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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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apu n fa, n., a forge, or the place where 



the mouth of the bellows acts upon the 



fire; the mouth of a bellows. 

 apu n f achi, v. t. , to blow with a bellows, 



mouth, pipe, etc.; to expire; to puff; 



isht apunfachi, n., a blow pipe, or v. t., 



to blow with, 

 apulli, v. t. pi., in himakan apullit itikbo; 



see alulli. 

 apulli, n., corn suckers, 

 apulli, apalli, pi. of apotali (q. v. ) . 

 apullichi, v. t., to hill up (corn); to heap 



up around anything, 

 apunta, nasal form (from apota), v. n., 



being at the side to make an exchange 



equal, 

 apunta, prep., by; near, as at the side, 

 apunta, a., contiguous; hohchifo apunta, 



surname, Matt. 10: 3. 

 apuskdachi, v. t., to divine; to act as 



a priest. See Gen. 41 : 45. 

 apushi (from qpi and ushi), n., a sprout, 



as itapushi, a sprout of a tree, (q. v.); 



a staddle; kqti apushi, Mark 12: 1. 

 apushi hika, n., a stake. 

 apushli, v. t., to roast, 1 Sam. 2: 15; to 



broil; to bake in the hot ashes, as po- 

 tatoes {ahe apushli); qlhpusha, pp. 

 apushli, n., a roaster; one that roasts, 

 aputa, a., from puta, all. See 1 John 



3: 18. 

 aputkachi, v. n. pi., to lie or stand side 



by side. 

 aputkachi, a., pp., laid at the side; lying 



at the side. 

 asahnoyechi, a., old, aged; or sahnoyechi 



(q. v.). 

 asanali, see asonali. 

 asanali, n., the forefront of a rock; see 



1 Sam. 14: 5; a jamb; the sidepiece of a 



fireplace, 

 asanalichi, v. a. i., asanni, pi., to cause it 



to face; ahe a n hqshi a n asanalichi, to lay 



the potatoes in the sun; itasqnali, to face 



each other. 



asananta, asananta, n., a large bee, re- 

 sembling the bumble bee, that bores 

 into wood, etc. 



asanata, a., lazy. 



asalbash, achaba, asalhchap, n., afoot- 

 bridge, made of a log or tree; asiihchap, 

 asqhehqp, Ch. Sp. Bk., page 50; sqlbqch, 

 Ch. Sp. Bk., page 18. 



asalhchap, see above. 



asanni, pi. of asonali, to face; to front; 

 to stem. 



asano, n., an adult; a grown person. 



asano, v. a. L, to grow up, a word of 

 general signification ; alia at asano, Luke 

 1: 80; 2: 40; itapushi at asano, nusqpi 

 at chahqt isht ia; asaiyano, pro. form; 

 asano, n., an adult; asano ikono, n., a 

 minor; asano, pp., a., grown; grown up; 

 mature; adult; asaiyano, pro. form; 

 asano, asqnno, n., maturity; puberty; 

 rankness; asqnochi, asqnochika, 



asanochi, n., an elder in a church. 



asanochika, n., the elders of an assem- 

 bly. 



asanonchi, asanonchi, n., the elders; 

 the aged; the fathers (by way of re- 

 spect); an elder; a presbyter; asanon- 

 chi, Josh. 8: 10, 33; 9: 11; asqnochi, 

 Titus 2: 2, 3; asqnhochi. 



asechip, asechap, n., a footbridge; a log 

 or tree lying across a creek or water 

 course and used as a footbridge. See 

 asqlbqsh. 



asehta, pp., tied up; bound up; tied to 



a tree, as a horse; asinta, tied, Mark 

 11:2. 



asehta, n., a bundle; a sheaf. 



aseta, v. t., to accept a wager; to bet 

 against; itaseta, to bet against each 

 other. 



aseta, n., a rawhide rope or string; a 

 rope; a cord; a strap; a string; a thong; 

 aseta isht takchi, to tie with a cord; to 

 cord. 



aseta chanaha, n., a coil of rope. 



aseta falaia, n., a long rope; a long raw- 

 hide rope; a rope; a tedder. 



aseta falaia isht takchi, v. t., to ted- 

 der. 



aseta isht famrni, v. t., to strap. 



aseta isht ochi, n., a well rope. 



aseta pana, n., a twisted rawhide; a hide 

 rope made by plaiting two strands, 

 John 2: 15. 



aseta tanaffo, n., a plaited hide rope; a 

 braided hide rope made of three or 

 more strands. 



asetikbi, n. , a cord maker; a rope maker. 



asetilechi, v. t., to make tie; asetilechinka, 

 n., junction of streams. 



asetili, asetilli, v. a. i., asetoli, pi., to 

 empty; to disembogue; to flow out at 

 the mouth; to discharge into another 

 stream. 



