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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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alhtuka keyu, a., unengaged. 



alia, n., a child; children, Matt. 14: 21; a 

 brat (a low word); a papoose; hqchlm- 

 qlla, your children, Matt. 7: 11; alia 

 yosh, children, Matt. 11: 16. 



alia, v. a. i., to be a child; sialla, I am a 

 child; chiqlla, thou art a child; sialla 

 ma, when I wasa child; nasal form aflla. 



alia aiimpa,alla aiishko, n., aporringer; 

 a basin for a child. 



alia anusi, n., a child's bed; a cradle; 

 a crib. 



alia anusi foki, v. t., to cradle. 



alia apistikeli, v. t., to watch or nurse 

 children; to nurse. 



alia apistikeli, n., a nurse. 



alia ayupi, n., a bathing place for chil- 

 dren. 



alia alhtakla, n., an orphan; a bereaved 

 child without father or mother. 



alia chipunta, n., young children; small 

 children. 



alia chuhmi, a., child like; puerile. 



alia eshachi 11 i n palammi, v. a. i., to 

 labor; to travail. 



alia eshi, alleshi, v. t., to bear children; 

 to bring forth a child; to have a child; 

 "to be confined." 



alia eshi, n., childbearing. 



alia haksi, n. , "a sauce box;" a tomboy; 

 an urchin. 



alia himmita, n., a stripling. 



alia holisso pisa, n., a pupil; pupilage; 

 a schoolboy. 



alia i n foka, v. a. i., to conceive; to be- 

 come pregnant. 



alia i n ki iksho, a., base born; illegiti- 

 mate. 



alia i n ki iksho, n., a bastard; an illegiti- 

 mate. 



alia ikimiksho, a., childless; barren, 



' Luke 23: 29. 



alia ilahobbi, allilahobbi, a., acting 

 like a child; pretending to be a child; 

 puerile; childish. 



alia isht aiopi, n., the youngest child; 

 the last child. 



alia isht illi, v. a. i., to die in childbed. 



alia nakni, n., a boy; a male child; a 

 chap; a lad; a shaver; a son; a male 

 infant; see Matt. 1: 21, 22; Luke 1: 13, 

 where alia nakni is the translation of 

 son. 



alia oka isht imokissa, n., pedo-bap- 



tism; infant baptism (the old form of 



expression ) . 

 alia pishechi, v. t., to suckle a child, 

 alia sholi, v. t, to bring forth a child; 



to dandle. 

 alia sholi, n., a nurse, 

 alia tek, n. , a girl; a female child; a lass. 

 alia tek haksi, n., a romp; a rude girl. 

 alia tek holisso pisa, n., a school maid, 

 alia toba, n., adoption. 

 alia tomba, n., childhood, 

 alia tomba, v. n., to be in the state of a 



child; alia satombama illitok. 

 alia yakni patam, n. , a plow boy. 

 allahe! interjection of displeasure, used 



by the ancients in scolding children, 

 allachi, causative form; ilqllqchl, to make 



himself a child. 

 alleh, ali, hale, ex clam, of distress, 



uttered by children when in pain; oh! 



oh, dear! 

 alleshi, see alia eshi. 

 allikchi, alikchi (q. v.), n., a doctor; a 



physician; a curer. 

 allilahobbi, see alia ilahobbi. 

 alloluat, see alolua. 

 allo n sabi, n., infanticide, 

 allota, see alota. 

 allu n si, allo n si, alosi, n., an infant; a 



babe; a baby; a papoose; a suckling, 



Matt. 2: 8, 11; Luke 18: 15; alosi puta 



han Matt. 11: 25. 

 almachi, n., a fan. 

 almo, pp. pi., trimmed; cut; picked; 



pulled; mown; reaped; clipped; crop- 

 ped; sheared; shorn, 

 almo, n., that which is picked, etc. 

 almochi, n., cream; scum, 

 almoli, see albonli. 

 alosi, see qUu n si. 



alwasha, v. a. i. , to fry ; to parch, as coffee, 

 alwasha, pp., fried; parched; poached; 



toasted, Josh. 5: 11; nipi at alwasha; 



Jcafi at alwasha. 

 aleha, see qliha. 

 ali, v. a. i., to end; ont aiqll and il- 



aiqli; ikqli, to verge; ont all, to eventuate; 



to terminate. 

 ali, n., the edge, end, limit, boundary, 



line, borne or bourne; the extent; the 



margin; the mete; the verge; a wing; 



a border, Josh. 4: 19; yqmmqt imqli; 



