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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGU.M ! 1 3 



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ahetok, sign of the remote fut. perf., 

 would have; should have; would have 

 been, achukmahetok, it would have 

 been well. 



ahetuk, sign of the recent fut. perf.; 

 mintahetuk, he should have come. The 

 first syllable a unites with the last syl- 

 lable of the preceding word, which is 

 according to the usage of the language, 

 or, rather, the last syllable of the pre- 

 vious word is elided: thus — chumpa, to 

 buy, chumpahetuk; minti, to come, min- 

 tahetuk; haHo, to hear, haklahetuk. 



ahheka, n., the length, as of a piece of 

 cloth; see ahekachi. 



ahhekachi, n., the length. See ahekachi. 



ahi, see ahe. 



ahika, n., a station; a stand; a post; a 

 degree. 



ahika, v. i. sing., to stand at, or in; to 

 stand there; ahi n ka, nasal form., stand- 

 ing in, or at, as a stick in a hole or an 

 arrow in the side; uski naki at issi ak o n 

 ahikia, the arrow stands in the deer. 



ahikia, n., a station; an estate; a footing. 



ahikiat anumpuli, n., a pulpit; the place 

 where anyone stands and talks. 



ahikma, as qlhtaha n hikma, if it is nearly 

 ready. 



ahilechi, n., an establishment; a place 

 where anything is set up. 



ahila, n., a place where persons dance; 

 from hila, to dance; and a, adv., at, 

 there; aboha ahila, a ball room. 



ahila, v. a. i., to dance at, or on. 



ahinla, sign of the potential mood, pres- 

 ent tense; can, may, shall (in a mild 

 sense). The final syllable of the verb 

 is elided before ahinla. liqshhomincha- 

 hinla chof will ye season it, eh? cf. 

 Mark 9: 50. 



ahinlatok, past tense; could have, 

 might have, may or can have. 



ahinlatuk, recent past tense ; could have, 

 might have. 



ahinna, ahina, v. t., v. a. i., to tend; to 

 watch (as with the sick) ; to keep com- 

 pany; to be the companion of another 

 person; to stay with, to guard, ahinqt 

 apela hioka imikbilaslike, I will make 

 an helpmeet for him; chiahinnali, I 

 keep you company; issialiinna, you 

 are company for me; you stay with 

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me; itahinna, to keep company or be 

 pledged together; to consort together. 



ahinna, pass., to be pawned; pawned; 

 pledged. 



ahinna, n., security; a pledge; com- 

 pany; a companion; surety; itahina, a 

 companion; an escort; a watcher. 



ahinnachi, v. t., to pawn; to pledge; to 

 cause to be the companion of another. 



ahinnia, ahiniya, v. i., to relish much; 

 to be fond of. 



ahkamassa, see ahe kamassa. 



ahmpi, see ahpi. 



ahni, ahli, v. a. L, v. t., to think; to ex- 

 pect; to fear; to hope; to wish; to pre- 

 sume; to calculate; to design; to desire, 

 Matt. 16: 1; also, to seek, Matt. 16: 4; 

 to aim at; to notice; to observe; to will; 

 to care for; to contemplate; to count 

 upon, Matt. 14: 5; to destine; to dis- 

 pose; to entertain; to incline; to in- 

 tend; to like; to mark; to mean; to 

 notice; to purport; to purpose; to 

 reckon; to remark; to see; to tend; aba 

 anumpa ahni, to seek or desire the gos- 

 pel, or religion; chimahni, to desire of 

 thee; chiahni, to think or to wish thee; 

 qlhpesa ahni, to comply; yohmi imahni, 

 v. t., to suspect concerning him; yohmi 

 ikimahno, a., unsuspected; nana okpulo 

 imahni, v. t., to execrate; to imprecate; 

 to wish him something evil; nana ahni 

 iksho, a., indifferent, or to care for noth- 

 ing; to wish nothing; ilap ahnit yamoh- 

 mi, himself wishes and does; imahni; 

 to let him, Matt. 6: 3; to suffer, Matt. 

 8: 31; 17: 4; aiahni, pro. form, Matt. 

 IS: 10; hqshaiahni, Matt. 7: 12; ikahno, 

 neg. form; isht iki n ahno, to hate him; 

 isht ikimi n ahno, to deride him, Luke 

 16: 14; ahnituk keyu, a., unpremedi- 

 tated. 



ahni, a., disposed; minded; optional; 

 aware; designed; willing; ikahno, in- 

 disposed; unaware; undesigned; un- 

 marked; unperceived; unthinking; un- 

 willing; ahnahe keyu, a., undesirable; 

 will not wish. 



ahni, n., a will; a wish; a desire; a 

 purpose; a disposition ; an expectation; 

 an inclination; an intent; a meaning; 

 mind; motive; option; a plan; a pur- 

 port; a volition; ikahno, n., indisposi- 



