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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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hikiki n a, n., one that walks about. 



hikma, from he, almost or well-nigh, and 

 Ik ma. 



liilecbi, v. t., to set, Matt. 18: 2; Josh. 

 7 : 26 ; to set up ; to put up ; to take up, as 

 a stray; isuba han aio n hilechi, to set on; 

 ikbit hikchi, to rear, Matt. 16: 18; 2 Sam. 

 24: 18; to rear up, John2: 20; to check; 

 to cock, as a gun; to erect; to establish; 

 to fill, i. e., to supply a place with an in- 

 cumbent; to ground; to fix; to inaugu- 

 rate; to install; to instate; to institute; 

 to invest; to ordain; to pawn; to place; 

 to pledge; to present; to raise; to seat; 

 to settle; to station; to stick. 



hilechi, n., a setter up; an institutor; a 

 pawner; a placer. 



hilechi, n., an installation. 



hi n llihi n lhachi, v. a. i., to quack; okfo- 

 chush at hi n lhhi n lhachi; the duck says 

 hinlhhfflh. 



hiloha, v. t., v. a. i., to thunder; to ful- 

 minate; to intonate, 1 Sam. 2: 10. 



hiloha, n., thunder; a peal of thunder; 

 *a clap of lightning; a thunder clap. 



hiloha, a., thunder, as a thunder storm. 



hiloha abi, hilohabi, pp., killed by 

 lightning. 



hiloha abi, hilohabi, v. t., to kill by 

 thunder; to strike with lightning; to 

 thunder strike. 



hiloha hoshintika, n., a thunder cloud. 



hiloha tassa, hiloha bassa, n., a sharp 

 peal of thunder. 



hiloha umba chito, n., a thunder 

 shower. 



hilohachi, v. t., to cause it to thunder. 



hilohachi, n., a thunderer. 



hila, v. a. i., to dance; to frolic; to gam- 

 bol; to hop, Matt. 14: 6; liqclrikheloshke, 

 ye have not danced, Mat. 11: 17; ishit 

 hila, v. t., to triumph over by means 

 of, 2 Sam. 1 : 20. 



hila, n., a dance; a ball; a frolic; a min- 

 uet; nakni hila, a male dance, in which 

 none but men are engaged; iiashoba 

 hila, n., a wolf dance; pa n shi isht hila, 

 n., a war dance, or a hair dance or 

 scalp dance. 



hila, n., a dancer; a frolicker. 



hilachi, helachi, hilachi, v. t., to cause 

 to dance; to make others dance; to 

 dance. 



hima, may be the root of the following 

 words: himma, himak, himmak; hima. 



himak, a., instant; current; present; 

 modern; this; himak at, this is, Luke 1: 

 36. 



himak, adv., now; at this time, 2 Sam. 

 24: 2; himakqshke, v. i., Matt, 11: 12. 



himak, n., now; the present time, mo- 

 ment, or instant. 



himak afammi, n. or adv., this year; the 

 present year. 



himak ano, adv. or n., now; as for the 

 present time. 



himak foka, n. or adv., about this time; 

 palasliash himak foka, pilashash himak 

 foka, yesterday about this time. 



himak fokalechi, a., presumptuous; 

 hazardous; wandering. 



himak fokalechi, v. a. i., to act at ran- 

 dom; to run a hazard; to act rashly; 

 himak fokalech it anumpuli, v. t., to chat- 

 ter; himak fokalechit a n ya, to wander. 



himak fokali, v. a. i., to go or act at 

 random or at hazard. 



himak fokali, n., random. 



himak f okalit, adv. , with hazard or care- 

 lessly; headlong; headfirst. 



himak f okalit anumpuli, v. a. i. , to 1 >ab- 

 ble; to prate; to talk at random; to 

 quibble. 



himak f okalit anumpuli, n., a quibbler. 



himak fokalit a n ya, v. a. L, to go along 

 at random without a guide or road; to 

 wander. 



himak fokalit hochefo, v. t., to nick- 

 name. 



himak fokalit hohchifo, n., a nickname. 



himak fokalit holissochi, v. t., to 

 scrawl; n., a scrawler. 



himak fokalit miha, v. a. i., to guess; 

 to conjecture. 



himak hashi, n., this month. 



himak ninak, n., adv., this night; to- 

 night. 



himak nitak, n., this day; adv., to- 

 day; the present day, or time, Matt. 6: 

 11; 11: 23; this day, Josh. 5: 9; now, 

 Matt. 15: 2. 



himaka, adv., n., now; the time now; 

 the present time, Josh. 1: 2; Matt. 14: 

 15. 



himakma, a., more; moreover. 



