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ifthepi^, ifthe^pi, ifthi^pi, black, also 

 coffee. — abo'ki or a'm ifte^pi, Black 

 river; Ifte^pi ito\ black man, negro; 

 te'skaxfthVfi, blackbird; ifthe^pV, coffee; 

 ifthepV tca'yu, make coffee! ta.nasho''- 

 hi ifte'pi, black moss. 



ifthe'yi, left. — teak ifihe'yi, left hand. 



i^hi, ihi^, mouth. — hi^hi, my mouth. 



IM', iiihi^, hair, feather, wool. — tesk i^hV, 

 bird's feather; cVtkasM. inhV, sheep's 

 wool; apxa^hi, head hair. 



iko^ni, grandmother. — hiko'ni, my grand- 

 mother. 



i^la, luminary. — non^pi ila, sun, "day 

 luminary; " upo^fi i'la, moon, "night 

 luminary;" upo^fi i^la hu'te, the moon 

 shines; i'la nujha, one month; Via 

 iHu'ka, sun-gazer or American bittern 

 (Creole: vise-en-V air) . 



Tie', iPle', to speak, he speaks, lan- 

 guage. — ihale\ I speak; itca'le, you 

 speak; tcu'pi He', all speak; min'ti 

 ba'le, I speak; tcin'ti td'le, you speak; 

 o'"''ti He', we speak; mifi'ti iya'"'' iba'le, 

 I, a woman, speaks. W^'glif i^le', 

 another language, or the English lan- 

 guage; anglifhi iHe' , the Indian lan- 

 guage; min'ti in'le (or i'le), my lan- 

 guage. 



iletci', ile^tci, tongue. — tcile'tci, tcile'tci, 

 your tongue. — ale tci, to lap; bale'tci, 

 I lap; tcale'tci, you lap; onale'tci, we 

 lap. 



li^hi: tphiba'wi, iphVbowi, ephi'pawi, up, 

 high, above. — tphibawi hate'kna, I go 

 up; iphVbaivi itcon', high in the tree; 

 Iphiba'wi-ito' , "The-man-up-above, ' ' 

 God; Ito' itxan' tpMba'wi, God, "Man- 

 big-above"; athV iphi'paivi, up stairs. 

 epi'tco'"', high, up; epi'tcon te'kna, to 

 go up. 



I'shi, full. 



ishu'hi, to stink, to smell bad. — bishu'hi, 

 I smell bad; tcishw'hi, you smell bad; 

 tcamuivacte' tdshu'M, go away, you 

 smell bad! 



itca^hu, to sing, a song. 



itca^ki, itca^ki, hand, fingers. — bidja'ki, 

 my hand; a'nkwa itca'ki, someone's 

 hand. Uca'ki ton, \tca'ki tan, thumb, 

 " big finger" (?); itca'ki td'nki, fingers, 

 " little fingers " ; tcitcaki antcku', give 

 me your hand! itca'kapac le'ki, finger- 

 ring. 



itcakoftu^ftu, kidney. 



itca^masi, to salute, to greet, to say "bon 

 jour" to one. — bitca'masi, I salute. 



itca^nti, the heart. 



itcapi, lips. — bitca'pi, my lips. 



i'tcacpha-a^hnaku, mushrooms. 



itcatho'', mortar. — itcatho'pka, pestle. 



itce^pi, door. — itce'pi ki'ska, window, 

 " small door." 



itchepi^, itcMpi^, dirt, dust. 



itchi^, fat, oil, grease. 



itched, green, unripe. 



itco^le, chief. 



itco'ti, neck, throat. 



itcoJi^, itca'i^, i^tco'i, tree, wood. — 

 itcatu'ska, tcetu'ska, a stick. itcatcWki 

 o'phi, a thicket of bushes, lots of 

 bushes, itcofhi', yellow tree (Creole: 

 bois jaune). itcand'nki, a fence, itcgf- 

 pheti, torch, "fire-stick." itcaplu', 

 thorn-tree, itca'ni, tobacco. 



ita^tiska, back. — bita'tiska, my back; 

 tcita'tiska, your back; oHa'tiska, our 

 backs; tcitd' ilskatu, your (pi.) backs. 



ite^, i^te, e^te, to Buffer. — bi'te, I suffer; 

 tci'te, you suffer; q/pha Vte, headache. 

 e'tete, sick, keeping on suffering (redupl. 

 form); abe'tete, I am sick; atce'tete, tce'- 

 tete, you are sick; oMete', we are sick. 



ite^hu, to touch. 



itxa, i^te, to have, own, possess. — min'ti 

 txa, it is mine; tdn'ti txa, it is yours; 

 Uo' i'te, to marry (said of a woman); 

 iyan' ite', to marry (said of a man). 

 aba' the tininki, I have no dress, hocka- 

 mi'tha, my child; tokmi'tha, to'kmitxa, 

 my brother; toktdn'txa, your brother; 

 toko^'txa, our brother. 



itha^nani, wife. — bttha'nani, my wife; 

 td'nani ni'ki, a widower, "his wife 

 not "; ta'nani the, a widower, " his wife 

 dead." 



ithe^fi, the^fi, belly. 



itho'hi, ito'hi, blue. — te'ska itho'hi, blue- 

 jay. 



itho°', itho^n (see ilhdn'), big, large. — 

 in'tufi txon, a large town; bi'txon, I am 

 large; td'txo'"', you are large; i'txo'^, he is 

 large; tcu'pi i'txo'^, we (they) are large. 

 a'ni txon, lots of water, much water. 



itho'i^ to grow (cf. Uhon', big). 



ithoi''fka, sister.— bitxdn'fka, bithon'fka, 

 my sister; tdtxdn'fka, your sister; 

 bitxon'fka itxin'to, my sister's husband. 



