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The Creek Glossary. 



a- prefix of verbs and nouns : Jrom^ coming from. 



Abi/ka, pi. Abivkanagi, nom. pr. Abika, Obika Indian; 

 Abi/kanagitawat but the Abika Indians 12, 11. 



adam, hadam i) again; hadam 14, 33. 2) or 12, 26. 



adsh-, atch- ; a prefix commonly placed before another prefix, 

 as -ak, -uk (-u'h) : behind., in the rear of. 



adshakayas, du. of subj. adshakahoyis, pi. adshakapiyls I avt 

 followifig.^ going after., going alongside oj ; said of ob- 

 jects moving, travelling ; also of roads, paths, etc. Ninin 

 adshakapiyakatin ati vgit to follow the trail into which 

 they had stepped., in which they stood 12, 36; adshaka- 

 yigo-titayin being unable to follozv 14, 7 i adshakkahid 

 having followed^ travelled with 18, 13. Der. ak-, ayiis. 



adshak'hui'las I chase .^ pursue, adshak'hui' la'lanayatalgid 

 being bent upon the pursuit of., p. 60 ; lit. "having to stand 

 in behind, at a future time"; from adsh-, ak-, huilas^ 'lana- 

 ya, talkis ; cf. i. 206, and ak'huilas. 



adshi maize., Indian corn; adsh'; imapi maize-stalk., vol. i. 

 203. a. intalapi ear of corn ; a. loatchki soft corn., green 

 corn; a. wanhi hard corn; a. issi leaf., husk of corn; 

 adshidsas such a thing as com 14, 26. 



adshuktchakas I overtake., catch Jip with, adshuktcha/ai- 

 gin overtaken by., as by misfortune; lit. "it having come 

 upon (me)," p. 60. Der. adsh-, uk-, tchakas I overtake. 



adsuli, adshulagi-tati ; see atsiili. 



Afos;afiska, nom. pr. of a stream in the old Creek country, 

 Eastern Alabama : Bark-peeling Place. Der. afo'swa, q.v., 

 and afisas I peel., strip (bark, skins, etc.) 14, 35. 



afoswa, coll. afo'salgi switch., flexible branch., underbrush 

 14, 10. 



afuswa (« short) sewing-thread., thread. 



^haka i) law., legal practice; 2) custom., habit, mahaka, 

 abbr. from irriiihaka ; lit. " his, their law, habit'" ; covunon 

 law., custom., habit. 



