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A DICTIONAKY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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fotoli, n., a turn. 



fotukfunli, fohukfunli, v. a. i., to be 

 out of breath; to pant hard like a run- 

 ning horse. 



fuka, see f oka. 



fuli, n., a switch; a rod; a twig; a slip; a 

 sprig; a wattle; a wand. 



fuli atoba, a., wicker, made of a switch. 



fuli isht fama, pp., switched; whipped 

 with a switch. 



fuli isht fama, n., a switching; a whip- 

 ping with a switch. 



fuli isht fammi, v. t., to switch; to strike 

 with a small twig or rod. 



fuli isht fammi, n., a whipper; one who 

 whips with a switch. 



fuli kaua, n., broken twigs; a name ap- 

 plied to the broken sticks or small split 

 pieces of cane made use of in notifying 

 of any public meeting. They are made 

 and sent by the headmen to others 

 at the time when the appointment is 

 made, and one is thrown away every 

 morning, and on the last morning the 

 last is thrown away, and at night the 

 assembly takes place. 



fulli, v. t., to gouge; to pick out; to take 

 out; nishkin fulli, to gouge or to pick out 

 theeye;/oeK, pro. form. 



fullichi, v. t. cans., to cause to gouge or 

 to pick out the eye of another. 



fullokachi, afolokachi, v. a. i. pi., to wan- 

 der; Josh. 14: 10, to rove; to keep mov- 

 ing about; to shuffle; to go round; to 

 circle; to sinuate; folota, sing; fulloka- 

 hanchi, freq., to move round, as a horse 

 in a mill; to roam; to wander; fulloka- 

 hanchi, a., serpentine. 



fullokachi, n. , a rover; a shuffler; fulloka- 

 hanchi, n., a roamer; a trollop. 



fullokachi, pp., taken round. 



fullokachi, n. pi., circuits; rounds. 



fullokachit anumpuli, v. t, to ramble 

 in speaking. 



fullokachit a n ya, v. t., to ramble; to 

 rove about. 



fullota, see folota. 



fullottokachi, v. a. i. sing., to part; to 

 move suddenly, as if by a twitch. 



fullottokachi, n. , a start. 



fulomoli, a., devious; crooked. 



fulomoli, v. n., to be devious. 



fulumi; in aslit itafulumit yakniyqmma ita- 

 nowa chatuko 71 , sermon: Duties to chil- 

 dren, page 13. 



fulup, n., the shoulder down as far as 

 the elbow. 



fulup foni, n., the shoulder bone. 



fulush, n., a clam (a shell). 



fulush hakshup, n., a clamshell. 



fulush isht impa, n., a shell spoon. 



h, an aspirate, at the end of words after a 

 vowel, to indicate a verb or an assertion, 

 etc.; seeo n ,a, i. — Note: I think it is the 

 verb to be; siah, I am, etc. (Byington). 



ha is used before tok and tuk and their 

 compounds, in some sense as a definite 

 article, to make definite the action; 

 hatok, hatuk, it was; as, sabqnnahatok, 

 that which I want, it was; the want I 

 have; a n yalihatok okqt, Luke 4: 43; 

 qmmihahetuk ash, the, Luke 15: 12; 

 ushi atok, Luke 3: 23; kilik hatak atok, 

 Acts 16, 1. 



ha, adv., time or times, used after ordi- 

 nals; atuklaha, second time; twice; 

 hituchinaha, three times, thrice; hayak 

 on, after that, 2 Sam. 24: 10; Acts 1: 3; 

 ha;/okmato, John 21: 18; haya, Matt. 5: 

 32; 12: 29; a, ha, or ya is considered as 

 alocativeoi time, as in acheki, abilia, atuk, 

 achin, etc. 



ha, adv., after verbs, meaning after or be- 

 fore next; minti ha, after he comes; 

 ibbak achifa hayo n keyukmqt, if they 

 had not first washed their hands 

 (hands wash after it is so, if not) they 

 do not eat, Mark 7:3: alia qleha akosh 

 tfokba kaiya ha yo n , Mark 7: 27; pima ha- 

 ma, after, when he has given us, Josh. 

 1: 1; 2: 14; 7:2. 



ha n , a definite particle, in the obj. case, 

 used after verbs, etc.; subj. case, hat, 

 the which ; the one which ; tqmaha han, 

 town it, or town the, Matt. 2: 1; ishia 

 han, are you the one that goes? ha n is 

 found after verbs and verbal nouns, 

 derived from verbs more frequently 

 than an or ya n , that which, but Jtolisso 

 han, issuba ha n , imanukftla han, chula 

 ha n , are exceptions. This h may be the 

 aspirate of the verb, which in speaking 

 is carried over, like ilohia, spoken ilo 

 hia. See a, particle. 



