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A DICTIONARY OP THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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fachammi, fichammi, v. t. sing., to 

 throw by springing a stick; cf. fachaehi, 

 pi. 



fachammi, n., one who throws by spring- 

 ing. 



facho n wa, v. n., to be scaly; to have 

 scales, Deut. 14: 9. 



faha, pp., waved. 



fahakachechi v. t. caus., to swing; to 

 cause to vibrate; to vibrate. 



fahakachi, v. a. i. pi., to swing slowly 

 and heavily, as a bag filled and laid 

 across a horse swings as he walks along; 

 to seesaw; to swingle; to vibrate; to 

 wave; to undulate; frequently, to swing 

 or wave, as a leaf in the wind; to vibrate, 



• as the pendulum of a clock ; takant faha- 

 kachi, v. a. i., to dangle; fahakancJri, 

 nasal form; fahakahanchi, freq. form. 



fahakachi, fahakachi, pp., swung; made 

 to vibrate; vibrated; waved; whirled. 



fahakachi, n., a vibration; a whirling. 



fahali, fahali, v. a. i. pi., to swing; to 

 vibrate; to wave. 



fahali, pp., swung; vibrated; shaken; 

 waved; single act like shalakli. 



fahalichi, v. t. caus., to swing; to vi- 

 brate; to shake; to wave. 



fahalichi, n., a swinger. 



fahama, v. t. sing., to beat; to smite; 

 to strike. 



fahama, pp., hurt. 



fahama, n., a stripe; a lick; a blow; a 

 lash. 



fahata, v. a. i. pi., to swing; to vibrate 

 a long distance, as a long rope or grape- 

 vine, when suspended from a tree; to 

 oscillate. 



fahata, pp.; swung; vibrated. 



fahata, n., a swinging; a vibration. 



fahatachi, v. t. pi., to swing; to vibrate; 

 to cause to swing. 



fahammi, v. t., to sling; to throw side- 

 ways with a whirling motion; to 

 scourge, Matt. 10: 17; faham mat pila, to 

 swing and throw; to hurl; to supplant; 

 to thrust a sickle, Rev. 14: 19. 



fahammi, n., a hurler. 



fahattakachi, n., a swing; a swinging. 



fahattakachi, fahattakachi, v. a. i. 

 sing., to swing; to turn; fahatkachi, v. t. 

 pi., to swing; also passive; fahatkahan- 



chi, pp., keep turning, Gen. 3: 24; to 



turn every way, Gen. 3: 24. 

 fahfoa, v. a. i. pi., to move in various 



directions; to whirl about. 

 fahfoa, pp., brandished; whirled about, 

 fahfuli, v. t. pi., to brandish; to move 



about in various directions; to turn, 



as to turn a grindstone; to move about 



a sword, the arms, the feet (as a child), 



or the tail (as a cow). 

 fahko, a. sing., long and slender; thin; 



oski fahko; iti fahko; see fabaspoa. 

 fahko, v. n., to be long and slender; to 



be thin. 

 f ahkochi, v. t. , to make long and slender. 

 fahpo, fappo (q. v.), n., magic, 

 faiokachi, v. a. i., to stagger; to reel; to 



shake; to wave, as growing grain in the 



wind; to nod; to rock; to roll, as a boat; 



to totter; to vacillate, 

 faiokachi, pp., rocked; shaken, Matt. 



11: 7; faiokanchi, nasal form, reeling; 



waving; faiokahanchi, freq., to reel; to 



keep reeling, 

 faiokachi, n., a vacillation, 

 faioli, v. t. pi., to shake; to make them 



reel; to make them wave, 

 faiolichi, v. t., to vibrate; to shake; to 



cause to vibrate; to rock, 

 faiolichi, n., a rocker, 

 faiotlakachi, v. a. i. sing., to swing; to 



shake. 

 faiotlakachi, n., a nod; a shake. 

 faiu n kli, v. a. i.,to reel; to stagger; same 



as chukfulli, to reel (q. v.). 

 fakit, n., a turkey, whether domestic or 



wild — named from one of its notes, 



which sounds like this name; other 



fowls have received names in the same 



way. 

 fakit homatti, n., a male turkey; a 



gobbler; a turkey cock, 

 fakit inchahe, n., a turkey's spur. 

 fakit ishke, n., a hen turkey that has 



raised a brood, 

 fakit kucha n kak, n., a young male tur- 

 key, not a year old. 

 fakit nakni, n., a male turkey; a turkey 



cock. 

 fakit salakoba, n., lit., like the liver of 



a turkey; the name of a plant, called 



by some hart leaf, 

 fakit tek, n., a hen turkey. 



