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(Creole: un egret), o^skha aphVntcu 

 Wtci, the black-capped night-heron, a 

 gray crane that lives on crawfish (Creole : 

 said to be hec grosse (?) ). 



o^cigwe, a cloud. 



otafta'ki: hotqftq/ki, I am tired, I am 

 getting tired. 



o^txo, the butt end of anything. 



otkabedji, utka'bedji, to cut. — itca'ki 

 utkg/hedji, he cuts his hand; hidja'ki 

 botka^bedji, I cut my hand; a'nkwa 

 itca'ki utka'bedji, I cut a person's hand; 

 ya'ckiko'"' tcotka^btdji, how comes it that 

 you cut your hand? 



o^wasi, o'wasi, to want. — bo'wasi, I 

 want; tco^wasi, you want; bowa'sni, I 

 do not want; tcowa'sni, you do not 

 want. amo'"fhq^si bowqfsi, I want some 

 money; atu'fi bo^wqsi, I want to buy; 

 abaHhe bo'wasi, I want a dress. 



o^wati, yesterday. 



Qii'fana, duck. — o^'fana ito'ki, mallard 

 duck. 



QJi'fhi, bullet, \)2i\\.—onfhi'k bi'Jka, shot; 

 onfha'pi, gun; o^/ha^p tqta\ arrow. 



o^'fnatka, mouse. 



o'^ka^hi, spoon. 



o°kte'fi, snake. — onkte^fi taphe'su, rattle- 

 snake. 



o'^ktohi'', o^ikto^i, pretty. — yg/nqkca 

 QfiktohV, a pretty girl. 



o'^ni, oni^, mother. — mo^oni, my mother; 

 tco'oni, thy mother, vio'^^'ni ta^^fka, 

 my mother's sister. 



oJi'phi, sharp. — o't'^phi nVki, dull, " not 

 sharp." 



o°'sxa, to hunt (for game, etc.). — 

 aho'nsxa', I hunt; tco'^sxa', you hunt. 



o'^^cka, crow (Creole: corneille). 



oJ^tcehi^, it is cold. — boHcehV, I am cold. 



o'l^tciku (?), to give (lit.). — tcile'tci 

 o'"''tciku, hold your tongue! tcw^pi tciW- 

 tci o'"'^tclku, hold your tongues! . 



o'ltcipha^ska, a blanket. 



o'ltaske^, ontaske', star, sky. — o'"'^taske 

 uHhe', falling star; o'^^taske fhi^'tu, 

 comet; oi^^taske phu'fi, morning star; 

 o'^'^taske na^^pi phu'fi, evening star; 

 o'"''taske po'Jka, milky-way. 



o^tha'*, pumpkin. — oHafhqhV, water- 

 melon; oMaJhahi' nqpliVhi, muskmelon. 



oDtho^mofthu^, grape. 



6^'yi, louse (Creole: pou). 



pafxH^nti, a point (of an object), (cf. 



i'fha.) 

 pahi: du'kpqhi, adu'kpahi, to rip', abadu'- 



kpqhi, I rip; tcadu'kpqhi, you rip. 

 pakani^ke, to sprain, he sprains. — 



abdknVke, apaknVke, I sprain; tcabaknV- 



ke, you sprain. 

 paOkwa, to coimt. — bqpa'kwa, I count; 



tcqpa'kioa, you count, 

 pala^tci, wide. 



panana^hi, to sift. — bapanqna'hi, I sift, 

 pasna'tka, to grind something. — qbapas- 



7iq'tka, I grind something; tcqpasnq'tka, 



you grind something. 

 patche^, to wipe. — hqpatche', I wipe; 



tcnpatche', you wipe, 

 pa^dafi, flat. — ta'cka pq'dafi, a flat plate, 

 pa'tani, eight. 

 patho'pka, red-headed woodpecker (?) 



(Creole: oiseauparu). 

 pathu^pka, it (the fire) crackles, 

 pe^sni, moldy, mildewed. 

 pha^mihi: bapha^mihi, my mind; tcapha^- 



mihi, your miad. 

 pha'taki, pa^taki, to push.- — ba^tqpha'- 



tqki, abapha^taki, I push; tcatqpha^tqki, 



tcqpha^tqki, you push, 

 phe, to pound in a mortar. — bqphe', I 



pound; tcqphe', you pound; of^phe', we 



pound, 

 phenti, to crack. — baphe'nii, I crack; 



Icaphe'nti, you crack; ta^cka phe'nti, the 



plate is cracked, 

 pxo'se, to sting. — bapxo^se, I sting; 



tcapxo'se, you sting. 

 ph-fl.^ki, to sweat, perspire. — baphu'ke, I 



sweat; atcwiphu'ke, you sweat. 

 plo^cka, round (said to have the same 



meaning as pWtka). — itca'"'' pWcka, or 



tcapWska, a round piece of wood, a 



ball (pelotte); itca'ki pWcka, clasped 



hands. 

 plo^tka, round (said to be the same in 



meaning as pWshka). — i'tcan' pWtka, a 



round ball, 

 pophu'ti, to swell or puff out. — bapophiV- 



ti, I swell or puff out; tcapophu'ti, you 



swell or puff out. 

 pii^hi, a hole. — qphVntcu pu^hi, nostrils. 

 puke^, it is warm. — puke^ mWti, or 



bapuki, I am warm; puke' tcin'ti, or 



tcapu'ki, you are warm. 

 pii^suhi, to blow. — bapu'suhi, I blow; 



tcapv/suhi, you blow. 



