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boyafa, v. a. L, to shed the hair, feathers, 

 or coat; to molt; see boyaffi, trans, verb. 



boyafa, n., the shedding of the hair. 



boyali, pass, pi., rubbed off. 



boyali, v. a. i. pi. , to shed the hair. 



boyali, n., the shedding of the hair. 



boyalichi, v. t. pi., to rub the hair off 

 from skins. 



boyaffi, boaffi, v. t. sing., to rub the hair 

 from a skin, as tanners dress hides 

 when taking off the hair; to molt; 

 ileboqffi, to shed his own hair or coat 

 and horns, as a deer. 



boyaffi, n., one who rubs the hair from 

 a skin. 



bufboli, v. a. i., to pant for breath, as a 

 man in a fever. 



buna, pass, pi., rolled up; doubled up. 



buna, v. a. i., to roll up. 



buna, n., rolls; bundles. 



bunni, v. t. pi., to double up; to roll up; 

 to fold up; qlhbona, pass., doubled up. 



bunto, n., a hill; a small hill; a barrow; 

 a mound; a potato hill. 



bunto, pass., made into a hill. 



buntochi, v. t, to make hills for pota- 

 toes; to hill up the ground. 



busha, pass., squeezed; wrung out; ex- 

 pressed; extracted. 



busha hinla, a., expressible, i. e., can 

 be squeezed out. 



bushli, v. t., to squeeze out a liquid; to 

 wring out water, as from wet clothes 

 after being washed; to express; to ex- 

 tract; to press; to wring. 



bushli, n., a wringer. 



bushto, n., name of an oak which bears 

 a large acorn. 



bushul, n., a bushel. 



bushul iklanna, n., a half bushel. 



bushul iklanna iklanna, n., a peck, 

 i. e., half of a half bushel. 



buttoshah, see bolosha. 



butummi, n.. fine drizzle; fine rain. 



ch, see chi. 



cha, conj., and, usually connects two 

 verbs which have the same nomina- 

 tive; itih ha n tvakqmmi cha, opened his 

 mouth and, Matt. 5: 2; if the second 

 verb has a different nom. from the first, 

 na is often used. Cha is also used at 

 the close of some questions, as John 

 1:50; Matt. 2:7, 8, 13, 14, 16; haklo 



cha, Matt. 7: 24; mali cha, Matt. 7: 25; 

 ImL/ocha, Matt. 7: 26; 17: 27; chiyimmi 

 hacha? It seems to refer at times to 

 something not looked for or expected; 

 fik apt at bqshlt talia cha, the fig tree is 

 withered away, Matt. 21: 20. See 

 hacha. 



chachachi, v. i., to hop and flit like a 

 bird. 



chaha, n., height; altitude; grandeur; 

 growth; loftiness; rankness; stature; a 

 steep; steepness; sublimity; hachi chaha, 

 your stature, Matt. 6: 27; achahaka, m, 



. a high place, 1 Kings, 11: 7. 



chaha, a., pp., high; lofty; tall; sublime; 

 elevated; steep; eminent; grand; high, 

 as to musical key; sakti chaha, a steep 

 bluff, Matt. 5: 1; nanih chaha yo n , a 

 high hill. 



chaha, v. n., to be high or lofty. 



chaha, v. a. i., to tower. 



chaha, chahat, adv., aloft; on high; 

 stately. 



chaha, pass., heightened; elevated; ex- 

 alted; raised higher; raised. 



chaha i n shaht tali, a., uppermost; 

 highest. 



chaha i n shali, a., upper; higher, Luke 

 14: 10. 



chaha i n shali nanih, n., an eminence; 

 a mountain higher than (others). 



chaha moma i n shali, a., the highest, 

 Luke 2: 14. 



chahachi, v. t., to elevate; to raise up; 

 to heighten; toenhance; to ennoble; to 

 exalt; to raise; to sublimate; to sub- 

 lime; to cause it to be higher. 



chahachi, n., a raiser. 



chahachi, n., a raising. 



chahapi, chahe api, n., a hoe handle. 



chahe, n., a hoe. 



chahe aialhpi, chahe aiulhpi, n., a hoe 

 handle. 



chahe iskifa, n., a mattock; lit., a hoe 

 ax. 



chahikcheli, v. a. i., to limp. 



chahikcheli, n., a limper. 



chahikli, v. a. i., to limp. 



chahikli, n., a limper. 



Chahta, n., a Choctaw; Choctaw (pi.). 



Chahta, a., Choctaw; Chahta yakni, 

 Choctaw nation; Chahta anumpa, Choc- 

 taw language. 



