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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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fanikoyo, n., a sycamore tree — lit. "the 

 squirrel does not climb it" (Sixtowns 

 word). 



fanitasho, n., a gray squirrel. 



fappo, seefappo. 



fatokachi, v. a. i., to wiggle; to shake 

 loosely, as the loose blade of a knife. 



fattahachi, v. a. i., to shake, as a leaf; to 

 swing back and forth quickly as leaves 

 shaken by the wind and with noise, or 

 as a loose penknife blade. 



fehna, fena, fehnha, v. a. i., to do in- 

 tensely, or considerably; to effect a good 

 deal; ita fehna, to fight, 2 Sam. 14: 6. 



fehna, fiena, a., much; very; real; own, 

 John 1:41; self; exceeding; excessive; 

 exorbitant; intense; intimate; intrin- 

 sic; mighty; particular; passing, as 

 passing strange; peculiar; quite. 



fehna, fiena, v., n., to be much, very, 

 real; ikfehno, Matt. 7: 11. 



fehna, adv., well, Matt. 17: 5; John 2: 

 10; much, Matt. 6: 7; very; often; ex- 

 tremely; far; freely; heartily; ma- 

 turely; mightily; mighty; most; much; 

 oft; richly; rapidly; terribly; griev- 

 ously, Matt. 8: 6. 



fehna keyu, adv., seldom; little, Matt. 

 6:30. 



fehnakma, in nitak yqmma fehnakma, in 

 that very day, Matt. 7: 22. 



fehnachi, v. t., to make much of; to ef- 

 fect much; ilefehnachi, v. ref., to think 

 much of himself, Matt. 13: 22[?]; to 

 make much of one's self; to praise one's 

 self; to boast; to make much of himself; 

 fienachi, pro. form; ilefehnqchil nowa, to 

 stalk; to strut; to walk proudly; ile- 

 fehnachi, a., proud; vain; arrogant; 

 consequential; self-important; ilefehna- 

 chi, v. n., to be proud; ilefehnqchechi, 

 v. t., to make proud; ilefehnachi, n., 

 pride; vanity. 



felami, filamrni, n., a branch or a limb, 

 of a tree or of a river; itinaksish filam- 

 mi, Gen. 40: 12; bok ushi filqmmi, prong 

 of a stream of water. 



felamichi, n., a branch; a limb, Gen. 

 40: 10. 



Fibueli, n., February. 



fichak, fichak, n., the dew, or water 

 (from any cause), as the rain standing 

 in drops like the dew on the grass or 

 elsewhere; dew drops. 



fichak champ uli, n., a honey dew; a 



sweet dew ; a mildew, 

 fichak chito, n., a heavy dew; a great 



dew. 

 fichak kasha n ha, n., a honey dew; a 



mildew; a sweet dew. 

 fichak toba, v. a. i., to fall, as dew; to 



become dew. 

 fichama, v. a. i., to spring; to spring 



open, as a door when pushed; to fly 



open, 

 fichama, pass., sprung open; sprung and 



thrown, 

 fichamoa, v. a. i. pi., to spring and fly. 

 fichamoa, pp. pi., sprung open, 

 fichamoh, flchammi (q.v.), pi., to spring 



them; to throw them by springing, 

 fichanli, fachanli(q. v.), v. a. L, to open; 



to crack open, as pods, bean pods, etc. 

 fichanli, pp., a., cracked open; opened, 

 fichanli, n. , a cracking open, 

 fichapa, v. a. i., to fork; to divide into 



two parts. 

 fichapa, pp., a., forked, as a road, 

 fichapa, n., a fork, 

 fichapoa, v. a. i. pi., to fork, 

 fichapoa, pp. pi., forked, 

 fichapoa, n., forks. 

 fichapoli, v. t. pi., to fork; to turn off, 



as to turn off from a road, 

 fichapolichi, v. t. pi., to cause to fork, 

 fichabli, v. a. i. sing. , fichapa, pp. (q. v.) , 



to fork; to turn off, Matt. 2: 22. 

 fichablichi, v. t., to cause him to turn off. 

 fichammi, fachammi, (q. v.), v. t., to 



spring and throw; to spring open by 



pushing against. 

 fichik, fochik, n., a star; stars; planets; 



a planet, Matt. 2: 2, 7. 

 fichik a n sha, a., starry. 

 fichik atia, n., the orbit of a planet, 

 fichik asha, v. a. i., to have amaurosis; 



a n fichik asha, I have amaurosis; chi n - 



fichik asha, thou hast amaurosis. 

 fichik baieta, n., the yard stars. 

 fichik chito, n., a large star; a planet 



that appears to be large, as Venus and 



Jupiter; Lucifer; Saturn; Venus; Ves- 

 per, 

 fichik heli, n. pi., shooting stars; me- 

 teors; flying stars. 

 fichik hika, n. sing., a shooting star; a 



meteor, 

 fichik homma, n. a red star; Mars. 



