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cheli imponna, a., prolific; skilled in 

 bearing. 



cheli chi, v. t., to cause to bear or breed; 

 to cause to bring interest; to put out on 

 interest; achelichi hosh akhoyo cho? Luke 

 19: 23. See also Matt. 25: 27, where 

 ushi is used for interest or usury. 



Chelusalim, Chilusalim, n., Jerusalem. 



chepulechi, v. t., to make a feast, ban- 

 quet, festival; to dance; to feast; impa 

 chito ikbi is used in the New Testament 

 translation. 



chepulli, n., a feast; a great feast; a ban- 

 quet; a frolic; a great dance; an Indian 

 feast or a heathen feast. 



chepulli, v. a. i., to attend a feast; to 

 feast and to dance; to frolic. 



chepullit a n sha, v. a. i., to have a feast; 

 to be at a feast. 



chetoma, adv. , for chintoma, in the future; 

 see tuma. 



chi, ch, pro., thou, nom. case 2d per. sing, 

 of neuter verbs, chinukshopa na, Luke 

 1: 13; chilbqsha, thou art poor; chilli, 

 thou diest. 



chi, ch, thou, nom. case 2d per. sing, 

 of passive verbs, as chinqla, thou art 

 wounded. 



chi, ch, thee in the obj. case before active 

 transitive verbs; chipesali, I see thee; 

 chithanali, I know thee; cf. chitikba, be- 

 fore thee, Matt. 11: 10. 



chi, is prefixed to nouns of near relation 

 or family interest; chitekchi, Matt. 1: 

 20. It is applied to the family dog, 

 chipqf. 



chi, ch, poss. pro., thy; prefixed (with a 

 few exceptions) to the names of the 

 body and most of its members, as chi- 

 chu n kqsh, thy heart; chibbqk, thy hand. 



chi, a diminutive, in kapqsqchi, coolish; 

 hochukwqchi, chilly. 



chi, sign of the causal form, meaning to 

 cause, to make, to render; as minli, to 

 come; mintichi, to cause to come, etc. 

 chi is also suffixed to adjectives, 

 etc., as kqllo, a., strong, hard; kqllochi, 

 to make it hard or strong; to harden; 

 Sainton Ba Chona chia hat na cliiyuk- 

 jmslike, Blessed art thou Simon Bar- 

 Jonah, Matt. 16: 17. chi is also suffixed 

 to adjectives, verbs, and adverbs to 

 make v. t. in the caus. form, chumpa, 

 chumpqchi; kqllo, kqllochi; fehna, fehnq- 



chi. It is a " particle of form ' ' or the 

 causative form of verbs. 



chi, a suffix to verbs, which take the lo- 

 catives a or ai; others make a new form 

 of verbs, where one thing is made to 

 act on or with another; onush ash 

 haiyu n kpolo yo n ant ahokchichi tok, Matt. 

 13: 25; Judg. 16: 13. 



chi n , thy and thine, prefixed poss. pro., 

 meaning "thy," prefixed to nouns that 

 do not begin with a vowel or the con- 

 sonants p, ch, I, t. See chim and chin. 

 chi n holisso, thy book; chi n hatak, thy hus- 

 band; chi n hina, thy way, Matt. 11: 10. 



chi n , prefixed per. pro. in the dative case 

 before verbs, and usually translated 

 with a prep., as, of thee, to thee, for 

 thee, from thee, against thee. It is 

 found before verbs which do not begin 

 with a vowel or p, ch, I, or t. See 

 chim, which is written before vowels 

 and diphthongs. 



chi n , 2d per. sing., poss., thine, thy, re- 

 moved from the noun in the nom. and 

 placed before the verb, as tali holisso 

 chi n hotina, he has counted your money, 

 instead of chintgli holisso hotina. 



chi n , achi n , sign of the immediate future 

 tense of the indicative mood, shall, will; 

 achi n is the true form; the final vowel of 

 the verb is dropped when achin is suf- 

 fixed, as chumpa, chumpachi 71 , he shall 

 buy; minti, mintachin, he shall come; 

 haklo, liaklachi 71 , he shall hear. 



chia, sub. pro., 2d per. sing.; thou; thee; 

 chia ma, Matt. 1: 20; chia hoka, Matt. 

 5: 22; 7: 5; Kapenaqm chia, thou Caper- 

 naum, Matt. 11: 23; chia ho n , thou art, 

 Matt. 16: 14; Pita chia, thou art Peter, 

 Matt. 16: 18; chia ma, O thou, Matt. 14: 

 31; chia ho™, Matt. 14: 33; chiama, 

 Matt. 15: 22; chishno akosh sqso a^holi- 

 topa chia hoke, Luke 3: 22; chishno ako n 

 nan isht achia saiyukpa makoke, Luke, 

 3: 22; na hollo chiahoke, thou art a white 

 man. It is now called a substantive 

 personal pronoun, as the verb to be is 

 used in translating it, thus chia, thou 

 art, sia, I am. Lewi ushi chia ma; Matt. 

 1: 20; Chihowa ushi chia hokmqt, Matt. 

 4:3; chiqshke, from chia, thou art, John 

 1: 49; Chihowa ushi chiqshke, thou art 

 the Son of God. 



chiashke, see chi n shki. 



