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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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apaha, n., attendants; companions; fel- 

 lows; itapiha, fellows. 



apala, n., a frying pan or anything in 

 which to carry a torch or a light; 

 usually applied to a frying pan, because 

 it was used to carry a light by those 

 who hunted game in the night. The 

 light was made of fat pine knots or 

 wood cut and split fine. 



apalli, apulli, pi. of apotali, v. a. i., to 

 stand side and side; to lie side by side; 

 chuka apgllit a n ya keyu, not to eaves- 

 drop. 



apalichi, v. t., to hew wood. 



apalichi, n., a hewer. 



apeha, apiha, v. a. i. pi., many to join 

 one; to go in company with; to be with 

 others, 2 Sam. 18: 1; or being with, 

 Matt. 12:3; Josh. 7: 24; apehat aiasha, 

 about him, i. e., multitudes, Matt. 8: 18; 

 apehat anya, to go along with one; to 

 accompany him, Matt. 12: 3, 4; Josh. 

 8: 5; itapiha, to join together; to accom- 

 pany; to go together, John 3: 22; aiita- 

 piha, to join together there, or at, Matt. 

 8: 11; here are plurals in both com- 

 panies that united apehkgch I, itgpekgch i, 

 aitgpekgchi; aiapi n hat hieli, Matt. 12: 41, 

 to stand together with; itapi n hgt hioh- 

 ma n ya, Matt. 13: 30; aiitapi n hgt qttgt ia, 

 Matt. 14: 13; aplnha, to be with, Matt. 

 4: 21. 



apehali; aiapehalinclti, pi., led with him, 

 Luke 23: 32. 



apehachi, v. t. caus., to cause to be or go 

 together; to take part w T ith. 



apehpoa, see apepoa. 



apela, n., a helper; an assistant; anally; 

 an auxiliary; an aid; a coadjutor; a 

 help; a second; a subsidiary. 



apela, a., subservient; ikapelo, a., un- 

 aided; unassisted; unhelped; unsup- 

 ported. 



apela, v. t., to help, Josh. 1: 14; to assist; 

 to abet; to succor; to back; to second 

 or strengthen by aid; to support; to 

 favor; to further; to interpose; to 

 second; to side; to stickle; to subserve; 

 siapela, to help me; chiapelali, I help 

 thee; itapela, to help each other; itapela, 

 n., a help; a helper; a partner; an ally; 

 an auxiliary; mutual helps, etc. ; apinla, 

 nasal form, helping; apllmila, freq. 

 form, keep helping; apitia, pro. form, 



to help at last; apela ikimiksho, a., help- 

 less; without help. 



apelachi, apelachi, v. t., to help an- 

 other; to cause to help; to favor; to 

 further; topatronize; to promote; to re- 

 lieve; to succor, siapelachi, help me, 

 Matt. 15: 25; apelanchi, nasal form; 

 apelahanchi, freq. form; apelaiyachi, 

 pro. form. 



apelachi, n., a help; a remedy; succor. 



apelachi, apelachi, n., a promoter; a 

 succorer; a helper; an abettor; an ally; 

 an assistant; an auxiliary; a coadjutor; 

 a favorer; a paraclete; a patron; ita- 

 pelachi, n., a copartner; mutual help- 

 ers. 



apeli, n., a hurricane; a tempest; the 

 place where a hurricane passed along 

 and blew down the timber; a whirl- 

 wind. 



apeli, v.a. i., to storm; to blow, as a hurri- 

 cane. 



apelua, pp., turned up. 



apelulichi, v. a. i., to turn up sleeves or 

 legs of pantaloons or leggings. 



apeli, v. t., to bring, sweep, or scrape 

 together; to rake up, as bears and hogs 

 rake or bring together grass and leaves 

 for a nest. 



apeli, n., a raker; a nest maker. 



apelichi, v. t., to push up the wood on 

 a fire; to put the sticks or brands to- 

 gether; to hoe earth up around plants. 



apelichi, v. t. pi., to rule at; to preside 

 in; to govern there; apelinchi, nasal 

 form; apelihinchi, freq.; apeliechi, pro. 

 form. 



apelichi, apeliechi, n., the course, class 

 or term (of Abia), Luke 1: 5. 



apelichi, n., the place ruled; a kingdom, 

 Mark 11: 10; a tribe, 1 Kings 11: 31, 

 32; 2 Sam. 24: 2. 



apelichi fullota, n., a territory; the 

 extent of the place that is ruled. 



apelichika, apeliechika, n., the place 

 ruled, whether kingdom, province, 

 town, district, plantation, bishopric, 

 diocese, or a single house; or the place 

 ruled by domestic animals; domain; 

 dominion; a dukedom; an empire; a 

 government; a kingdom; a monarchy; 

 a province; a sphere; a tribe, 1 Kings 

 11: 13; yakni apelichika moma, Matt. 

 4: 8; 3: 2; 5: 3; 6: 13, 33; 12: 25, 26; 



