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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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itxu'l'hi, cord, ligament. 



ito^, a man, a male. — ito^ nUfha^, a man, 

 one man; Ito^ itxan' t-phiha'wi, God, 

 " Man-big-above" (see ijphi). 



iwa^, to sleep. — hiwd, I sleep; tciwd, you 

 sleep. 



i'ya, deer. 



iya', raccoon (there is a slight difference 

 between this word and the above, ap- 

 parently, but not certainly, due to 

 accent). 



iya^fhu, blackberry. 



iya^ti, pirogue, canoe, boat. — iya^ti ape'- 

 shihi, steamboat. 



iya^i^, woman. 



iyo^naki, to mock. — te^ska iyo'naki, mock- 

 ingbird. 



pifhi^hi, ifhihi^, afraid, scared. — iba'Jhihi, 

 aba^fhihi, I am afraid, I am scared; itca^ 

 fhihi, itd'fhihi, you are afraid, you are 

 scared . 



in^fpgjto know. — iha'fpe,! know; tcaffpe, 

 you know, akte'sue i'^'^fpe, to read; 

 bakte^sue i^Tipe, I read, ifphe^we, to 

 teach; bifphe^we, I teach; tcifphe^we, 

 you teach; ifphetcVwe, you teach me. 



i^ikhe^hi, it is enough. 



i^^kta^we, to hate. — blnkta^we, I hate. 



i^i'tco, i^tco^, body, flesh, corpse. — 

 a'nkwa Wtco, a person's hody;iHconan^- 

 tci, ghost, spirit, soul of the dead; 

 a^nkwa iHco^, somebody's body or 

 corpse. 



Pdaki^, i"da^, i^i'taki, hominy (Cre- 

 ole: g'ros grrw; Mobilian : sagamite). 



inthe', forehead. — binthe'', my forehead; 

 tciHhe^, your forehead. 



i^^to^nisi, to make fun of, to joke, to play 

 with (cf. ani^si). — abiHo^nisi, I make 

 fun of; tcinto^nisi, you make fun of. 



pi^tu, egg. — Wtufhi, the yolk of an egg, 

 "egg yellow "; Wtuafxo''i\ the white of 

 an egg (both of the above may take 

 a^bas, "hen," before them); a^bas in'tu, 

 "hen's eggs." 



lP-'tvd&, ii'tuii, town.— in' tufa atkVtco 

 afte, he went to town; Wkobathi in'tufati 

 atitco'"'' ate'kna, I am going to the town 

 to-morrow. 



kafpxo'i^te, to mash, to crush. — 

 bakafpxSn'te, bdkafpo'nte, I mash, I 

 crush, I squeeze or press; tcq,kafpx6'"''te, 

 you mash, you crush. 



ka^nataka^, kanata^ka, red^headed liz- 

 zard (Creole: scorpion). 



ka^shoki, to break. — baka'shoki, I break; 

 tcakqfshoki, you break. 



k'ade'si, spotted. — aba's Fade' si, guinea- 

 hen, " spotted hen." 



kaJ^latchrtka, "wood tick" (Creole: puis 

 bois). 



ke'tci, k^edji, crooked, a bend. — itcan' 

 ke'tci, crooked stick; abo'ki ke'dji, river 

 bend. 



kfa^hi, old. — do'kfa'hi, Vdokfahi, an old 

 man; dokfa'hi cto'he cte'kna, are you go- 

 ing to see the old man? 



khatu'ye, to sew. — akhatu'ye, I sew; 

 tcakhatu'ye, you sew; ankhatu'ye, needle. 



khe'we, to plow (cf. akxe'). — a' man khe'- 

 we, to plow land. 



kia'we, something, what. — ki'aive tee, 

 what do you say?; kVawe tco'pte'kna, 

 what are you going to get? 



kifaii, five. 



ki^ska, small, little, thin (generally of 

 human beings). — in'tufi kVska, a small 

 town; i'to kVska, a thin man. 



kiska^we, to lend. — bakiska'we, I lend; 

 tcakiska'ive, you lend. 



ki^ctacga, nine. 



ki^ctataki, to pity, the pitiable people. — 

 bakVctatqki, I pity; tcakVctataki, you 

 pity. 



Mthe^, a fight. — a'kithe, you fight! 

 a'kithe min'ti, I fight; a'fikwa kithe', one 

 is fighting; a'kithe tcin'ti, you fight; 

 a'kithe tcu'pi, all fight (ourselves and 

 yourselves); kithe'he, they are fighting. 



kiu: kiukna, to come. — akiu'kna, I come; 

 tcakiu'kna, you come; Hu^^na, he comes; 

 o^kiu'kna, we two come; onkiukna'tu, 

 we come; tckiuknatu', you (pi.) come; 

 kiuknatu', they come; a'shohi kiu'knao, 

 a rain is coming, ba'katcakiu' , whence 

 do you come? lemdn'ti tca'kiu, you come 

 here! tca'kiu a'ctuti, come and eat! 

 atucnawa, tca'kiu a'ctuti, make haste 

 and come and eat! de'to^ni a'kiube, if 

 he goes I will come, tcakiu', come on! 

 takiu' akte', I am going, you are 

 going(?). 



kobi'ska, slender. — itco^' kobi'ska, a slen- 

 der tree. 



kofpen'ti, gafprnti, gofpin^i, to 

 whip. — a'gafpinti, I whip; tcingqfpin'ti, 

 you whip; hibaba' gqfpWti, ankofpe'nti, 

 a whip, a'ni hofpVnti, a wave. 



