DORSEY-SWANTON] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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lu, amojkalala, to ring, also a bell. — 



hamd'jkalalu, I ring. 

 amo^fiki, the breast. — atce'k md^nhi, the 



ribs, 

 ampho'ska, a drum, 

 ampti'yaho, it thunders. 

 aintca''ki, it lightens. 

 anapha^si, flour. — angola anapha^si, 



flour, "white man's flour"; atce^k 



anapha^si, corn-meal, 

 a^ni, ani^, water. — a^ni than^ the ocean, 



" the big water." 

 a^ni, to take. — ba^ni, I take; tca'ni, you 



take. 

 anisho^pi, a cup. 

 ani^si, to play (as children) (cf. into- 



nisi). — abani'si, I play; tcani'si, you 



play. 

 anita^, to wash. — banita', I wash. 

 ano^, north, winter. • 



ano^ska, orphan, 

 andja^ki ke^hi, one thousand. 

 andjo^fta, aidjo^fta, a^djo^ftan, cloth, 



clothes, clothing. — andjo'fti-pa'sti, soap. 

 anthu^, vines, creepers. — aHho'liifte^- 



pi, muscadine. 

 apaskoii^, apasko^, a^pasku, bread 



(Biloxi, pa'' ska). — apasko'^' bo^wasi, I 



need bread; apaskon^ tco^wasi, you 



need bread. 

 a^pasti, apasti^, to wash, bathe one's 



self or clothing. — ba^pasti, I wash; 

 • ihin^sa apa'sti, to wash one's self; 



andjo'fti-pa'sti, soap. 

 aphe^ni, to fold. — aba^pheni, I fold; 



tcaphe'ni, you fold; aphenVxku, a little 



bundle, 

 aphe^ti, aphi^ti, fire.— ap/j/cni, aphe^sni, 



the coals; ape^shihi, smoke, pe'tota, a 



match, aphe^sa nagi\ fire-place, chim- 

 ney, ape'shihi pho^hi, smoke-hole. 



iya''ti ape^shihi, steamboat. 

 a^p?i, leaf. — aphVfo'tka, pecan. 

 apho^, owl (Creole: grosse-tele hibou). — 



qpho^ nqgi' , ai^pJio^ nnkt, screech owl. 

 aphoi^'hi, to smell. 

 aphu^ska, fist. — baphu^ska, my fist; 



tcaphu^ska, your fist. 

 api^ntcu, nose. — bapi'ntcu, my nose. 

 a'pofhe', to steal. — abapofhe\ I steal; 



atca'pofhe^ you steal; a^pofhela, a thief. 

 a^pshuse, to belch (Creole: roter). — 



ba^pskuse, I belch. 



a'she, to sit. — bafshe, I sit; tca'she, you 

 sit; ona^she, we sit down. 



ashe^, frost. — ashiton, a big frost. 



asxe, to hear. — tci'asoce, do you hear?; 

 tcVasxe kia^wehe, do you hear what I 

 say? 



ashehi, to laugh, he laughs. — bashehi, I 

 laugh; tcashehi, you laugh; tcu^ pi ashehi, 

 all laugh, ba'shehi, I laugh at or make 

 fun of some one; tcWshehi, you laugh 

 [etc.]; t«s/je^^2, he laughs [etc.]; onshe^hi, 

 we laugh [etc .] ; i^shehi^, someone laughs. 



ashoha', ring-necked plover, or killdee 

 (Creole: pluvier). 



asho^, asho^i, a^shohi, rain, to rain, 

 it rains. — asho'M akqnqfpq/ka, rainbow, 

 "rain bow;" a'shohi kiu'knao, rain is 

 coming. 



asho'iii, crawfish. 



asho^pi, to drink. — bqsho^pi, I drink; 

 tcqsho^pi, you drink. 



ashu^se, a^shuse, the wind, it blows. 



askho, askhole, to stand. — baskhole, I 

 stand; tcaskhole, you stand; tcaskho, 

 get up! 



aspa(?)^, to chop. 



asti'ki, boy. 



asto'i^ki, girl. — qstdn'ki-ki'ska, little girl. 



aco'co, to cough. 



atce^ki, com. — atce'k nw'fha, ear of corn; 

 a^tcak-bi'ska, hominy grits; qtcik-nqpqsi 

 una'fi, com mush. qngo'Ja tce'ki, rice, 

 "white man's corn." atce'k nqpha^si, 

 corn-meal. 



a'tchaka, grasshopper {Creole: sotriijeau) . 



atche^tka, atche'tka, rabbit. 



atchu^nki, dog (Biloxi, atcu^nki). — 

 atchu'Tigasi, atcu^ngasi, horse, atcu^ngas 

 nashu^sita'"', mule. atchufi-'-dji^nki, 



puppy, "little dog." 



atcokfa^, to lie, tell a falsehood. — 

 batcokfa^, I lie; atcokfa' fhq'la, liar. 



atcu^fi., ashes. 



atcu^ta, atcu^ta, the dove (?), wild 

 pigeon (?) (Creole: tortue or tut). 



atchu^ti, tcu^ti, red. — te'ska atcu^ti, 

 d/ska qtchuti\ cardinal bird, a'ni 

 tcw'ti, abo^ki tcu^ti, Red river. 



ataf: atqfte\ atqfthe, gtqfthe^, to bum. — 

 batafte^hawe, I burn it; abatafte', I burn 

 myself. aphVti atafthe, it is burnt 

 in the fire; atgfthe^hawe, I burnt him; 

 atgfthe'hawe, atcatafthe'hawe, you burn 



