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aḍaˊtctkayĕˊ, to scorch any object (adaˊtctkahayĕˊ, adaˊtctkahûñḳĕˊ).—ataxniˊ, aṭaxniˊ, atagni, to be burnt (ayiˊtaxni, yaˊñḳataxni).—aˊtaxnixti, to be burnt severely (ayiˊtaxnixti, yaˊˊñḳataˊxnixtiˊ) (3: 25). nyiˊñḳadoˊdi, to be burnt for another, as his house, etc. (iˊkihaˊtaxniˊ, yaⁿˊxkihaˊtaxniˊ; kihaˊtaxnituˊn iˊkihaˊtaxnituˊ, yaⁿˊxkihaˊtaxnituˊ). ayiˊti iˊkihataxniˊn your house was burnt. nkituˊ yaⁿˊxkihaˊtaxnituˊ, our houses were burnt! nktiˊyaⁿ nḳoⁿˊni pixtiˊ xyeˊni yaⁿˊxkihaˊtaxniˊ, his house was burnt. (Also 20: 47; 28: 82, 83, 167.)

adi, father (see atcki).—adiyaⁿˊ, a father, his or her father (ayaˊdiyaⁿ, nḳaˊdiyaⁿ). axtu, their father (31: 11, 32). ñḳaxtuˊ, their father (31: 26). nḳaˊdiyaⁿ e andeˊ, or nḳaˊdiyaⁿ e mañḳiˊ, I have a father. ayaˊdiyaⁿ e andeˊ, or ayaˊdiyaⁿ e mañḳiˊ, you have a father. aˊdiyaⁿ e andeˊ, or aˊdiyaⁿ e mañḳiˊ, he or she has a father. (Also 26: 65; 31: 2, 6, 32, 33.)—taˊta, masculine vocative for father and father’s real or potential elder brother.—aduwoˊ, his “elder father,” his or her father’s elder brother (real or potential) (yaduwoˊ, nḳaduwoˊ).

adi, to climb, climbing.—ñḳaˊdi, I climb (28: 97, 105, 113, 117, 119, 130).—adiˊx̣, climbing (28: 119, 130). adiˊ, he climbed, climbing (26: 42; 28: 46). adĭˊx, he climbed (17: 4).

âdi, to gore or hook (of a cow).—wakaˊ âˊdi, the cow gored or hooked him; wakaˊ yiâˊdi, the cow gored or hooked you; wakaˊ yañḳâˊdi, the cow gored me (p. 146: 33-36). wakaˊ iyiâˊna, beware lest the cow gore you (p. 146: 36).

aˊduwaˊxka, to swallow.—aˊduwaˊxka, she swallows it whole (28: 158). ñḳaˊduwaˊxka, let me swallow them whole (28: 157).

aˊdɇihi.—aˊdɇixstaⁿhaⁿˊ (=aˊdɇihi+staⁿhaⁿ), the style of wearing the hair formerly the rule among the Biloxi girls and women. aˊdɇixtciṭuˊ (=aˊdɇihi+tciʡ+tu), the style of wearing the hair

formerly common among the Biloxi men and boys.

ahiˊ, aheˊ, ahĕˊ, he (20: 26), skin, nails (of hands and toes), horn, hoofs, scales of fish, bark of trees (cf. hiⁿ).—isiˊ ahiˊ, the toe nails. tcak ahiˊ, the finger nails. si aˊhiyaⁿ, hoofs. o ahiˊ, fish scales. ayaⁿˊ ahiˊ, bark of trees. aⁿta ahoˊni, crook-necked squash (“pumpkin with rind bent” ?). (Also 26: 28, 56, 84, 85, 86; 27: 4, 9, 13, 16, 27; 31: 16, 25).

ahi^ empty (28: 147, 149, 150).— ahiyr, to empty, ' * to cause to be empty. ' ' pahi*^ akiy^f he empties a sack, pahif*^ a^hi- haytf you empty a sack. pcM^ afhir hUfiW^ I empty a sack. aMJ^^yehi^, a yard (measure).— izAiw^ydit' so^saf, one j^u^i. ahii^yehV no^pc/^ two yards, doxpii hifh/ehi, a yard of cloth. aho^, ahu^> halio^ (21: 40), a bone (28: 78). — pa aJu/ MpUde^, a suture, sutures,

• 'head bone joints. * ' aJu/ hqhvdV, a bone

necklace, ptcd^ ohvjdi' tpcS^M^, **the soft bone of the nose " , the septum of the nose, spomf ahvdV, the ankle bones. aho-'ye, a debt.— aho^ye hdH^xyi tcafy'i, he ' * marks out " or cancels a debt (alu/ye hdl^xyi tcafhayt, aJu/ye hd^xyi tcaf- hUfiht). — aJu/yeyt, to ask him for what he owes, to dim a debtor (aWyehayV^ aho^yeMMW). ahx/yM'Hf^ , I owe you. aWyehiyt^f he owes you. aJu/yeyafif^, he owes me. — i^kiyaho^ye, to owe a debt to another (yafkiyaWye, afxhyahx/ye). i^kiyaJu/ye afnde, he still owes him. yafhiyaWye ayafnde^ you still owe him. afxkiyaJu/ye nhafnde, I still owe him. ifUd^yaJu/ye nkafnde^ I still owe you. yafUd^yaho^ye ayafnde^ you still owe me. BTkB,, aOkayctBytheyoungest one(28:71). — * tandx/ a'hiyoS^^ her youngest brother. akan, suppose (28: 237). aka^tci, to lick (ayafkafl^td^, nWhafl^ td^: a^ka^^tctu', aya'hj^tdvf ^ nh/kar^to- tu^.—a^hantcH^hi, to lick off. ayu'- ya» nha^kantcki^f^ nhifnde xa naf^ I am used to licking the dew off of vegetation (1: 7). (Also 6: 17, 28: 42.) ak^, to use a knife (i. e., to cut with it) (afyaja, nhdlcir). B/}si6A.—afkidadi to count (ayafkidadV, nJsa^kidadi; pi. a^kidatu^, ayafkidatuf,