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A DICTIONABY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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inka, to be near each other; itibili^ka 

 aPsIm, n., a neighborhood; a proximity 

 to each other; nearness to each other. 



bili n kasi, a. dim., very near; not far off; 

 quite near, Matt. 15: 8. 



biliakasi, v. n., to be very near; isht i n - 

 bilfokasi ilonashke, "let us draw near," 

 Heb. 10: 22. 



bili n katta, v. a. i., to reside near. 



bili n kachi, v. t, to bring near; to draw 

 near; to fetch near; to approximate; 

 ttabiliflhachi, Luke 9: 47. 



bili n katta, n., a neighbor; one that 

 dwells near. 



bilinchi, v. a. L, v. t., to draw near; to 

 come near; to make near; to draw nigh; 

 to near; tehpfobttinchashke, do you come 

 near to us; Uap mat hachi n bilinchachi n 

 hoke, he will draw nigh to you, James 

 4: 8. 



bilinchi, a., near. 



bilinchi, adv., nearly. 



bilinchi kat i n shaht tali, a., nearest. 



[bili n sbi, n. , the name of a bird. — H. S. H.] 



bili n sbili, n., a very young turkey, just 

 beginning to cry. 



bila, pass. pi. of bill, perforated; 

 wounded; hurt; pricked. 



bila, a., wounded; hurt. 



bilepa, sing., lipia, pi., to lie on the face; 

 to lie low; to sit with a downcast eye; 

 bilimpa, nasal form. 



bilepa, pi. of binili.— N. Gardner. 



bili, v. t., to bunt, as a calf bunts the 

 bag to make the mother's milk come, 

 i. e., to work at the bag by pushing, 

 bunting, etc. This word is applied to 

 the rubbing of deer skins with a stick 

 flattened and sharp at one end to make 

 the skin soft and pliant. — J. Hudson. 



bili, v. t. pi., to point at; to prick; to 

 wound; to hurt; to injure the feelings; 

 to spur; chu n kqsli bili, to wound the 

 heart; iti n bili, to point at each other, 

 etc.; abili, to perforate at, i. e., to set 

 up bushes or poles for peas, beans, etc. ; 

 nipi isht bili, n., a flesh hook, 1 Sam. 

 2: 13. 



bili, n. pi., wounders; those that wound, 

 hurt, point, etc. ; or one that wounds, 

 etc., more times than once. 



bilibli, v. t. sing., to point at; to prick; 

 to point out; bili is the plural form 



(q. v.); cf. bilihimbli in okchalinchi yafl 

 chi n bilihimbli kat kallo keyu. 



bilibli, n., a pointer. 



bim, n., sound of a tree falling through 

 the air; a roaring. 



bimihachechi, v. t., to make a roaring. 



bimihachi, v. a. i., to roar, as fire in dry 

 grass, or as a flock of birds when on the 

 wing; tocrash; to mumble; to murmur; 

 to peal. 



bimihachi n., the roar; the roaring; a 

 peal. 



birnimpa, v. a. i., to crash; to roar. 



bina, n., a camp; a lodging place out of 

 doors and without shelter; a camping 

 ground; an encampment; a tabernacle; 

 a tent, Josh. 3: 14; a host, Josh. 1: 11; 

 binah, 1 Sam. 4: 6; bina wihat kucha, 

 v. t., to decamp; to move out of camp. 



bina a n sha, pass., tented; camped. 



bina awiha, n., a deserted camp. 



bina awiha, v. t., to move from a camp. 



bina hilechi, v. L, to pitch a camp. 



bina talali, v. t, to tent; to set a tent. 



binachi, v. t., tocamp; toencamp; 1 Sam. 

 4: 1; Josh. 8: 9; binanchi, nasal form, 

 to be camping; Josh. 4: 19; 5: 10; 10: 5. 



binachi, n. , one that camps. 



binanchi, n., a camping; the act of en- 

 camping. 



binili, v. a. i., to sit; to take a seat; to 

 settle; ont binilima "when he was set," 

 Matt. 5: 1; 13: 1; to fix one's habitation 

 or residence; to abide, John 1: 32; to 

 sit down, Luke 4: 20; to encamp; to 

 light; to nestle; binint; ilebinili, to seat 

 himself; to sit; to perch; to rest on the 

 feet, as fowls; ilabinili, to retire; to sit 

 alone; ilabinili, n., a retreat; a retire- 

 ment; ombinili, v. t., to sit on; to incu- 

 bate; to ride; ta^kla binili, v. a. i., to in- 

 trude; to sit among. 



binili, n., a sitter; a setter; one that set- 

 tles; wihat binili, a colony; apeliechi ka 

 yat wihat binili, Col. Folsom's colony; 

 oklat wihat binili, a colony of people. 



binili, n., a sitting; ta n kla binili, n., an in- 

 truder; binili ho n ont pisatok, Matt. 9:9; 

 tankla binili, n., an intrusion. 



binili, pp., seated; settled; located; kan- 

 allit binili, colonized; ikbinilo, a., un- 

 seated; achukmai ikbinilo, a., unsettled; 

 binili bilia, a., sedentary. 



