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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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aluhmi, v. t., to hide at or in; to conceal; 



to secrete. 

 aluhmi, v. a. i., to hide; to lie concealed; 



kohchi aluhmi, to hide in a thicket, 

 alukoli, see lukoli. 

 alulli, v. t. pi., to fill, Gen. 44: 1. 

 aluma, pp., hid or hidden at. 

 aluma, n., a hiding place; a place of 



concealment; concealment; a lurking 



place; obscureness; obscurity; a recess. 

 aluma n ka, n., a secret; a secret place, 

 alumpoa, pp. pi., hid or hidden at; cf. 



aluma. 

 alumpoa, n. pi., secret places; hiding 



places, 

 alusa, n., a black place; a place made 



black; black, 

 alusachi, v. t., to blacken; to make black, 

 alusachi, a., dark colored, 

 alusachi, v. n., to be dark colored, 

 alabocha, n., a vessel for boiling food 



in; a pot; a boiler, 

 alacha, v. n., to fit in; to fill up; to 



stand in; to fit in, as a stick of timber 



is fitted for another; alachaya, pro. 



form; alachkachi, pass. pi. 

 alachahachi, v. t. pi., to set them in. 

 alachali, v. t. sing., to set a stick in. 

 ala n fa, n., a trace; a line; a mark, 

 alaka, n., the midriff; the diaphragm, 

 alakofahe keyu, a., inevitable; incur- 

 able, 

 alakofi, v. a. i., to escape at; to escape 



from; to heal; to recover from, 

 alakofi, n., a refuge; a place of escape; 



deliverance; salvation; a remedy; isht 



alakofahe, Luke 4: 18. 

 alakofi, n., a refugee, 

 alakofi, pass., healed; rescued; saved. 

 alakonchi, v. t. cans., to heal; to save; 



to rescue from, 

 alakonchi, n., a deliverer. 

 alanta, pass, nasal form of following, be- 

 ing mixed, as uksakalanta. 

 alatali, v. t., to mix; alantali, nasal form, 

 alachaya, v. i., pro. form, from alacha (q. 



v.), to stand in; to fit in; to fill, Jer. 



23:24. 

 alachkachi, v. n. pi., to fit in; to fill up, 



as to fit a tenon for the mortise. 

 alechi, v. t., to destroy; isht imalechi, his 



destruction, 2 Chron. 22: 4. 



aleka, n., misery or distress brought on 

 one by his own misconduct; danger; 

 Matt. 5: 21, 22; 10: 15; 11: 22, 24. 



aleka, a., distressed. 



aleka, v. n., to be in distress, as im- 

 aleka fehna, he is in great misery; im- 

 aleka, to suffer pain from his own mis- 

 conduct; alekachi, v. t., as imalekachi; 

 alekachechi, v. t. caus. , as in imaleka- 

 chechi. 



aleli, v. t., to scuffle; towa ya n itimaleli, 

 they scuffle with each other for the 

 ball. 



aleli, n., a scuffler. 



atelichi, v. a., to roll up the sleeves, 

 etc., above the elbows, and the panta- 

 loons above the knees; aliha, pass., 

 rolled up. 



alepa,n.,adrum; afiddle; acommondrum 

 or fiddle; a harp; a stringed instrument 

 of music; a lyre; an organ; a tabor. 



alepa boli, v. t., to drum; to beat the 

 drum; to play on the drum. 



alepa boli, n., a drummer. 



alepa chito, n., a large drum; a bass 

 viol; a drum; a viol. 



alepa chito boli, v. t., to drum; to beat 

 the big drum. 



alepa chito boli, n., a drummer. 



alepa chito isht boh, n., a drumstick. 



alepa chito isht olachi, n., the bow 

 used in playing on the bass viol. 



alepa chito olachi, v. t., to play on 

 the bass viol. 



alepa chito olachi, n., one that plays 

 on the bass viol. 



alepa olachi, v. t., to play on the 

 fiddle or violin; to fiddle; to drum; to 

 harp. 



alepola, n., a march; a particular beat 

 of the drum; the music of the drum. 



alepolachi, n., a fiddler; a harper. 



a'epush ikbi, n., a fiddle maker. 



alepush olachi, n., a fiddler; fiddling. 



alepushi, n., a diminutive, a fiddle or 

 violin smaller than the alepa; a hand 

 organ. 



alepushi isht olachi, n., a fiddlestick; 

 a fiddle bow. 



alepushi isht talakchi, n., a fiddle- 

 string. 



alepushi olachi, v. t., to fiddle; to play 

 on the violin. 



