ąxti

Biloxi

Alternative forms

  • hąxti

Noun

ąxti

  1. woman, female
    Coordinate terms: (gender) ąyaato, (age) sąki

Derived terms

  • kitsą ąxti akue (“bonnet (hat)”)
  • ąxti doxpê (“dress, gown (overcoat for women)”)
  • ąxti dusi (“to cohabit with a woman”)
  • ąxti topi (“unmarried woman, virgin”)
  • ąxti yįkatǫni (“married woman”)
  • ąxti ącodǫ (“widow”)

References

  • David Kaufman (2011), Tanêks–Tąyosą Kadakathi [Biloxi–English Dictionary]‎[1], Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, →ISBN, page 48
  • Paula Ferris Einaudi (1976) [1974], A Grammar of Biloxi (Garland Studies in American Indian Linguistics), New York; London: Garland Publishing Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
  • James Owen Dorsey, John Reed Swanton (1912), “aⁿxti′, axti′, haⁿxti′”, in A Dictionary of the Biloxi and Ofo Languages, Accompanied with Thirty-One Biloxi Texts and Numerous Biloxi Phrases (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin; 47)‎[2], Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 177–8
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