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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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akamolechi, v. t., to strangle; to stop 

 up; see akomolechl. 



akamoli, v. t. pi., to stop up; to cork; 

 to bung (applied to any hole or gap); 

 qlhkamoa, pi. pp., see akamqli. 



akanali, v. a. L, to approach; to approx- 

 imate. 



akanalichechi, v. t. caus., to approxi- 

 mate, to bring near. 



akanalichi, v. t. caus., to move along; 

 to remove from. 



akanallechi, v. t. caus., to remove 

 from. 



akanalli, akanallih, v. a. i., to remove 

 from; to go from; to move from. 



akanimi, n., manner; fashion; means. 



akanimi, a., after some fashion; some- 

 how. 



akanimi, v. a. i., to be after some man- 

 ner. 



akaniohmi, n., a deed; an action, John 

 3: 19; a dealing, John 4: 9; matter; cir- 

 cumstance; providence; itimakaniolimi, 

 mutual dealings, John 4: 9; hash akan- 

 iohmi, your works, Matt. 5: 16 (here 

 a verb is used for a noun). 



akaniohmi, v. t., to do; to act; im- 

 akaniohmi, Josh. 2: 23; itimakaniolimi, 

 to deal together. 



akaniohmichi, v. t., to cause to do; to 

 cause to be done. 



akanli, a., low; humble. 



akanli, v. n., to be low; v. t., to humble; 

 to lower. 



akanlusechi, akanlusichi, v. t. caus., to 

 humble; to bring low; to lay low; to 

 lower; to abase; ileakanlusichi, to hum- 

 ble himself, Matt. 18: 4; imanukfila 

 akalu n sichi, to depress; to discourage. 



akanlusi, a., very low; low down; abased; 

 low (as tones in music). 



akanlusi, v. n., to be very low; to be 

 low down, Matt. 18, caption of chapter. 



akanlusi, adv., low. 



akanlusi, n., lowness. 



akanlusichi, n., a humbler. 



akanta, pp., pressed. 



akantalechi, v. t., to press together; to 

 press; itakantalechi, v. t., to press to- 

 gether. 



akantali, v. a. i., to press, Mark 5: 31; 

 itakantali, Mark 2: 4. 



akantalichi, n., a press. 



akaona, see akkaona. 



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akapassaka, n., a cold climate; a cold 



region, 

 akapoa, akopoa (q. v.), v. t., to over- 

 shadow, 

 akashofa, n., an erasure; a clean place 



or place cleansed. 

 akasholichi, n. , a doorscraper. 

 akataiya, pp. pi.; patched; qlhkqta, sing, 

 akataiya, n. pi., patches, or places 



patched; alhkata, sing. 

 akatali, v. t. pi., to patch; akalli, sing, 

 akauwi, v. t. sing., to break and bend 



down, 

 akauwichi, v. t. pi., iti shima ya n akau- 



ivichi; fuli an akauivichi, they break 



switches, 

 akawa, pp., broken and bent down, 



but not broken off (as limbs or twigs). 

 akalli, akkalli (q. v.), v. t, to mend, 

 akalli, n., a mender, 

 akallo, pass, voice, to be made strong or 



sure, as akqUashke, Matt. 27: 64. 

 akallo, pp., a., made strong; sealed; 



bound to. 

 akallo, v. a. i., to harden; to grow hard 



there. 

 akallo, n., an establishment. 

 akallochi, v. t. caus., to make strong; to 



fix; to seal; to make sure, Mate. 27: 66. 

 akama, v. i., to fall, 1 Sam. 18: 25; 1 



Kings 22: 20. 

 akama, see akama. 

 akammi, v. t. pi., to stop up; to close 



(a book), Luke 4: 20; to shut up, 



Matt. 6: 6; to bung; to spike; to shut, 



Josh. 2: 7; see akamqli, sing; akamoli, 



pi., itakqmmi, to close together. 

 akammi, n. , a stopper. 

 akania, v. n., to be exhausted by; sia- 



kqnia, John 2: 17 [?] ; to be absorbed 



at; to sponge. 

 akania, pp., absorbed at; exhausted at; 



disappeared at. 

 Akas, n., August. 

 akashchukali, v. a. i. sing., to lift the 



head; to stand erect. 

 akashchunoli, v. a. i., to bow down the 



head, 

 akashtala, akishtala, n., the lower end; 



the butt end; the bottom; the root (of 



a tree), Luke 3: 9. 

 akat, adv., yes; to be sure; indeed; aye; 



from ah, it is, and kqt, the definite 



article. 



