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that the sitting is for a time, like seated 

 on a bench, as a court; to stop and sit 

 down, not expecting to leave soon; ita- 

 chiya, to sit together; chinya, nasal form, 

 Josh. 3: 2; 7: 21; pinchiyashke, Luke 9: 

 13; chihinya, freq.; chieya, chiyeya, pro. 

 form. 



chiya, v. n., to be seated. 



chiyuhmi, see chohmi. 



chiyuhmichi, see chohmichi. 



cho, ha; sign of a question and having an 

 adverbial meaning also, like eh! in Eng- 

 lish, Matt. 2: 2; 18: 1; Luke 3: 12; 

 cho implies ignorance in those who 

 inquire. It implies a question and a 

 demand for an answer. It is a strong 

 interrogative word; impa cho? Matt. 9: 

 11 ; compounds are yakohmichicho? John 

 2: 18; akcho? akchubaf or akchu? (which 

 last is said to be a contracted form of 

 (ak)chuba) , see Luke 7: 19, 20; hassiachi 

 cho? Luke 6: 46. akchuf? nanta chi n cho? 

 Matt. 11: 3; akcho is used in disjunctive 

 forms of interrogation, or, Matt. 11: 3f 

 1 Kings 20: 15; 2 Sam. 24: 13; choba, 

 chuba, or chomba, is the perfect form 

 of the word; it is used in asking ques- 

 tions where there is an alternative. 



chobilhkan, chobilhkash, n., chips. 



chobohachi, v. a. i., to ripple; to roar, 

 as the running water of a stream. 



chobohachi, n., a roaring of water. 



chobokachi, chibokachi, v. a. i., to 

 bubble, as water. 



chobokachi, chibokachi, n., the bub- 

 bling of water. 



chobolichi, chibolichi, v. t., to rinse; to 

 shake up; to shake, as water is shaken 

 in a keg or cream in a churn when pro- 

 ducing butter. 



chohmi, chuhmi, a., like; similar; some- 

 what; such; tolerable; choyuhmi, chi- 

 yuhmi, Luke 6: 10. 



chohmi, v. n., to be like; to be similar; 

 to be as, Matt. 5: 16; 6: 29; chohmitok, it 

 was like, Matt. 12: 13; chohmihoke, is like 

 Matt. 13: 44, 46; to be so, Matt. 3: 17; 

 yammakinli ho n chohmit, even so, Matt. 

 7: 17; choyuhmi, chiyuhmi, pro.; chiyuh- 

 mashke, Matt. 5: 48; hqshchiyuhmi, 

 Matt. 10: 16; chiyuhmi hoke, Luke 6: 48, 

 49; chiyuhmi ma, Matt. 17: 2; 18: 3, 4. 



chohmi, chiyuhmi, choyuhmi, v. a. i., 

 to do like; to act like; cliiyuJimi, to be- 

 come as, Josh. 7: 5; Matt. 10: 16. 



chohmi, adv., somewhat; in some degree; 

 measurably; moderately; in a limited 

 degree; to some extent; partly; par- 

 tially; hardly; like; pretty; scarcely; 

 tolerably; achukma chohmi, kapassa 

 chohmi. 



chohmichi, choyuhmichi, chiyuhmi- 

 chi, v. t., caus., to make it like; to 

 cause it to resemble in some respects; 

 to do as, 1 Kings 10: 27; Josh. 1: 15; 

 ilechoyuhmichi, ilechohmichi, to make 

 yourself like, Luke 10: 27; to make as 

 if or to feign, Josh. 8: 15. 



chohpa, n., the meat provided for a pole 

 pulling or Choctaw funeral which is 

 observed at the end of the days of 

 mourning; meat cured and dried; veni- 

 son dried. 



chokamo (for kamo, see under letter k), 

 adv., always; usually; connected with 

 verbs when general customs, habits, 

 truths are expressed, see cJiatok; hak- 

 loli chokamo, I always have heard it. 



chokamo, a., usual; wont; the said; the 

 definite known one; cho has the sense 

 of cha in chatuk. 



chokash, a. and rel. pro., in past tense; 

 the said who was always, John 6: 42; 

 Ilappqt a n shat nana asihi n ta, chokash mak- 

 o n keyu? ' 'Is not this he that sat and 

 begged?" John 9: 8; hashachi chokash 

 ohcho? who ye say was, John 9: 19; 

 chokash o n , Luke 7: 32 [?] ; ikchokash osh' 

 2 Sam. 7: 6. 



chokashosh, etc., see kash. 



cho n ki, chu n ki, n., martin, a bird of a 

 particular kind. 



chomi, a., such; like; and so on; and so 

 forth, or others of the kind; like the 

 et cetera taken from Latin in use among 

 the English. 



chopa, v. a. i., to roar, as falling water 

 at a cascade. 



chopilhkash, chupilhkash, n., chips; 

 trash; a dunghill, 1 Sam. 2: 8; dung, 

 Phil. 3: 8. 



chopilak, chupilak, n., a swallow; a 

 chimney swallow. 



chowa, a., displeased; offended; see 

 achowa; itachowa, 1 Tim. 3: 3. 



