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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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chamakachi, v. a. i., to clank; to rattle; 

 to ring; asonak at chamakachi, the ket- 

 tle rattles or rings. 



chamakachi, n., clank; ringing; din; 

 noise; clangor. 



chamalichi, v. t., to clank; to make din 

 or clangor. 



champoa, see chimpoa. 



chanafila, shanafila, n., black haw; a 

 haw. 



chanaha, v. a. i., to turn round; to roll 

 over; to coil; to curl; to roll, as the 

 wheel of a carriage; to round; to wheel. 



chanaha, n., a wheel; a circle; a coil; a 

 felly; a ring; around; roundness; aseta 

 chanaha, a coil of rope. 



chanaha, v. t., to coil up, as a serpent; 

 to querl; to turn. 



chanaha, a., rotund; coiled up; round; 

 being in a circle; orbed; pass., rolled; 

 ikchanaho, a. , uncoiled. 



chanaha folota achafa, n., a square; a 

 circuit. 



chanaha holitopa, n., a hack. 



chanaha iklanna, n., a semicircle. 



chanahachi, v. t., to coil; to roll; to 

 round. 



chanal, n., a general (from the English). 



channi, pp. sing., probably from chan- 

 ichi, (q. v.). 



channichi, v. t., to roll a wheel. 



chassaloha, see chasaloha. 



chassalohachi, see chasalohachi. 



chasha, chasha (q. v.), n., inchasha, his 

 rattles; those of the rattlesnake. 



chashanoha, v. a. i., to be long tailed, 

 like some coats. 



chashwa, n., sinews of the loins; in- 

 chashwa, his sinews of the loins. 



chashwa nipi, n., the flesh of the loins; 

 the loin; the tenderloin; inchashwa, his 

 sinews of the loins; inchashwa nipi, n., 

 his loin. 



chechik, adv., probably; likely; per- 

 haps. 



chechik, v. n., to be likely, or probable. 



chechike, adv., probably; spoken by 

 way of inquiry and in modesty. 



chechike, v. n., to be probable. 



chechuk, adv., probably; expressing a 

 supposition. 



cheki, a., speedy; quick; near; late; re- 

 cent. 



cheki, v. n., to be near, etc. 



cheki, adv., soon; immediately; newly; 

 quickly; recently; chekikma, in a short 

 time, i. e., when it is soon, from cheki 

 and kma. 



chekichi, v. t., to cause it to be soon; to 

 hurry. 



chekikash, adv., lately. See kash, late, 

 recently. 



chekikash, v. n., to be lately, in refer- 

 ence to things past. 



chekusi, a., very near; immediate; soon; 

 used in reference to the future; a dim- 

 inutive formed from cheki and usi or 

 ushi. 



chekusi, v. n., to be very near in time, 

 or soon. 



chekusi, adv., very soon, immediately; 

 forthwith; quickly, Josh. 2:5; straight; 

 shortly; straightway; thereupon. 



chekusi fehna, adv., quickly, Josh. 8 :19. 



chekusi kania, a., transitory; passing 

 away very soon. 



chekusi ont ia, a., transient; passing by 

 very soon. 



chekusikash, adv., latterly; recently. 



chekusikma, v. n. sub. mood, when it 

 shall have been a short time. 



chekusikma, adv., in a short time; after 

 a short time. 



chelahpi, n. , the animal which has young 

 for the first time, as heifers, etc. 



chelahpi, n., the firstling; the first prod- 

 uce or offspring, Gen. 4:4; from cheli 

 and ahpi, the first, as tofahpi, spring, lit. 

 the first of summer; likba qttahpi, the 

 first born, Rom. 8 : 29. 



cheli, v. t., to bear; to bring forth young, 

 applied to animals and some plants and 

 not to the human species; to cub; to foal; 

 to teem; to whelp; to lay; to calve; to 

 pig; to spawn; to kid; to breed; to blow; 

 to deposit eggs, as flies; to bear, as vines; 

 okcha^k at cheli, the muskmelon bears; 

 shukshi at cheli, the watermelon bears; 

 isito at cheli, the pumpkin bears; to 

 draw interest, as money lent out; tali 

 holisso at cheli, the money bears interest. 



cheli, v. a. i., to propagate; oncheli, v. t. ; 

 to prime a gun; to lay on the powder; 

 pass., onchi n ya. 



cheli, n., parturition. 



cheli, n., a breeder; the female that 

 breeds or produces. 



