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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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lish (?). angWfito^, an American man, 

 "another, different, or foreign man." — 

 anglVf he^mu, an Indian; aligWf he^niu 

 Wle, the Indian language. 



ango'fa, angc'f ito'', white man, espe- 

 cially a Creole. — ango'Ja tce'hi, rice, 

 "white man's com;" ango'fa anapaest, 

 flour, "white man's flour." 



ankonaki^, aiikiinaki, beans. — qnkonakV 

 •pada'fi, lima beans, "flat beans;" 

 ankunaki ivdnyka, peas. 



a^^ku^naka, humming-bird. 



a^fikwa, person, someone, somebody. — 

 ankho'cka, baby. 



a^itxo'xa, slime. 



a^to^, eye. — an' to a'lahi, eyelid; an' to 

 hihi', eyelash, eyebrow. 



a°toni^ki, blind. — aHokfi', cross-eyed. 



aJ^tuskhe^, knife. 



afiwa^'ika,, onion (see ankonahi'). 



ba^u, te^ska ba^u, the common robin 



(or the little blue heron) (Creole: petit 



gris). 

 ba^ka, where. — bg,'ka tcakiu', whence do 



you come? 

 be^Qii, who is it? who? — be'kon tcin'ti, 



who are you? 

 bohona^, near, beside. — a'ni bohona'hi, 



near or beside the water. 

 bokxi'', abroad, away, off. — bokVx te'kna, 



1 am going abroad. 

 bu^te, to shine. — babu'te, I shine; tcabu'- 



te, you shine; in'tuk bu'te, it shines; 



upo'fi i'la bu'te, the moon shines. 



efhahi^, e^fhahi, efhahi^, a long time, 

 old times, always. — efhahi'ti te'kna, he 

 has been gone a long time; efhahi'tl 

 cte'kna, you have been gone a long 

 time; efhahi' a'tufthe, he has passed 

 a long time, efhahi lemon'ti ano'nki, 

 I have lived here a long time, a'nkwa 

 e'fhahi, people of old times. 



eh6'^''h.e, to grunt (like a pig). — behSn'he, 

 I grunt. 



e^, a cliff or hill (Creole: U7i ecore). — 

 e'ki ton, a mountain, "a big hill." 



ephu, pawpaw (Creole: jasmin). 



e^skha, buzzard. 



e^tcahua, fast (Creole: vite). — be'tcahua, I 

 am fast. 



e^tca^i^sa, in a little while, by and by, 

 hold on! 



gthe^ni, meat. 



§tik6"^so, grandfather. — betikd'^so, my 

 grandfather; tcelikdn'so, your grand- 

 father. 



fafanaki, mulberry (Creole: murier). 



fa^kumi, seven. 



fa'tfate, to whistle. — bafa'tfate, I whistle; 



tcafa'tfqte, you whistle. 

 feska^, hog.— /esfc tci'nki, pig, "little 



hog"; feskq-tca'hi, opossum, "forest 



hog" (?); fe'skitci, fat (evidently "hog 



fat"). 

 fha^ki, pain. — abafhqkt, I have a pain; 



atcafhqki, you have a pain; nashu'si 



fhq'ki, earache. 

 fha^la: atcokfa' fhq'la, a liar, story-teller. 

 fhi, yellow. — amVhun fhi, yellow fever; 



itcofhi', yellow tree (Creole: boisjaune). 

 i-xiP-'te, tail.— feska fxin'ti, pig's tail; 



ho fxinte, fish's tail, on'taske fhin'te, 



comet, "tailed-star." 

 flo^, long. — non'pi flo'hi, a long day. 

 fte^tka, tall. 

 fto^tka, a circle, round. 



hafe: dukha'fe, to scratch; aba'dukhafe, 



I scratch; tca'dukhafe, you scratch. 

 he^tani, to think. — bahe'tani, I think; 



tcahe'tani, you think; tcahe'tanitu, you 



all think. 

 hiti: ahi'ti, to kick; abahi'ti, I kick; 



atcahi'ti, you kick; min'ti abahi'ti, I 



kick; itcaki'ti, we kick each other (?); 



itcabahi'ti, I want to kick you. 

 hiJi^sa, self. — mihin'sa, myself; mihin'sa 



etcin'ti, ourselves; ihin'sa, himself. 

 ho, fish. 

 ho^e, to bellow (like a bull), to howl 



(like a wolf). 

 ho^cka, child. — ho'cka mi'tha, my child; 



qnkho'cka, baby. 

 hupi: dukhu'pi, to dig. — badukhu'pi, I 



dig; tcadukhu'pi, you dig; ondukhu'pi, 



we dig. 



i'fha, tooth. — i'fha ite', toothache. 



i^fhu, seed. — akd'nt ifhu, peach-seed, 

 peach-stone; u'tu i'fhu, acorn. 



iftapta*!', ten. — iftqptqn' nuffha', eleven; 

 ^ftqptqn' 7ium'pha, twenty; iftqptqn' 

 ta'ni, thirty; iftqptqn' to' pa, forty 

 [etc.]; iftq'ptq nufha', one hundred. 



ifte^pue, to pull out. — btfte'pue, I pull 

 out; tcifte'pue, you pull out. 



