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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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bicheli, n., a tapster; a drawer. 

 bicheli, v. t., to draw a small quantity 



of liquid from a cask. 

 bichet tali, v. t., to rack; to draw off 



from the lees; to draw the liquor all off • 

 bichillahe keyu, a., waterproof; (lit.)' 



it will not leak, 

 bichilli, pichilli, v. a. i. pi., to leak out; 



to ooze; to percolate; to run out gently; 



oka hat sakti apichilli, the water drips 



from the bank; italhfo aiyat bichilli, the 



keg leaks. 

 bichillichi, pichelichi, v. t. pi., to cause 



to ooze out; to burst them; to break 



them so that the liquid will flow out 



gently. 

 bichokachi, pp. pi., bent; sprung; Hi at 



bichokachi, the wood is bent. 

 bichokachi, v. a. i. pi., to bend; to spring. 

 bicholi, v. t. pi., to bend, 

 bicholi, n. pi., benders. 

 bicholichi, v. t. pi. caus., to bend; to 



make them bend, 

 bichota, pass., bent; sprung, 

 bichota, v. a. i., to bend; to spring. 

 bichotakachi, v. a. i., to spring a single 



time, 

 bichubli, bochubli, v. t. sing., to squeeze 



in the hand. 

 bichu n ko, n., the brisket. 

 bichulli, v. t. sing., to bend; to spring; 



bichunli, nasal form, bending. 

 bichulli, n., a bender, 

 bichullichi, v. t. caus., to bend, 

 bichupa, bochopa, pass., squeezed in 



the hand; from bichubli, v. t. (q. v.). 

 bieka, from beka (q. v.), a., mere, John 



16: 32. 

 bieka, adv., merely; only. 

 bifisha, n., a cluster of little bushes. 

 bihi, n., a mulberry; the fruit of the 



mulberry tree. 

 bihi api, bihapi, n. , a mulberry tree. 

 bihi chito, n., a large mulberry; a fig, 



John 1: 48; Luke 13: 6 (changed to 



fik in the last edition). 

 bihi chito hishi, n., a fig leaf. 

 bihi holba, n., a sycamore, 1 Kings 



10: 27. 

 bihi talaia, n., a mulberry grove, 

 bihapi, see bihi api. 

 bihkachi, pi., to be rent and worn out, 



as cloth. This may be a contraction 



of the genuine word. 



bi n ka, mi n ka, a., each; both; like; re- 

 sembling; of the same kind or species; 

 chaha kat kubit pokoli bi n ka, each ten 

 cubits high, 1 Kings 6: 23; Uabi n ka, 

 each himself; both; Gen. 40: 5. 

 bi n ka, n., a fellow; tishu pibi n ka, our 

 fellow-servant, Col. 1: 7; Uap bi^ka, 



their fellows, Matt. 11: 16. 

 bi n ka, v. n., to be like* or of the same 



kind; halak sabi n ka, a man who is like 



me; na hollo chibi n ka, a white man who 



is like you. 

 bi n ka, v. a. i. sing., to whine, as a puppy; 



to yelp. 

 bi n kbia, v. a. i. pi., to whine; to yelp. 

 bi n kbia, n., a whine. 

 bi n kbia, n., a whiner. 

 bikbina, n., a knop, Ex. 37: 17; 25: 23; 



see Mbikshi. 

 bikeli, v. t., to touch; to press up against 



with a point or the end of anything; to 



touch the side with a pointed object; to 



flow in or over, as the tide; okhata chito 



at bikeli; mikma vnshakchi okat shutik 



tabokaka bikelashke, and whose top shall 



reach heaven, Gen. 2: 4. 

 bikeli, n. , a stick or anything that touches 



or reaches to something else; a support; 



a supporter. 

 bikekchi, v. t., to cause to reach up to; 



to strike against an object overhead; 



shutik hakakkia bikelichi bannal alia n - 



shuatok, they desired to cause it to reach 



up to the sky. 

 bikobli, bokobli, v. a. i., to bud; to put 



forth buds; to shoot; takon api at bikobli, 



the peach tree buds. 

 bikobli, pass., budded; put forth in buds, 

 bikobli, n., a bud; buds; a germ; the 



shoot of a plant, 

 bikoblichi, v. t., to cause to bud. 

 bikoha., v. a. i. pi., to bend, 

 bikoha, pp. pi., bent; 'bikota, sing. 

 bikoha, n., bends. 

 bikokachi, pass, pi., bent, 

 bikokachi, v. a. i. pi., to bend, 

 bikoli, v. t. pi., to bend without 



breaking, 

 bikoli, n. pi., the persons who bend; 



benders, 

 bikolichi, v. t. caus., to bend; to make 



them bend, 

 bikota, pass, sing., of bikulli, bent. 



