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atali, n., a provider; one that does or 

 makes ready; a preparer; a purveyor. 



atali, n., provision; purveyance. 



atampa, n., leavings; offal; orts; over- 

 plus; refuse; remains; remainder; a 

 remnant; a residue. 



atampa, a., odd, as an odd one left or 

 remaining after any specified number; 

 spare; more, Matt. 5: 37; 15: 37; 2 Sam. 

 13: 15. • 



atampa, nasal form of atapa (q. v.). 



atampa, n., a yearling. 



atapa, pp., blocked up; itatapa, blocked 

 up and separated from each other; 

 itatampa, nas. form. 



atapa, n., a stoppage; the place at which 

 anything has been separated or cut in 

 two. 



atapachi, v. t., to block up; to obstruct; 

 to hinder; to fasten; isht atapachi, v. t., 

 to stop with; to button; isht atapachi, 

 n., a button; a basp; isht atapachi ikbi, 

 v. t., to make a barb; to barb; itatapachi, 

 to clasp together; to fasten together; 

 itatapachi, n., a clasp; see atapachi. 



atapachi, n., a fastener; one that makes 

 fast. 



atapoa, n. pi., stoppages; places at which 

 things are separated. 



atapoli, v. t. pi. of atabli; atahpoli, a va- 

 riant. 



ataya, isht ataya, n., descendants; pro- 

 geny; also Isht atia and isht aiunchuloli, 

 Matt. 1:1. 



ata n ya, v. a. i., to come, Luke 3: 4; John 

 1: 23; to go, Josh. 10: 10. 



ata n ya, n., a way, Luke 3: 4; John 1: 23; 

 a conduit; ata n ya yatuk a n , Josh. 4: 18; 

 applied to a new way, one first used, 

 John 1:23. 



atabli, v. t., sing., to separate at; to sun- 

 der at; to break off at; ataptuli, pi. 



atala, sing., a shelf; ataloha, pi. 



atalhpi, n., a frame in which the Choc- 

 taw formerly, laid their young infants 

 and there confined them for days in 

 order to flatten their heads. 



atalwa, n., a song; a death song sung 

 at funerals, pole pullings, etc. 



atalwachi, n., a song; a war song sung 

 by the women when the men were go- 

 ing out to war, and in which they were 

 often exhorted to depend upon the sun 

 and fire for success. 



atana, n., a loom. 



atapa, n., an overplus; an exaggeration; 

 excess; lateness, as to time set; the 

 rest; a surplus. 



atapa, v. n., to be an overplus; to overgo; 

 to superabound; what is remaining; 

 atampa, nasal form; atampat a n shaka, 

 Matt. 14, 20; ataiyapa, pro. form; atai- 

 yampa, pro. nasal form. 



atapa, v. a. i., to act as an austere man, 

 Luke 19: 22; to take more than is 

 proper or right; atampa, nasal form, 

 Luke 16: 24; Matt. 14: 20. 



atapa, pp., overstocked; overdone; ex- 

 aggerated. 



atapa, a., belated; later than the proper 

 time; excessive; exorbitant; immoder- 

 ate; inordinate; intemperate; intense; 

 intolerable; intolerant. 



atapa, adv., far; immoderately; too; 

 unduly. 



atapa fehna, a., insufferable; late; over- 

 much; redundant; superfluous. 



atapa ont ia, adv., late. 



ataptua, n. pi., places at which things 

 are sundered; pieces. 



ataptua, v. a. i. pi., to separate at; to 

 break at; to come in two at. 



ataptuli, v. t. pi., to separate at; to break 

 at; to sunder at. 



atashi, n., a club; a bludgeon; a cudgel. 

 The stick called atashi by the Choctaw 

 has a part of the root at the heavy end 

 and is from two to three feet long; used 

 by boys as a throwing club. 



atebli, v. a. i. , to press on. 



ateblichi, v. t. caus., to press on; to 

 make it press; to jamb; to press; to 

 screw ; to squeeze. 



ateblichi, n., a presser; one that presses. 



atechi, see atelichi. 



ateli, n. sing., source; fountain; rise; 

 head of a stream; ataiyali, ataioli, pi., 

 sources, heads. 



atela, see atila. 



atelachi, pp., hewed on both sides; iti 

 atelachi, hewed on two or four sides. 



ateli, v. t., to compact. 



atelichi, atelichi, atechi, v. t., to com- 

 pact; to ram down; to ram in; to push 

 in; to ram; to compress; to cram; to 

 crowd; to squeeze; attia, pp., squeezed; 

 atiidichi, nasal form; atelichi, n., com- 

 pression; atehkachi, pass. 



