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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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ashekonoachi; itashekonoachi , v. t., to 

 snarl; to knot. 



ashekonobli, ashikonobli, v. t. pi., to 

 tie a hard knot with a single string or 

 on a single string; to knot; itasheko- 

 nobli, to tie two strings together; ashek- 

 onombli, nasal form. 



ashekonopa, pp. sing., tied in a single 

 knot; ilashekonopa, tied together, as the 

 two strings of a shoe; ashekonumpa,ita- 

 shekonumpa, nasal forms. 



ashekonopa, n., a knot; a noose; a tie; 

 itashekonopa, a knot made by tying 

 two strings together. 



ashela, pp., thickened, as food; inspis- 

 sated, as mush and food of that kind. 



ashela, v. a. i., to thicken. 



ashela, n., mush, hasty pudding, pad- 

 ding; a poultice; a cataplasm; a sina- 

 pism; spawn. 



ashela lapalechi, v. t., to poultice; to 

 put on a poultice. 



ashelachi, v. t. , to thicken food ; to make 

 thick; to inspissate. 



asheli, v. t., to fill up or stop up fis- 

 sures, cracks, holes, etc. 



ashelikbi, v. t., to make mush, etc. 



ashelokchi, n., water gruel; the watery 

 part of ashela. 



ashelichi, v. t., to bind up; to tie up 

 by winding round the sides and the 

 ends. 



ashepachechi, v. t., to hoil down till 

 nearly dry; to dry it. 



ashepachi, pp., boiled down till nearly 

 dry ; dried away. 



ashepachi, v. a. i., to dry away. 



ashikonobli, see ashekonobli. 



ashinla, n., a dry place in distinction 

 from wet places, both existing at one 

 time. 



ashinli (from asheli), v. t., to fill up 

 chinks, or small holes, cracks, or fis- 

 sures, with something else; kishi asheli- 

 li, I fill the chinks of a basket. 



ashippa, pp., stewed dry; dried up at; 

 absorbed at. 



ashippa, n., a dry place. 



ashi n ya, pp., filled up; having the chinks 

 filled up. 



ashke, aux., will or shall; of the will; 

 found at the end of a sentence, as 



ialashke, I will go. This form ex- 

 presses a strong purpose having some- 

 thing of the optative; compounded of 

 ash and ke; cf. ashba from ash and ba; 

 tekashke, shall be female, Gen. 6: 19; 

 ilhpakashke, it shall be food, Gen. 6: 21. 



ashke, imp., sign of the imp., and found 

 also at the end of an expression or sen- 

 tence, issanyimmashke, do thou be- 

 lieve me! John 4: 21; pinshali ma, 

 ishirnpashke, ' 'master eat' ' John 4:31; 

 used for may in 2 Sam. 24: 2; ithana- 

 lashke, I may know; pisashke, he may 

 see, 2 Sam. 2: 43; let, Josh. 7: 3; ikai- 

 yokashke, let them not go; assertive of 

 the future known; shke, assertive of 

 the present known; ialishke, I go, em- 

 phatic specification; ashke, emphatic 

 and specific future tense; ialashke, I 

 shall go. 



ashoboli, ashobulli, n., a flue; a chim- 

 ney; a funnel. 



ashobolichukbi, n., a chimney corner. 



ashobolinaksika, n., a chimney corner; 

 the side of the chimney. 



ashobolipaknaka, n., a chimney top. 



asholi, n., a hod; any instrument for car- 

 rying on the shoulder. 



asholichi, n., a rubstone. 



ashua, n., a place that is rotten and 

 smells foul. 



ashuahchi, n., a grindstone; an instru- 

 ment for sharpening edge tools; a 

 whetstone. 



ashuachi, see ashuwachi. 



ashuchoha, v. i., to be tempted. See 

 shochoha. 



ashueli, n. pi., the places where they 

 were taken off. 



ashueli, v. t., to take them off from. 



ashu n fa, n., the place where it was 

 taken off. 



ashu n fa, pp., taken off from. 



ashu n fh\, v. t, to take it off from. 



ashuma, v. a. i., to mix; to mingle. 



ashuma, pp., mixed; itashuma, mingled 

 together. 



ashuma, n., a mixture; itashuma; a mix- 

 ture. 



ashumbala, n., the cotton wood tree. 



ashummi, v. t., to mix; to guide; to 

 mingle; itashummi, to mix together; 

 to mingle. 



