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A DICTIONARY OF TMK CHOCTAW LANGUAOK 



achapi, n., a player of the above; one 

 that plays; the play. 



achchukmali, v. t., intensive form, Matt. 

 17: 11; to improve; to repair; to make 

 good; to ameliorate; to benefit; to 

 better; to rectify; to regulate; to sub- 

 stantiate; ilaiachukmali, to justify him- 

 self, yammak asliol ilaigachukmali banna 

 kat, he is willing to justify himself; 

 Luke 10: 29. 



acheba, a., mischievous; troublesome. 



acheba, v. n., to be mischievous. 



achebachi, v. a. i., to preserve; to hold 

 out. 



achefa, ahchifa (q. v.), v. t., to wash; 

 to cleanse, Matt. 15: 2; pass., ahchifa, to 

 be washed, Mark 7:5; Uaiachifa, to wash 

 one's self, John 2:6; to purify; pass., 

 alhchefa, John 13: 10; ikahchifo, un- 

 washen, Matt. 15: 20; alhchefa, pp., 

 washed. 



achelita, see achillita. 



achi, v. a. i., to say; to speak; to call; to 

 assert; to declare; to answer; quoth 

 (as quoth he; quoth I); to rehearse; to 

 suggest; to utter; John 1: 21; 3: 1; 4: 

 25; 1 Sam. 9: 9. aiachi pro., ahanchi, 

 freq., Matt. 7: 27, 28; aiahanchi, pro. 

 and freq. achi a n sha, to be said; this is 

 an expression, not the passive form of 

 achi; achitok an a n shashke, Luke 4: 12; 

 ikacho, not to say, the neg. form of ach i; 

 ikacho, a., undetermined; unsaid, ach- 

 ishke, they say, Matt. 11: 19. achit, 

 adv., or a verb, to say and; when two 

 verbs are thus united the first has an 

 adverbial sense as in Heb., achit 

 annmpuli, really to say; really to speak; 

 to say what he means; lit., he says and 

 speaks; achit hochifo, to call by name; 

 lit., he says and names, achit anoli, v., 

 to speak freely; without fear; lit., he 

 says and declares. 



achi, n., a maxim; a saying. 



achi, n., a rehearser. 



achi n , chi n , sign of the instant or imme- 

 diate future of the indicative mood, 

 but it does not mean purpose or inten- 

 tion; it simply expresses futurity as to 

 time; shall, will. 



achiba, a., slow, laborious, tedious, be- 

 lated, hard, late, Mark 2: 9; occupying 

 some time; see ahchiba. 



achiba, v. n., to be slow, laborious, or 

 tedious; ahchieba, pro. form of ahchiba. 



achibachi, v. t. caus., to cause to be 

 slow, tedious, or troublesome. 



achibali, v. t., to render tedious; to pro- 

 tract; todrawout; chiksamahchibalo Ha, 

 ''trouble me not," Luke 11:7. 



achifa, see achefa. 



achik, hit. sign, will, shall; same as chi"; 

 asialachik, I will go; anumpulachik, he 

 will speak. 



achike, adv., probably will be, and sign 

 of imp. in a mild sense. 



achiletali, v. t. caus., to make fierce 



achillita, n., eagerness. 



achillita, achelita, achilita, v. n., to 

 be fierce, zealous, engaged, resolute, or 

 unflinching, Matt, 11: 11; achillinta, 

 nasal form. 



achillita, a., fierce; zealous; resolute; 

 eager. 



achillita, pass., rendered fierce; made 

 resolute. 



achillitachi, v. t. caus., to make fierce. 



achilanlichi, see chilanlichi. 



achini, adv., likely; probably ; seemingly; 

 apparently. 



achini, v. n., to seem so; to appear. 

 ahchini, to be certainly so; when not be- 

 fore known; to be certain after inquiry 

 is made, Deut. 17: 4; aka itulatuk 

 achinitok, unexpectedly, but so, 1 Sam. 

 5: 3, 4; see chini. 



achinto, a., from chito, being large when 

 others are small; anumpa na yukpali 

 achinto fehna, "good tidings of great 

 joy," Luke 2: 10. 



achintok (a sign of tense), was to be, 

 should have to be, compounded of re- 

 mote past and instant future. 



achintuk (tense sign), was to be, should 

 have to be, as ialachintuk, I was to have 

 gone. 



achishi, v. t. , to scent; to smell, as dogs. 



achishi imponna, a. , sagacious, as a dog 

 in smelling. 



achohmi, see achuhmi. 



achokushpa, pass., to be accused, belied, 

 or slandered. 



achokushpa, a., slanderous. 



achokushpachechi, v. t., to cause a 

 person to be slandered. 



achokushpalecbi, v. t., to slander; to 

 tattle. 



