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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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achukmali, n. , an improver; a repairer. 



achukmalit, adv., diligently, Matt. 13: 

 36; 15: 15; Luke 15: 8; "in order," 

 Josh. 2: 6; achukmalit imaponoklotok, 

 inquired of them diligently, Matt. 2: 7. 



achukmalit ashachi, v. t., to dispose; 

 to lay away with. 



achukmalit pisa, v. t., to scrutinize. 



achukmat, adv., well; orderly; plainly; 

 securely. 



achukmat anoli, v. t., to depict. 



achukmat apesa, v. t. , to arrange. 



achukmat alhpisa, pass., arranged; ad- 

 justed rightly. 



achukmat boh, v. t., to hoard; to lay 

 up well. 



achukmat i n shat isht ia, v. a. L, to 

 improve. 



achukoa, n., a,n entrance; an entry; a 

 passage into. 



achumpa, n., a market; a place for 

 purchasing or buying; the place where 

 bought. 



achunanchi, v. a. i., to persevere; to 

 continue; to make an effort; to endure; 

 to persist; to plod; to strive; to weather; 

 see Matt. 10: 22. 



achunanchi, a., ardent; persevering; 

 close; keen; pertinacious; sedulous; un- 

 wearied; ikachunancho, a., unconstant. 



achunanchi, n., perseverance; resolution. 



achunanchit pisa, a., studious. 



achunli, v. t., to sew; to darn; to stitch; 

 itacliunli, reciprocal; to sew together; 

 to list; to sew; to tack together. 



achunli, n., sewing; stitching. 



achunli, n., a sewer; a seamstress. 



achu n sha, v. n., pass, of achoahuli, to 

 stand in, or hang by one end, as an 

 arrow to a wounded deer, or as a linch- 

 pin. 



achu n sha, a., hanging in. 



achushka n chi, v. n. pi., to stand on end, 

 as spokes in the hub of a wheel. 



achushkanchi, nasal form, being placed 

 in. 



achushkachi, pass., inserted; placed in. 



achushli, pi., see achoshuli. 



achushoa, pass, pi., inserted. 



achushoa, v. n., to stand in. 



achushoa, n. pi., those which stand in, 

 as spokes, cogs, etc. 



achu n wa, ahchu n wa, pp., sewed; a., 

 sewed; united by stitches; seamed. 



afabi, a., left; left handed. 



af abi, n. , a left-handed person. 



afabi, v. i., to be left handed. 



afacha, v. n., to be fast, close, tight, or 

 shut; itafacha, v. a. i., to lock; to fas- 

 ten it together. 



afacha, afancha, pass., fastened; 

 latched; isht afacha, fastened with; n., 

 a latch; a hasp. 



afachali, sing., afashli pi., afashkachi 

 pass., to fasten; to latch; to hasp; 

 afasha, pass, pi., latched; fastened. 



afachali, n., a fastener; one that makes 

 fast or firm. 



afahama, v. t., to strike at or on. 



afahama, n., the place smitten or 

 struck. 



afahata, v. a. i., to swing in, on, or at. 



afahata, n., a swing; the place where 

 the thing swings. 



afalama, v. a. L, to turn at; to return, 

 Luke 2: 43; to relapse; to return from; 

 to turn back at. 



afalama, n., a return; the place at 

 which one turns back; a relapse. 



afalamaka, n., the place or point of 

 turning back; the return. 



afalamichi, afalaminchi (nasal form), 

 v. t., to answer; to reply; to make 

 return, I Sam. 2: 16; Josh. 1: 16; 4: 7; 

 Matt. 8: 8; 11: 4; 13: 14; 17: 11; John 

 3:5; Gen. 40: 18; afalaminchit ikmilio- 

 kitok, he answered nothing, Matt. 27: 12. 



afalapoa, adv.; afalapoqt pisa, to behold 

 sideways; to look sidelong. 



afalapoli, v. a. i., to look at a thing 

 sideways; to ogle (in a woman). 



af alapa, v. a. i. , to be obscure or doubled 

 over (applied to language). 



af alapa, v. a. i., to place the head on 

 the side of, as of a tree; to listen to a 

 bell at a distance. 



afama, v. a. i., v. t., to meet; to join; to 

 come across, Matt. 8: 28, 34; Josh. 2: 16; 

 8: 5; 9: 11, 12; siafama, he met me; 

 itafama, to meet with; to meet to- 

 gether; to meet each other; to en- 

 counter; to light upon; itafamali, I met 

 with him ; aiitafama, to meet with each 

 other at; to meet together at, or there; 

 afamahe keyu, a., will not meet. 



afama, p., one that meets; also the name 

 of a man, a meeter; afamat abi, to meet 

 at and kill. 



