DORSEY-S WANTON] 



THE BILOXI AND OFO LANGUAGES 



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sxe'na, to put, to place (see sxe'wa). — 



basxe^na, I put; tcasxe^na, you put. 

 sxe^wa, to save, to put away, take care! 



(Creole: prends-garde!) (said to have 



the same meaning as sxe'na). — hasxe'- 



wa, I put away or save, 

 shi^h.u'^: non^pi shVhun, Sunday. 

 sho^, old. — ito sho'hi, an old man; 



iijan' sho^hi, an old woman. 

 sxo'ki, to burst. — hasxo'Tci, I burst; 



tcasxo^ki, you burst. 

 sxu^pka, soft. — akhVsi sxu'pha, soft- 



ehelled turtle, 

 sishu^ke, curly. — apxa' swhu^ke, curly 



hair. 

 ska^lo, an escalin, a "bit," twelve and 



a half cents. — ska^lo nu'plia, a quarter 



of a dollar; ska'lo Wpa, half a dollar, 

 slo^ska, cheek. — min^sloska, my cheek; 



tcWsloska, your cheek, 

 soni^pka: so'in^pka, fin of a fish; tcisho'>n^- 



pka, wing (of a bird); Wfka so'^'pat- 



chuti, red-winged blackbird, 

 sto (?): atce^k tu^sto, to shuck or husk 



corn. 



cba'niki, bad. — tciWtci cba^niki, you 

 have a bad tongue! (or, you talk too 

 much!). 



ci^tkashi, a sheep. 



cle'ka, a bow (the weapon). 



cui, to itch. — iHco cnicnVwe, the body 

 itches; hacnicni'we, I itch; tcacnicni'we, 

 you itch. 



cpa*!, rotten. — ethe^ni cpa'"', rotten meat. 



ctu''ti, clean. — bactu^ti, I am clean; 

 tcactv/ti, you are clean; oTi-djo'ftan 

 ctij/ti, clean clothes. 



cii^luwiya, a worm (the common earth- 

 worm). 



tca^ftu, to go to bed. — batca'ftu, I go to 



bed; a^man tcqfftu, he lies on the 



ground, 

 tca^he, he (snake) hisses (cf. aktce). 

 tca^maki, mosquito. 

 tca^mua, tca^mwa, tca^muwa, way 



off yonder, on the other side, beyond, 



away off. 

 tca^su, liver. — bitca^su, my liver; tdtca^- 



su, your liver, 

 tca'tka, jawbone, 

 tcayu, to make. — min^ti tca^yu, I make; 



tcif^ti tca^yu, you make; o™'<i tca'yu, 



we make; ifthepV tca'yu, make coffee! 



ilea'"'' kWwe tcaVyunkna, to do some- 

 thing with a stick, 

 tce^ko'i, which? 

 tce^ma, tce'ma, tche''ma, right, good, it 



is good. — teak tce'rna, the right hand. 



ito' tche'ma, a good man. 

 tche^mpu, navel. 

 tchi^pi, intestines. 

 tci^fhehi, dangerous, 

 tci^fhi, foot. — tcqfhahi, tca'JhSi'n-he, leg, 



calf of leg; batcafhahi, my leg; tcqtcaf- 



hahi, your leg; oHcqfhahi, our legs; 



tcqtcgfhahitu, your (pi.) legs; tcVfhi 



thu'ti, the ankle, " the foot bone." 



(Perhaps this should be ifhV, which 



was recorded once along with tcifhV, 



your foot.) 

 tci'kha, to sort out. — batcVkha, I sort out; 



tcatcVkha, you sort out. 

 tciktci^, around.— tuk tciktcV, around the 



stone. 

 tcli'ash.o^lii, Spanish moss. — tnnasho'hi 



fte'pi, black moss. 

 tc^nki, little, small. 

 tciiiklo^pa, pomegranate (Creole: gra- 



nade). 

 tci^^tchi^nti, to crawl. 

 tco^fthati, mother's brother, or my 



mother's brother. — tca'tu tco'fthqti, my 



father's brother, 

 tco^ka, in, under. — a'ni tco'ka, in or 



under the water; a'ni tco'ka, te'kna, to 



go into the water, tco'ktqtq, in the 



middle, 

 tconi, to hunt or search (for something 



lost). — abatco'ni, I hunt; tcatco'ni, you 



hunt; fe'ska tco'ni, to hunt for hogs. 

 tcotkukii^so, a bucket, 

 tcule'ska, Carolina wren (Creole: ro- 



telet). 

 tcu^pi, all, several. 

 tcutas: tcutqskq'pi, a round silver plate 



formerly worn on the body, tcutqshu'hi, 



earring. apVntcu tcutushu'M, nose ring. 

 ta^blokJ, bottle, 

 ta^fe, to bite. — %ta'fe, I bite; tcHta'fe, you 



bite. 

 tafha^ti, caterpillar, 

 ta'fhe, armpit. 

 tahi: tota^H, to shake or tremble; batata' - 



hi, I shake or tremble; tcatqta'hi, you 



shake or tremble. 

 takba''ska, lean, not fat. 



