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A DICTIONABY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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Chahta, v. n., to be a Choctaw. 



Chahta anumpa, n., the Choctaw lan- 

 guage; a Choctaw speech or word; the 

 Choctaw tongue. 



Chahta alia, Chahtalla, a Choctaw 

 child; Choctaw children. 



Chahta hatak, n. , a Choctaw man; Choc- 

 taw men. 



Chahta i n kowi, n., a Choctaw mile. 



Chahta imanumpa, n., the language of 

 the Choctaw; the words of a Choctaw. 



Chahta imisuba, n., the horse of a Choc- 

 taw. 



Chahta isuba, n., a Choctaw horse; a 

 Choctaw pony. 



Chahta isht atia, v. n. , to be descended 

 from the Choctaw; to be of the Choc- 

 taw race. 



Chahta isht ia, n., the Choctaw race; 

 Choctaw descent; Choctaw origin; Choc- 

 taw blood. 



Chahta ohoyo, n., a Choctaw woman. 



Chahta okla, n., the Choctaw; Choc- 

 taw; the Choctaw nation; the Choctaw 

 tribe; the Choctaw people. 



Chahta yakni, n., Choctaw land; Choc- 

 taw nation; Choctaw country; Choctaw 

 soil; Choctaw ground. 



Chahtalla, see Chahta alia. 



chahto, n., a drought; dryness; want of 

 rain. 



chahto, a., dry; droughty; wanting in 

 rain. 



chahto, v. n., to be dry; to be droughty. 



chahtochi, v. t., to cause a drought. 



chahtoshba, a., never. 



chaka, n., a comb; a gill; gills; the flaps 

 that hang below the beak of a fowl; 

 inchaka, his comb; his gills. 



chakali, chakkali, a., nine, 9, ix 

 (numeral), Matt. 18: 12; 2 Sam. 24: 8; 

 hashi chakkali, nine months. 



chakali, v. n., to be nine. 



chakali, v. a. i., to make nine; as echa- 

 kali, we make nine; chakali bat chakali, 

 nine times nine. 



chakali, chakali, a., pregnant; gravid; 

 great; big. 



chakali, chakali, v. n., to be pregnant; 

 to be with child, Matt. 1: 23; v. a. i., to 

 teem. 



chakali, n., pregnancy. 



chakaliha, adv., nine times. 



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chakapa, n., vile language; reviling; pro- 

 faneness; the language made use of in 

 the place of common swearing as in use 

 among the lowest classes of white and 

 black people. 



chakapa, a., vile; low; vulgar; indecent; 

 reproachful; filthy. 



chakapa, v. a. i., v. t., to revile; to utter 

 filthy language; to blackguard; to in- 

 veigh; to vilify. 



chakapa, n., a reviler; one who utters 

 foul language in contempt and re- 

 proach; a blackguard. 



chakiffa, n., a gizzard; the gizzard. 



chakkali, see chakali. 



chakla, n., an oyster. 



chakli, n., a cup (authority, Nelson Mc- 

 Coy's mother, May 15, 1855); a vessel 

 used for boiling coffee; a coffee pot; a 

 tin coffee pot. 



chakoa, pass., notched. 



chakoa, n. pi., notches. 



chakofa, pass., notched. 



chakofa, n., a notch. 



chakoffi, v. t. sing., to notch; to cut a 

 notch. 



chakoffi, n. , a notcher. 



chakoli, v. t., to string, as to string 

 venison for drying. 



chakoli, v. t. pi., to notch; to cut notches; 

 chakonli, nasal form. 



chakolichi, v. t. caus., to cut notches; to 

 make notches; chakonlicJii, see 1 Kings 

 6: 18; Exodus 31: 5. 



chakowa, pass., strung up and dried; 

 isi nipi chakowa, venison strung up and 

 dried; chakc-nwa, see 1 Kings 6: 29. 



chakpa, a., being part way; not mid- 

 way; iti chakpa; nitalc i n chakpa, 



chakpa, v. n., to be part way; to be not 

 midway. 



chakpaka, n., side, as of a well or cup. 



chakpatali, n., the foot of a hill; the base 

 of a hill; chakpatali ka, Luke 8: 33; 

 Judg. 19: 1. 



chakpatalika, n., the place at the foot of 

 the hill; the foot of the hill. 



chakwa, n., soreness in the throat; an 

 ulcer in the throat; bronchitis. 



chakwabi, chakwaabi, v. n., to have 

 such a soreness. 



chala n ka, v. a. i., to scream. 



chala n ka, n., a scream, 



