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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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chishba, a., doubtful; unknown; uncer- 

 tain; perhaps. 



chishba, adv., possibly and possibly not; 

 perhaps so, and perhaps not so. 



chishinto, v. a. i., to be round and ele- 

 vated, like a mound. See chashaiyi. 



chi n shka, n., an infant girl; a babe; a 

 baby. 



chi n shka keyu, n., an infant boy. This 

 expression and the above were used 

 in the southern part of the nation. 



chishke, n., thy mother, Matt. 15: 4. 



chishke, see chiishke. 



chi n shki, chiashki, v. n., to be proba- 

 ble; used at the end of another verb, as 

 yohmi chishke, it is probable that it was 

 so; keyu chishke, Matt. 12: 7; okpula 

 chishke, it will be foul, Matt. 16: 23. 



chi n shki, adv., probably, will be. 



chish.no, pro., 2d per. sing., thou, Josh. 

 1: 2; chishno qto, Luke 7: 45,46; thou, 

 Matt. 6: 17; chishno akosh, Matt. 14: 33; 

 chishno at, thou, Matt. 16: 18; chishno, 

 ako n chimmi, for thee, chishno, ob. c., 

 thee; chishno a n , Matt. 3: 14; chishno 

 chinishkin, thy eye, Matt. 7:4; 17:27; 

 chishno, poss. pro., thine, thy; chishno 

 akinli, thyself; yourself; chishno yokan, 

 thine, in the obj. case; chishno yokqt, 

 thine, in the nom. case. 



chito (subpos. forms, chito, chitlo, 

 chehto, chinto); hochito, pi., n., size; 

 greatness; enlargement; the extent; 

 fullness; grandeur; growth; largeness; 

 loudness; magnitude; majesty; scope; 

 splendor; sublimity; chito fehna, n., 

 vastness. 



chito (subpos. forms, chitto, chehto), a., 

 great, Matt. 13: 50; large; big; huge; 

 immense; heavy; capacious; august; 

 egregious; enormous; extensive; gigan- 

 tic; grand; grievous; gross; handsome; 

 heavy; high, as a price; immense; lusty, 

 majestic; massive; mighty; noble; pro- 

 fuse (as luksha chito); prominent; pro- 

 tuberant; signal; capacious; splendid; 

 stocky; stout; sublime; superb; chitto; 

 a diminutive of chito, less than chito, 

 in music, low, base, grave; chieto, pro. 

 form of a.; chito fehna, a., herculean; 

 prodigious; thick, as hair, cane, etc.; 

 tremendous; unwieldy; vast; ikchito, a., 

 scant; not great. 



chito, v. n., to be large, chi n hohcliifo 

 chinto ka, thy great name, Josh 7: 9; 

 chinto, nasal form na chiyimmi katchin- 

 toshke (thy path) excels or is great 

 (greater than others) , Matt. 15: 20; okla 

 chinto, Matt. 4: 25; 5: 1; yqmmqt chinto, 

 Matt. 6:23; of great, Matt. 13:46; chin- 

 toshke, great is, Matt. 15: 28; chihinto, 

 freq. ; chieto, pro. form. 



chito, pass., made large; enlarged; dis- 

 tended; chinto, nasal form, being made 

 large; the large one; cf., Matt. 2: 17, 

 18. 



chito, adv., largely; profusely; thickly. 



chitochi, v. t., to enlarge. 



chitokaka, n., a prince; a great one. 



chitokaka, n., a lord; sir; God, Luke 

 1: 25; John 4: 1; majesty; excellency; 

 honor; the great one, Matt. 7: 21 

 (chitokaka ma,Lord); 11: 25; 14:28. 



chitoli, a., loud; hard; large; stentorian. 



chitoli, v. a. i., to swell; to enlarge; to 

 increase, as a storm of rain. 



chitoli, v. t., to enlarge; to make louder 

 or larger; to do on a large scale; to di- 

 late; to distend; to elevate; to rage; 

 to stretch; to swell, Josh. 6: 5; pi. 

 hochetoli. 



chitolichi, v. t., to enhance; to enlarge; 

 to magnify. 



cbitolit, adv., hard; loudly; as chitolit 

 umba, it rains hard. 



chitolit fiopa, v. a. i., to sigh; to breathe 

 loud. 



chitolit fiopa, n., a sigh; also, a sigher. 



chitot (a contraction of chitolit), adv., 

 greatly; nobly. 



chitot anumpuli, v. a. i., to rant. 



chitot anumpuli, n., a ranter. 



chitot fiopa, v. a. i., to heave; to sigh; 

 to puff; to wheeze. 



chitot ia, v. a. i., to grow large; to en- 

 large; to rise; to thrive. 



chitot ishko, chitot nalli, v. t., to swig, 

 to drink largely; to swallow largely. 



chitot nanabli, v. t , to quaff. 



chitot nanabli, n., a quaffer. 



chitot ola, chitot ola hinla, a., sonorous. 



chiya, chiyya, v. a. i. pi. pass., from cheli, 

 v. t. (q. v.). It is applied to persons 

 and things and signifies to sit; to lie. 

 Some say that ch'aja is strictly dual, but 

 it is not always thus used. It implies 



