byington] 



A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



85 



bakoa, bakowa, a., spotted; pied; large 

 check; brinded; tabby brinded; tabby; 

 dapple; dappled; wak at bakoa, the cow 

 is spotted; nan tanna at bakoa, the cloth 

 has large checks; abaksha hat bakoa, the 

 chicken snake is pied. 



bakoa, v. n., to be spotted, pied, etc. 



bakoachi, bakowachi, v. t., to make 

 spotted, pied, etc. ; to dapple. 



bakokoa, n. pi., spots. 



bakoko n a, a. pi., spotted; pied; large 

 check. 



bakoko n a, v. n. pi., to be spotted. 



bakoku n kachi, n. pi., large white and 

 red spots. 



bakoku n kachi, bakoku n kacbi, a. pi., 

 spotted; sintulo at bakoku n kachi, the. 

 rattlesnake is spotted. 



bakoku n kachi, v. n. pi., to be spotted. 



bakowa, see bakoa. 



bakowachi, see bakoachi. 



balakli, v. a. i. sing., to leap up; like 

 Judakli. 



balakli, balakli (the best forms) bilakli, 

 v. a. i., to wilt; iti hishi at bilakli, the 

 leaves wilt. 



balakli, pass., wilted; see bilakli. 



balaklichi, v. t., to wilt; to make it wilt. 



balali, v. a. i., to creep, as a child; to 

 crawl; to grovel; alia yat balali, the 

 child creeps. 



balali, n., a creeper; a crawler; a 

 groveler; alia balali, a child creeper. 



balama, a., fragrant; odorifei'ous; am- 

 brosial; balmy; sweet; odorous; redo- 

 lent — used with reference to the smell 

 of objects only. 



balama, v. n., to be fragrant. 



balama, n., a sweet odor; savor; flavor; 

 scent; smell, as of a rose; na balama, n., 

 incense, Luke 1: 10; Rev. 5: 8. nan isht 

 balama, 2 Cor. 2: 15; a savor; Eph. 5: 2. 



balama, pass, perfumed. 



balamachechi, v. t. , to perfume another 

 person or thing; to incense another per- 

 son or thing; to cause one to perfume 

 another. 



balamachi, balamachi, v. t. , to make it 

 fragrant, balmy, sweet; to scent well; 

 pa n shi a n balamachi, to make the hair 

 balama; na j "oka ya n balamachi, to make 

 the garments balama. 



balalli, v. a. i., to creep, as a vine; to run, 

 as a vine; to scramble. 



balalli, n., a creeper; a scrambler; a vine. 

 baleli, maleli, v. a. i. sing., to run, as 



an animal or a man, 1 Cor. 9: 24; Gal. 



5: 7; emallihinlashke, Heb. 12: 1; maleli 



is the more common word: tilaya dual 



(q. v.); tilaha n ya, tilaha n yatok "did 



run," Matt. 28: 8: yilepa, pi., Mark 



9: 15. 

 baleli, n. , a runner. 

 baluhchi, n., the hickory bark which is 



used in making ropes. 

 balup, n., slippery elm; also the linden, 



or lind tree; the teil tree. 

 bali, v. t., to stab; to gore; to hook and 



jab; to strike straight forward; to jab; 



to beat up the materials for making 



bahpo; to dagger; to dirk; to pick; 



to prick; to push; to spur; to stick; 



to beat, as meat in a mortar; to 



thrust; to pierce, John 19: 34; Rev. 1: 7; 



iti n bali, to gore each other; issi nipi yafl 



bali, beat the venison; tu n shpat bali 



ho 71 ', or tushpat bali ho n , make haste and 



beat it ! 

 bali, n., a stabber; one that gores or 



hooks; a thruster; a beater. 

 bali, n., a push; a stab; a thrust. 

 balichi, v. t., to make anything stab, 



gore, etc. 

 bam, balam, n., balm, Gen. 37: 25; bam 



is the Choctaw pronunciation of balm. 

 bambaki, bamboki, a., not even; rough; 



bulbous; rolling, as land having swells. 

 bambakichi, v. t., to make uneven. 

 bamboki, v. n., to be uneven, 

 bamppoa, pass., shot with a blow gun; 



discharged from a blow gun, whether 



the arrow has hit the object shot at or 



not. 

 bamppoa, n., a discharge; a shoot. 

 bamppulli, v. t., to shoot with a blow 



gun. 

 bamppulli, n., a shooter; one that shoots 



with a blow gun. 

 banatboa, banatboha, v. a. i. pi., to 



wave; to billow. 

 banatboa, banatboha, n. pi., waves; 



willows. 

 banatbohachi, v. t. , to cause the waves 



to rise; to cause the water to wave. 

 banatha, n., a wave; a billow; a rolling; 



a surge; a heave, James 1: 6; Matt. 8: 24; 



oka banatha, Matt. 14: 24. 

 banatha, v. a. i., to wave; to billow; to 



roll; to heave. 



