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BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



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ahchibali, v. t, to trouble; to weary; 

 ch iksqrnahch ibalo kia, ' ' trouble me not, ' ' 

 Luke 11:7; also Mark 5: 35. 



ahchifa, achefa, v. t., to wash; to lave; 

 to rinse; qlhchefa, pp. 



ahchifa, n., a wash. 



ahchihpo, akchihpo, n., a drift; a float. 



ahchishi, v. a. i. and v. t., to scent; to 

 smell the track; to follow by the scent; 

 to wind. 



ahchishi, n., scent. 



ahchu n wa, see achWHua. 



ahe, ahi, he, sign of remote fut. tense of 

 the indicative mood — shall, will; as 

 ahi oke, and ahe tuk, should have; 

 it means future time simply, and not 

 purpose or intention. 



ahe, n., a potato; a sweet potato; a yam. 



a n he, he, adv., almost, Acts 7: 17; 

 etalaPhe, we have almost finished 

 them or it; ilona n he, we have almost 

 arrived there; anhusi and a n hesi (q. v.) 

 are diminutives of a n he. 



ahe aholokchi, n. , a potato patch ; a place 

 where potatoes are planted. 



ahe alhpusha, n., a roasted potato. 



ahe api, n., a potato vine. 



ahe bunto, ahe munto, n., a potato hill. 



ahe buntuchi, ahe muntuchi, v. t., to 

 make potato hills. 



ahe hobi, v. t., to boil potatoes. 



ahe holbi, n., a boiled potato; a steamed 

 potato. 



ahe ibish, n., a potato hill. 



ahe inchuka, n., a potato house. 



ahe kamassa, ahkamassa, n., a wild 

 potato; a hard potato. 



ahe kashaha, n., a yam; a potato which 

 has a good relish. 



ahe keyu, adv., shall not; cannot; must 

 not; will not. 



ahe lumbo, n., a round potato; an Irish 

 potato, ahe hoba and iksahe, a Six- 

 towns word. 



ahe pata okla, n., name of the Choc- 

 taws belonging to the northeast district 

 of the Nation. The name is said to 

 have been given them from the fact 

 that at an early immigration they found 

 a place where there were many wild 

 potatoes — -pata means spread out. But 

 others explain this name in other ways. 



ahe pehna, n., seed potatoes. 



ahe shua, n., a rotten potato. 



aheka, v. t., to owe; to be in debt; to get 

 on trust; imaheka, to owe him; his 

 debtor; pimaheka, Matt. 6: 12; issqm- 

 aheka, or aheka issamiHakali, you owe 

 me; chimahekali, I owe you; itimaheka, 

 to owe each other; aheka qm'Makanli, 

 to be due me from him; see ahecha 

 in ilqppa momaka nana issqmahechishke, 

 all these things are against me, Gen. 

 42:36; aheka i n hoyo, v. t., to dun; to look 

 after a debt; to seek of him a due, that 

 which he owes; aheka itqnnali, to col- 

 lect debts, aheka atobbahe keyu, a., in- 

 solvent; unable to pay his debts, aheka 

 atobbahinla, a., solvent. 



aheka, n., Luke 7: 41; a debt; a due; an 

 obligation; a charge; a duty; a score, 

 Rom. 13: 8; Matt. 18: 24; ilaheka, our 

 debts, Matt. 6: 12. 



aheka, pass., v. n., trusted; owed; due; 

 credited; obtained on credit. 



aheka iksho, a., unindebted; out of 

 debt. 



aheka imasha, n., a debtor, Luke 16: 5. 



aheka intakanli, v. t., to owe him, 

 Matt. 18: 28; Luke 16: 5; Philem. 18; 

 aheka intakanlUi, I owe him; aheka an- 

 takanli, he owes me: a., indebted; ahekqt 

 takali, pass., charged. 



aheka ishi, n., a creditor. 



aheka takalichi, v. t., to score; to enter 

 a debt; to charge with a debt. 



aheka takanli, a., due. 



aheka takanli, n., arrear; arrears; ar- 

 rearage; balances remaining due; a due. 



ahekachi, v. t., 1. to sell on credit; to 

 trust; to get another in debt; to credit; 

 to charge; chiahekacheli, I trust you; 

 issiahekqchi, you trust me; itimahekachi, 

 to trust each other. 2. To buy on credit; 

 "to run in debt;" to get on credit, as 

 by purchase. ahekqchitholissochi,\. t., 

 to debit; to trust and write it. 



ahekachi, n., a creditor; a seller on 

 credit; a buyer on credit, nan ahekachi. 



ahekachi, ahhekachi, ahheka, adv., 

 lengthwise (of cloth); abaiyachi, length- 

 wise, of a field; n., the length. 



a n hesi, a n husi, adv., almost; very near; 

 nearly; talia n Jtesi, nearly done, or gone. 



aheto, adv., will not; can not; shall not; 

 wnbaheto, it will not rain. 



