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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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aiskia, aiisMa, v. a. i., to ameliorate; to 

 improve, the second form is probably 

 the correct one; aiiskia keyu, a., uncor- 

 rected. 



aiskia, a., pp., fixed; repaired; regu- 

 lated; amended; corrected; amelio- 

 rated; mended; redressed; refitted; 

 relieved; renovated; trimmed; ilaisMa, 

 ref. form. 



aiskia hinla, a. , reparable. 



aiskiacha hinla, a. , reparable. 



aiskiachi, aiksiachi, v. t., to settle; to 

 trim; to unclog; to wind; to fix; to 

 repair; to regulate; to ameliorate; to 

 better; to improve; to correct; to dress; 

 to fit; to indemnify; to mend; to re- 

 dress; to refit; to relieve; to remedy; 

 to renovate; to ripen; ilaiksiachi, to re- 

 form himself; see aiiskiachi. 



aiskiachi, n., a repairer; one that fixes; 

 a mender; aiskiali, a second form (?). 



aiskiahe keyu, a., irreparable. 



aiuchi, aiochi, a place at a spring, well, 

 branch, or pond, where water is dipped 

 up or taken up by means of a bucket. 



aiuh, int. 



aiukleka, n., an embellishment; an or- 

 nament. 



aiukli, n., a beauty; fineness; a form; 

 grace. 



aiukli, a., beautiful; handsome; comely; 

 fine; pretty; ikaioklo, ikaiuklo, a., ill 

 favored; ugly; not handsome; unhand- 

 some. 



aiukli, v. n., to be beautiful, pleasing, 

 acceptable; neg., ikaioklo, not to be 

 beautiful, pleasing, etc. 



aiukli, pp., embellished; beautified; gar- 

 nished. 



aiukli keyu, a., homely. 



aiuklichechi, v. t., to embellish. 



aiuklichi, v. t. ; to beautify; to adorn; 

 to make handsome; to garnish, Matt. 

 23: 29. 



aiukluhali, v. t., see aiokluhali. 



aiulhkachi, n., a steeper. 



aiulhpi, or aialhpi (q. v.), n., a handle; 

 a haft; a hilt. 



aiulhti, n., a fireplace; a district; a coun- 

 cil fire; a state; a government. 



aiunchololi, n., a tribe, Josh. 4: 2; 7: 14. 



aiunchululi, v. a. i., to form a generation. 



aiunchululli, n., the sprouts that grow 

 up from the roots; a generation; a young 



generation; a race; a tribe, Josh. 3: 12; 

 itaiunchululi, generations, see Matt. 

 1: 17; itaiunchululi auahushta, 14 gen- 

 erations. 



aiuntalali, see haiyanta/x/i. 



aiushta, a., the fourth; ont aiushta, adv., 

 fourthly. 



aiushtaha, adv., fourth time; the fourth 

 time. 



aiya, v. a. i., to go along; see anya. 



aiyabechi, aiyubechi, v. t., to aggra- 

 vate, to make worse, especially when 

 sick; to give a death blow or a finish- 

 ing stroke to the dying; to heighten 

 (as a fever) ; to impair. 



aiyabechi, n., one that makes worse. 



aiyaka, a., great; many: aiyanka, in nan 

 aiya n ka, "great things," Mark 3: 8. 



aiyakohmi, ayakohmi, v. a. i., to do so, 

 John 1: 28; 2: 12. 



aiyakohmichi, ayakohmichi, v. t., to 

 do thus or so. 



aiyala, aiyala, pro. form of ala, to come 

 at length or at last; to arrive at last; 

 aiyahanla, freq., they come or keep 

 coming. 



aiyammi, pp., salted; sweetened; satu- 

 rated. 



aiyataia, see ayataia. 



aiyabbi, aiyubi, a., pp., worse; made 

 worse; heightened; impaired (as 

 health); from ai and abi, to kill; ai- 

 yambi, nasal form. 



aiyabbi isht i n shali, a., worse (as when 

 sick). 



aiyammi, a., pp., sweetened with; salted 

 with or in. 



aiyammichi, v. t., to salt with or in; to 

 sweeten with. 



aiyamohmahe alhpesa, n., fatality; 

 office. 



aiyamohmi, n., a habit; manners; 

 method; a mode; order; principle; a 

 rite; a style; a trade; a vogue; a way. 



aiyamohmi keyu, a., unfashionable. 



aiyamohmi makali, n., vulgarity. 



aiyatta tok nitak, see aiqtta lok nitak. 



aiyehchi, see aiehchi. 



aiyehna 11 , see aiehna. 



aiyichifichi, n., a hawk; a hen hawk; 

 a pigeon hawk. 



aiyimita, aiyi n minta, v. n., to be bold, 

 brave, or animated. 



