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akna n ka, vile; bad; worthless. See John 



9:34. 

 akni, n., the eldest among a family of 



children, male or female; in a larger 



sense any one of the children who is 



older than others of the same family; 



the first born, Josh. 17: 1. 

 aknip, see luiknip. 



akobafa, n., a breach; the place broken, 

 akobafa, v. a. i., to break at, or by. 

 akobafa, pp., broken there, or at. 

 akocha( see al-uc/ta), and (used in count- 

 ing); pokoli chakali akocha chakale, 



ninety and nine, 

 akochofa, pp., bent down (as cornstalks 



to preserve the ears from the weather 



and the birds) ; akushli, pi. 

 akochofa, v. a. i., to bend down; akushli, 



akochulli, pi. ; akochoha, pp. 

 akochuffi., v. t., to break and bend down; 



tanchapi a n akocJniffi, he bends down the 



cornstalk; akushlichi, pi. 

 akochuffichi, v. t. caus., to cause to 



break and bend down, 

 akohcha, see akucha and kohcha. 

 akohchawiha, see akuchawiha. 

 akolas, n., a jar. 

 akolofa, n., the place where anything 



has been cut off, or broken off; a part 



left; a stump. 

 akolofa, v. a. i., to come off at. 

 akolofa, a. , cut off at; severed at; akolo n fa, 



akolu n fa, nasal form, being cut off at. 

 akoluffi, v. t., to cut off at. 

 akomachi, v. a. i., to be sweet; to be 



pleasant to the taste. 

 akomolechi, v. t., to strangle; to stop by 



holding something on at the mouth, or 



nose; also akamolechi (q. v.). 

 akomuta, v. n., to dread; to fondle; 



akomunta, nasal form, 

 akonoli, n., a circle round the sun or 



moon; see hashi akonoli. 

 akopoa, v. t., to overshadow, Matt. 17:5; 



o n hoshontikachi, later edition; see aka- 



poa. 

 akopulechi; itakopulechi, v. t., to press 



together; to close (as the sides of a 



wound), 

 akostinincha hinla, a. , perceptible, 

 akostininchahe keyu, a., inscrutable; 



undistinguishable. 

 akostininchi, v. t., to know, Luke 2: 43; 



to be acquainted with; to find out, 



Matt. 6: 3; 7: 20; to discern; to ascer- 

 tain; to apprehend; to comprehend, 

 John 1: 5; to see, Matt. 2: 16; to read, 

 Matt. 16: 8; to perceive, Luke 5: 22; 

 1 Sam. 3: 8; to prove; to realize; to 

 recollect; to remember; to under- 

 stand; to consider, Matt. 7: 3; to 

 have knowledge of, Matt. 14: 35; hash- 

 akostiniitcliii chi n kak oka, that ye may 

 know; Matt. «: 6; also Matt. 12: 7, 15, 

 25; 15: 12, 16, 17; 17: 13; ilekostininchi, 

 ileakostininch i , ilakostininchi, ref. form, 

 to come to himself, to know himself, 

 Luke 15: 17; to repent, Matt. 13: 15; 

 16: 12; ikakostinincho, neg. form, not 

 to know, Josh. 8: 14; ikakostinincho, 

 a., unconscious; undecided; undeter- 

 mined; uninformed; achukma ikakosti- 

 nincho, a., uncertain. 



akosha, pp. pi., broken down; bent and 

 broken down; see akochofa. 



akosha, v. a. i., to break down; to bend 

 and break down. 



akowa, see akkoa. 



akshish, hakshish, n., the sinews; roots; 

 veins; arteries; a fiber; a nerve; a sinew; 

 a source; akshish chito, the large sinews, 

 roots, veins, arteries; the tap root. 



akshish, a., sinewy. 



akshish a n sha, a., sinewed. 



akshish lakna chito, n., columbo [or 

 calumba] a medicinal plant that grows 

 in the woods. 



akshish laua, a., stringy. 



akshish toba, v. a. L, to root; to take 

 root. 



akshish toba, pp., rooted. 



aksho, n., disuse; neglect; desuetude. 



aksho, a., pp., neglected; forsaken; dis- 

 used; obsolete; out of date; exploded; 

 extinct; invalid; null; quashed; aban- 

 doned; deserted, like an old, untraveled 

 road; abolished; annulled; repealed; 

 vacated; liina aksho, nafohka aksho. 



aksho, v. t., to neglect; to disuse. 



akshot taha, a., obsolete; done away. 



akshucha hinla, a., voidable. 



akshuchi, v. t., to abolish; to annul; 

 to repeal; to disannul; to explode; to 

 fail; to null; to nullify; to quash; to 

 vacate; to undo; and, in reference to 

 closing the time of mourning for the 

 dead, aidkshuchi, the time of doing so. 



akshuchi, n., an abolisher. 



