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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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amohoyo, n., ray woman; my wife. 



amombalaha, n., my brother-in-law, 

 i. e., my husband's brother, his uncles 

 and nephews (language of a woman). 



amoshi, amoshshi, n., my uncle, i. e., 

 my mother's brother or brothers and 

 male cousins. 



ana n kosh, pro., I the one who. 



ani, v. a. i., to bear fruit; to yield fruit; 

 to bring forth fruit, Matt. 7: 17; ana- 

 he keyukma, when it can not bear fruit, 

 Matt. 7: 18; ani chatuk; qnikmqt, Matt. 

 13:23; ahani, Ps. 1: 3. 



ani, n., fruit of the berry kind; a berry; 

 a nut; fruit in general, Matt. 7: 16. 



ani, v. t., to pour into a vessel; to infuse; 

 Hani, in yourselves, Mark 9:50; pass. 

 qlhto. 



ani chilofa, n., a windfall. 



anit wa n ya, v. t., to bring forth fruit, 

 Luke 3: 9; Matt. 13: 8. 



annoa, annoa, anoa, (q. v.), n.,fame. 



annoa, anoa (q. v.), pp., noised. 



annoachi, see anoachi. 



annonto, pro., as for me. 



ano, I, me, mine, Matt. 5: 11; qno qto, 

 Matt. 5: 22, 32, 34, 39, 44; 17: 27; 

 ano a n , me, Matt. 11: 6; qno qkinli, 

 myself; compounds: qno n kosh; annon- 

 to; qnonio; see ano. 



apa, v. t., to mouth. 



apa, v. a. i., v. t.,to eat; generally used 

 when speaking of a single article of 

 food; when a meal or several articles 

 is spoken of, the word impa is used; 

 to fare; to feed; to pick, Matt. 15: 32; 

 onush apa, onush qlwasha apa, Josh. 5: 

 11, 12; qjiqt isht id, began to eat, Matt. 

 12: 1; Josh. 5: 11; ikpo, Matt. 15: 32; 

 ampa, ahampa, ahampahi oke, shall be 

 gnashing, Matt. 8: 12; noti ahampa, 

 Matt. 13:42, 50; apa is an irreg. verb, like 

 at iand qla; conj.: qpali, ishpa, apa, epa 

 (Matt. 6: 31); ilohqpa, hqshpa, apa, akjio, 

 chikpo, ikpo, kepo, kilohapo, hqchikpo, 

 ikpo; sqpa, eat me, John 6: 57; 

 okapa^ki pqska isht glhpisa apa, to 

 commune; qpqt tali, v. t., to devour; 

 qpqtpisa, v. t., to taste; qpqt ikpeso, a., 

 un tasted. 



apa, n., food. 



apa, n., an eater. 



apa kitinisi, n., a morsel. 



apanukfila, n., a whirlwind. 



84339°— Bull. 46—15 6 



apanukfila, v. a. i., to blow, as a whirl- 

 wind. 



apat tali, v. t., to devour; to consume. 



api, n., the stalk; a vine; a handle; a tree; 

 a cob; a helve; a haft; a trunk; a body; 

 a leg; a blade, Matt. 13: 26; a straw; 

 a spire; the warp or chain of cloth as 

 woven; a staff; a stock; aliqpi, a potato 

 vine; aiomanili api, a chair leg; bihi 

 api, a mulberry tree; chahqpi, a hoe 

 handle; hqshuk api, a spear or blade of 

 grass; iskifqpi, an ax helve; nusqpi, 

 an oak tree; the trunk of an oak; the 

 body of an oak; onushqpi, a blade of 

 wheat; wheat straw; a stalk of wheat; 

 tanchqpi, a cornstalk; a corncob. 



api aiishi, n., a thole. 



api isht ala, n., the lower end. 



apiha, see apeJia. 



apishia, n. , a piazza; aboha qpishia, a 

 piazza that extends all round an old- 

 fashioned house. 



apohtuki, v. a. i., to be close and light, 

 as a room. 



appokni, apokni, n., my grandmother; 

 mygranddam. 



asananta, see asananta. 



askufa, v. t., to put a petticoat upon 

 one's self (feminine gender). 



askufa, pp., girded; belted; begirt (fem- 

 inine gender) . 



askufa, n., a petticoat (doubtful). 



askufa tapa, n., a coat; a petticoat. 



askufachechi, v. t, to put a petticoat or 

 belt upon another person; to begird 

 another person; to gird; ilaiqskofqche- 

 chi, to gird himself, John 21: 18. 

 Perhaps there is a mistake and it 

 should be ilaiqskofqchi, as in John 

 21:7. 



askufachi, pp., girded. 



askufachi, v. t., to gird one's self; to 

 put a belt on; to begird; ila isht qsko- 

 fqchi, to gird himself, John 13: 4; to 

 gird the loins, 2 Kings 9: 1. 



asseta, v. a. i., to cleave to; to love. 



ashke, see ishke. 



ashwa, ashwa (q. v.), v. a. i. pi. and 

 dual, to sit; to be there; chukailashim. 



ashwanchi, aswanchi, ashwanchi, v. 

 a. i., to be engaged about something; 

 to be active or busy; ittqshwanchi, to 

 keep at work (at it), singular. — J. E. 



