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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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batammi, watammi, v. t., to trip up 



another in wrestling. 

 bato, conjunctive form of bano. See kba- 



to and kbano. 

 bachalusha, n., sleet, 

 bachalusha, v. a. i., to sleet, 

 bachalushachi, v. t., to cause the sleet 



to fall. 

 bahcha, bachcha, n., a ridge of land, 

 bahcha ikbi, v. t., to ridge; to make 



ridges. 

 bahcha pissa, n., a straight ridge, 

 bahcha tabokaka, n., the top of the 



ridge. 

 bakoku n kachi, bakoku n kacbi (q. v.), 



a., spotted; having many colors, as 



Joseph's coat, Gen. 37: 3. 

 bala, n., a bean; the name of one kind of 



bean which is large. 

 bala hakshup, n., a bean pod; skin of a 



bean, 

 bala hobbi, n., boiled beans, 

 bala okchi, n., bean porridge, 

 balakachi, v. a. i., to gulp; to swallow in 



large drafts. 

 balbaha, v. a. i. , to talk in a foreign or 



unknown language; to prattle, as an 



infant, 

 balbaha, n., one that talks in a foreign 



language, 

 balbaha toba, v. a. i., to become one that 



talks in a foreign language. 

 Balbancha (from balbaha + a n sha) } n., 



New Orleans; a place of foreign lan- 

 guages. 

 balli, v. t., to cut up underbrush ; to clear 



land by cutting off the undergrowth, 

 bali, v. a. i., to hit. 

 banaha, n., boiled corn bread wrapped 



in leaves, in which boiled beans are 



mixed ; a roll, as of bread or butter. 

 banaiya, n., a ridge, as a corn ridge, etc. ; 



banaboa, pi. 

 banaiyachechi, v. t., to ridge; to ruffle, 

 banaiyachi, n., a ridge, such as is made 



in a field where corn is planted, 

 banakachechi, v. t., to cause to fluctu- 

 ate or ripple, 

 banakachi, v. a. i., to fluctuate; to roll, 



as the waves; to ripple; to ruffle; to 



undulate, 

 banakachi, n., a sea; a wave, 

 banakachi, a. , rough, as troubled water, 

 banakachi, pass., ruffled. 



banna, v. a. i., to want; to desire; to wish, 



Matt. 5; 42; to crave; to seek, Luke 6, 



19; to will, Matt. 14: 5; to gape: to long; 



to need; to pant; to strive; to water, 



as the mouth waters; ikbgnno, n. f. 



ikchibannokashke, thou shalt not wish; 



baiyana, pro. form, abgnna, to want of 



or for; in want of, Matt. 6: 8; to need, 



Matt. 6: 32; ikbaiyanrw, a., not willing; 



ikbgnno, a., averse; loath; reluctant; 



unwilling; v. n., to be averse, 

 banna, a., minded; prone; wishful; ikbgn- 

 no, a., reluctant, 

 banna, n., a longing; a wish; a need; a 



wanting. 

 banna, n., a wisher; one who wants, 

 banna fehna, v. t., v. a. i., to covet; to 



hanker; to wish intently. 

 banna fehna, a., covetous, greedy. 

 bappo, see bahpo. 



basa, n., the name of the fish called pike, 

 basak, see basak. 

 basasu n kachi, see basasunkgchi and 



basosu n kaclti. 

 baska. basto, v. a. i., to game; to 



gamble; to play with cards or marbles; 



to card. 

 baska, basto, n., a gambler; hatak baska, 



a gambler, 

 basha (from bgshli, v. t. ), pass., sawn; 



cut; carved; mown; mowed; reaped; 



clipped; gashed; gelded; marked; 



plowed; sheared; shorn; ikbasho, a., 



unmarked; unwounded. 

 basha, n., a gash; an incision; a mark; a 



cut with a saw or knife, 

 basha hinla, a., perishable, 

 bashat holisso, bashat holisso, pp., 



graved; engraved; cut and written, 

 bashat holisso, n., an engraving. 

 bashechi, v. t, to wilt; to blast; to 



wither; to shrink. 

 bashi, bashshi, pass., wilted; blasted; 



blighted; contracted; faded; withered, 

 bashi, bashshi, v. a. i., to wither, Matt. 



l.'i: 6; to wilt; to blast; to contract; to 



fade; to flag; to languish; to perish; 



bashi chatuk, John 15: 6; bashii tahatok, 



withered away, Matt. 13: 6; 21: 19. 

 bashi, n., a languishes 

 bashkachi, pas.->. pi., laid in rows; laid 



side by side, as sleepers under a floor; 



bachaya, sing. 



