan- 

 guage, but it is at least as likely that 

 it is from Quapaw, Poisson having had 

 theQuapaw (or Arkansa) mission.) 



akshi^ki, mad, crazy. 



aksho^ti, alligator. 



aktca^, to boil. — a^ni aktca^hi, water 

 boils. 



aktca^pi, near. — dbaktca^'pi, near to me; 

 atcqktca^pi, near to you. 



a^ktche, to spit (cf. tcahe). — ba^ktche, I 

 spit; tca'ktche, you spit; o'l^a^ktche, we 

 spit; tcaktce\ spittle, your spittle (?). 



akta^tci, friend. — abakta^tci, my friend; 

 tcakta'tci, your friend. 



a^ktati, to love. — ba^ktati, I love; tca^- 

 ktati, you love. 



akte^ue, akte^u, to shut up. — bakte^- 

 hue, bakte^hu, I shut up; tcakte^hue, 

 tcakte^hu, you shut up; o'^akte^hue, 

 pnakte^hu, we shut up; akte^hu, shut it! 

 abakte^hu, I shut it; atca^ktehu, you 

 shut it. 



a^ktha, to watch. — ba^ktha, I watch. 



a'kti, bug, insect. 



akti^si, paper. — akte^sue, to write; bakte^- 

 sue, I write; tcakte^sue, you write. 

 akte'sue ■i'^'/pe, to read ; bakte'sue Wffe, 

 I read. 



a^ktucp6»i^cka, to splice, to patch. — 

 ba'ktucpo'n' cka, I splice or patch; tcaf- 

 ktucp&'^'cka, you splice or patch. 



a^ktuwa, to gather, collect. — ha'ktuwa, I 

 gather or collect; tca^ktuwa, you gather 

 or collect. 



a^kuitcu'i^, to be stingy. — ba^kuitcu'"; I 

 am stingy; tca^kuitcun, you are stingy. 



akyu^we, to send. — bakyu^we, I send; 

 tcakyu'we, you send. 



ala^hi, alahi^, skin, bark, also the shell of 

 a turtle, etc. — baWhi, my skin; tcaWhi, 

 your skin; i^txa alaHii, buckskin, deer- 

 skin; apha' alahV, scalp, "head skin." 



alapha^, whisky. — alapha tcu^ti, red 

 whisky. 



alu^the, to be drowned. — balu'ihe, I am 

 drowned; tcalu'the, you are drowned; 

 onlu'the, we are drowned; min^ti balu^- 

 thc, I drown myself; mihin^sa balu'the, 

 I drown myself; viihin^sa etcin^ti balu^- 

 the, we drown each other; ihin^sa 

 alu'the, he drowns himself. 



amapho^ska, arQaph-Q.''ska, the common 

 partridge (Creole: perdrix). 



amashii^pka, palmetto. 



amasku^we, salt. — atk amqskw'we, sugar; 

 qfho^ti atk amqsku^ive, sugar-cane. 



amaspo^, amaspohi^, tobacco-pipe (cf . 

 piihi, hole). 



amatchoi^, a^matcha, a^matcho'^', 

 down, low, low down. — q'matcha ba- 

 te' kna, I go down. 



amawacte (?), to let go, release. — ba'ma- 

 wacte, I let it go; tca'mawacte, you let 

 it go. 



amaJi^, turkey. — ama^' iya'fiki, female 

 turkey; aman' ito'ki, male turkey. 



a'maii, land, coimtry, ground. — a'tna'"' 

 tu'fthahe, to hoe land; a'man khe'we, to 

 plow land. 



a'mife, to sneeze. — ba'mife, I sneeze. 



amifhi'pi, parasol, umbrella. — ami/hVpi 

 tca'ni, you take your parasol ; amXfhVpi 

 ba'ni, I take my parasol. 



ami^u'*, amiii'huii, fever. — amVhun fhi, 

 yellow fever. 



ami^shu, to fan, a fan. — bami'shu, I fan; 

 icamVshu, you fan. 



amo'^'fi, amo^fi, iron, a pot, pottery. — 

 amd'f okho'e, lid of a pot; amonfhqsi^ , 

 amonfhq'si, money. amoi^fhasV ishu'hi, 

 amd'fiiiod'ji, brass, copper. amo''^'f'hqs 

 afha^^ amofhq'si afhd^^ silver, amoi^' 

 /has ifJiV, amofhq'si fhi, gold, amdn's 

 ta'nufhan^, one dollar, amo'^'fi qtku'si, 

 scissors. amd'Jke, scythe, amdykala- 



