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THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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ni^'kna, to walk. — min^ti bani'"'^kqna, I 



am walking; tcanWkna, you walk, 

 no^phe^tka, a common fly. 

 no'nki: ha^she nd^nki, I am sitting down; 



tea' she nd'nki, you are sitting down; 



o^she no'nki, we are sitting down. 



md'nka tcmd'nki, you live or dwell 



here; lemdn'ti and'nki, I live here; 



efJw/hV lemdn'ti and'nki, I have lived 



here a long time, ano'nki, I stay; 



tcano'nki, you stay. 

 no^^pi, day, daylight. — noi^-pi shVhun, 



Sunday; no^'pi txon, Christmas, "big 



day"; nabVti, to-day. 

 nii^fha, one, only .— if taptan' nu'fha', 



eleven, also given for 100. 

 nu-'pha, nu™^pha, two. — iftaptan^ nu'^''- 



pha, twenty. 

 nuti, to throw away. — cnu'ti, throw it 



away! hanuHi, I throw it away; tcanu'ti, 



you throw it away. 

 nu'i'se, to chase. — hanu'^-'se, I chase; 



tcanu''>''se, you chase. 



obishrki: bobishVkt, I am ashamed; 

 tcobishVkt, you are ashamed; tcobishV- 

 kxni, are you not ashamed? 



ofhi'pi: boJhVpi, I cut it across, aduske' 

 ba'ni abofhVpi, I take a knife and cut 

 it; aduske' tca'ni tcofhVpi, you take a 

 knife and cut it. 



o^fpaki, to split. — itca'"^ bo'fpaki, I split 

 the stick; itcan' tco'fpaki, you split 

 the stick; itcan' oi^'fpaki, we split the 

 stick, tcofpa'ki, you chop, or cut; 

 anfhe'pi tco'fpagi, to cut with an ax. 



o^ftati, cotton. — o'ftati q/thi, cotton-gin. 



ofthahi, to arrive, come in. — bo'fthqhi, 

 I come inside; tco'fthahi, you come 

 inside; lemdn'ti bofthq'hi, I arrive here. 



okho^e, lid or cover of a pot. 



okho'iiki: ho bokhd'nki, I fish; ho tcok- 

 hd'iiki, you fish. 



oMfthe, okifthe^, ukifthe, make the 

 fire! — aphe'ti bokVfthe, I make a fire; 

 boktfthe'be, I am going to light a fire. 



okifthe^yi, to forget. — boMfthe'yi, I for- 

 get; tcokifthe'yi, you forget. 



o^klose, rat. 



okpe: aHciokpe' , help me! or, I help 

 (perhaps to help); aHcibokpebe, I am 

 going to help you; aHcitcokpe, you help. 

 a' the okpe', to help put on a dress; athe' 

 antco'kpe, you help me dress. 



o'ktafigi, shoe.— boktqftgi, my shoe. — 

 u{k)tqfiki ni'ki, barefoot, "without 



oktaki, to tell. — boktqki', bo'ktqki, I tell 

 him; aMco'ktq'ki, he tells me; aHcio'- 

 ktqki, he tells you; aHcibo'ktqki, I tell 

 you; abitco'ktqki, you tell me; tcu'pi 

 tco'ktqki, I tell you all; atdoi^ktqki, we 

 tell you; aoHco'ktqki, you tell us; 

 bo'ktqkitu, I tell them, or they tell me; 

 tco'ktqkitu, you tell them, or they tell 

 you; tcu'pi tco'ktqkitu, they tell you all, 

 or you all tell them; tco'ktqki, tell him! 

 you tell him; abo'ktaki, I tell him; 

 tco'ktaki, you tell him. 



oktati, to work, he is working. — atcoktati, 

 you work; o'ktatqbe, he will work; 

 tco'ktatqbe, you will work; abokta'tci, I 

 work; atcokta'tci, you work. 



oktu''nahe, to surround. 



okwa: qpha o'kwa, to comb the head; 

 ba'pha bokwa', I comb the head; tca'pha 

 tcokwa', you comb the head; qpyo'kwa, 

 the comb. 



opaka^hi, opaka^hi, to be hungry. — 

 bopqkan'hi, bopqka'hi, I am hungry; 

 tcopqkan'hi, you are hungry. 



opa^titci, to pour. — bopa'titci, I pour; 

 tcopa'titci, you pour. 



ophe, to come inside. — bo'phe, I come in- 

 side; tco'phe, you come inside. 



o^phi, much, many. — atce'ki o'phi, lots of 

 corn; ito' o'phi, many men. qthV o'phi, 

 there are many houses there; athi' o'phi 

 qnkto'hi, a lot of pretty houses; atun'hi 

 qthV o'phi ankto'hi, I see a lot of pretty 

 houses. 



opne'ka, to fetch (cf. opte). — bopne'ka, I 

 fetch; tcopne'ka, you fetch; onopne'ka, 

 we fetch. 



opo'hi, to bleed. — bopo'hi, I bleed. 



opte, to lead or bring (cf. opne'ka). — 

 bo'pte,' I lead or bring; tco'pte, you 

 lead; ki'awe tco'pte'kna, what are you 

 going to get? a'ni tco'pte, go and get 

 water! tcathV tco'pte, go and get your 

 father! 



o^pufku, it is dark. — no^'pi o'pufku, no^'- 

 pao'pufka, a dark day. 



osasxu^pka, bat (the animal so called). 



o^si, dry. — a'ni o^si, dry, devoid of water. 



o^skha, o^skxa, the crane (Creole: une 

 grue). oskqfha (from osMa, and afhan', 

 white), the white or American egret 



