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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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apissanli, a., nasal form of apissalli, or 

 a form like hinanli, kochanli, etc. (q. 

 v.) (Josh. 5: 5); express; direct; 

 straight; being straight; true; erect; 

 firm; unequivocal; genuine, as hatak 

 qpi Itumma apissanli, a genuine redman, 

 not a man of mixed blood; explicit, as 

 in anumpa apissanli achukma; fair; genu- 

 ine; honest; invariable; regular; right ; 

 upright. 



apissanli, adv., regularly. 



apissanli, n., fairness; frankness; integ- 

 rity; probity; simplicity. 



apissanli, v. n., to be straight; to be 

 direct, genuine, etc. 



apissanlit, apissant, adv., plainly; di- 

 rectly; in a direct course; the nearest 

 way; downright; right; uprightly; as 

 apissant ishla, did you come directly 

 here?; apissant hikia, a., precipitous; 

 perpendicular. 



apissallechi, apissalechi, v. t. caus., to 

 make straight; to direct; to dress; to 

 straighten, Matt. 3: 3; ilapissaleclii, John 

 11:41 [?] ; uski naki apissalechi. 



apissalli, v. t., to straighten; to unbend. 



apissat hikia, a., erect. 



apistikeli, n., a watch; a spy; custody; 

 an ever; aguard; a guardian; aguarder; 

 a manager; an overseer; a supervisor; 

 asurveyor; atroubler; a vigil; a warder; 

 a warden. 



apistikeli, n., vigilance; watch; ward; a 

 watcher. 



apistikeli, a., troublesome; watchful. 



apistikeli, v. a. i., v. t., to watch; to 

 eye; to observe; to look out for with 

 an evil intention; to embarrass; to 

 guard; to look; to oversee; to ward; to 

 be vigilant; to infest; to manage; to mo- 

 lest; to pester; to plague; to superintend; 

 to supervise; to tend; to transact; to 

 trouble. 



apistikeli ahikia, n., a watchhouse. 



apistikelichi, v. t., to cause to watch; 

 to get one to watch. 



apistiket, cont. from apistikelit, to 

 watch, etc. 



apitta, v. t. pi., to put in; wak apitta, 

 to put in cattle; tanchi apitta, to put in 

 corn; okapank ki apitta, to put in a liquid, 

 Matt. 9: 17; 13: 48; qlhpita, pp. 



apoa, apoba, v. t., to raise, as cattle or 

 any domestic animals, or fruit trees; 



to have for the purpose of raising, or 

 to let it grow; to domesticate; to tame; 

 qlhpoba, pp., imapoa, to ally; to be- 

 troth; to espouse; itimapoa, to espouse 

 each other; itimqlhpoba, pp., of above; 

 apoalianchi, "to spare," 1 Sam. 15: 3; 

 chikapoancho. Gen. 18: 24. 



apoa, n., preemption; a refusal. 



apoachi, or apobachi (q. v.) v. t., to 

 raise; qlhpoba, pp. 



apoachi, n., one that betroths or be- 

 speaks. 



apoba, see apoa. 



apoba, n., a saver; a preserver. 



apobachi, v. t., to betroth; to bespeak; 

 to speak for; to bargain for; to pet; 

 to preengage; qlhpoba, pp. 



apohko, pp., protected; covered; ikapoh- 

 ko, a., exposed. 



apohko, n., protection. 



apohkochi, v. t., to protect; to cover; 

 ilapohkochi, v. ref., she protects herself, 

 or covers herself. 



apohkolechi, v. t., to hold the hand and 

 hide or hold something; to hold the flat 

 hand over the ear to prevent hearing; 

 itapokolechi, v. t., to put two flat things 

 together. 



apohota, n., the fringe; the flounce. 



apohtuka, a., shut in so that the air does 

 not circulate, as a house by a thicket. 



apohtukachi, v. t., to shut in; to make 

 close. 



apohtukih, v. a. i., to be close or tight, as 

 a room. 



apokni, appokni, n., my grandmother. 

 The same appellation belongs to all the 

 sisters of the grandmother and to their 

 mother also. When there is an occa- 

 sion to express the real difference it can 

 be easily done. 



apokofa, v. a. i., to thrust against; "to 

 run against, Num. 22: 25. 



apoksia, v. t., to prepare, John 14: 2, 3; 

 15: 2; to mend, Matt. 4:21. 



apoksia, n., a repair. 



apoksia, pp., repaired; mended; recon- 

 ciled; redressed; regulated; remedied. 



apoksia, a., good; wise. 



apoksiachi, v. t., to repair; to adjust; to 

 dispose; to prepare, Luke 3:4; Matt. 

 3: 3; 11: 10; to reconcile; to redress; to 

 regulate; to shape; ilapoksiachi, to re- 

 form himself. 



