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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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hochukmali, v. t. pi., to improve them; 



to repair; to better, etc. 

 hochukmali, n., repairers. 

 hochukmat, adv., well; in a good man- 

 ner or state. 

 hochukwa, a., cold; chilly; this word 

 describes the sensation of cold; aguish; 

 kochuhwat Mi, very cold, 

 hochukwa, v. n., to be cold or chilly; 

 aguish; sahocliukwa, I am cold; not sa- 

 kapassa. 

 hochukwa, v. a. i., to freeze, 

 hochukwa, n., a cold; chilliness; ague; 



a chill; an ague fit. 

 hochukwa yanha, n., the fever and 



ague, 

 hochukwat yanha, v. t., to have the 

 fever and ague; to be sick with the 

 fever and ague. 

 hochukwachi, a., aguish; chilly; some- 

 what cold. 

 hochukwachi, v. n., to be aguish, chilly, 



etc. 

 hochukwoba (from liochukica and holba) 



a., aguish; shivering. 

 hochukwoba, v. n., to be aguish; to be 



shivering, 

 hoeta, v. a. i., v. t., to puke; to vomit; to 

 discharge; to gulp; to regorge; to spew. 

 hoeta, n., a puke; a vomiting; a vomit, 

 hoeta banna, v. t., to gag; v. a. i., to retch, 

 hoeta banna, n., nausea; a qualm, 

 hoeta banna, a., qualmish; queasy. 

 hoetachi, v. t., to cause to puke or 



vomit. 

 hoetachi, n., an emetic; apuke; a vomit, 

 hoetachi banna, a., sickish. 

 hoetat pisa, v. t., to heave; v. a. i., to 



retch; to gag. 

 hofah iksho, hofahyiksho, a., immod- 

 est; impudent; shameless; unblushing; 

 ikhofahyo, not ashamed; unblushing; 

 unshamed. 

 hofahya, a., ashamed; abashed; cha- 

 grined; mortified; scandalous; hofaya 

 (subpositive), shameful; sheepish. 

 hofahya, v. n., to be ashamed, 

 hofahya, n., shame; dishonor; mortifi- 

 cation; scandal; ishtahojahya, reproach, 

 Josh. 5: 9. 

 hofahya, pp., mortified; ashamed, 

 hofahyachi, v. t., to shame; to abash; 



to expose to shame; to mortify. 

 hofahyachi, n., a shamer. 



hofahyat, adv., shamefully. 



hof aloha, a. pi., long; tall; lengthy, 

 as in uski hofaloha; falaia, sing. 



hof aloha, v. n., to be long, or tall. 



hofaloha, n., length; tallness. 



hofalohachi, v. t., to make them long; 

 to lengthen. 



hofaloli, v. t., to make long, Matt. 23: 5. 



hofanti, v. n., to grow up; to advance 

 in stature, as animate or inanimate ob- 

 jects, children, cattle, etc., 1 Sam. 2: 21; 

 siahofanti, raised up by me or with me; 

 katimako chialtofunti honf 



hofanti, pp., grown, Matt. 8: 32 [?]; 

 reared; raised; brought up; cherished; 

 nourished; protected. 



hofanti, n., a growth; that which is 

 raised or reared. 



hofantichi, v. t., to raise; to rear; to 

 bring up; to cherish; to foster; to nour- 

 ish; to nurture; to protect; hofantinchi, 

 nasal form; hqfantihinchi. freq., Luke 

 7:28. 



hofantichi, n., a raiser; the person who 

 raises, educates, or brings up; a nour- 

 isher. 



hofantit taha, pp., grown up; fully 

 grown. 



hofayali, hof ayah, v. t., to shame; to 

 abash; to expose to shame; to humble; 

 am anumpa isht hofayaliletuk, I shamed 

 him by my words; isht hofali, persecu- 

 tion, Matt. 13: 21; isht hofayali, v. t., to 

 stigmatize; ilehofayali, to disgrace him- 

 self. 



hof ayah, n., a shamer. 



hofayahchi, v. t., to put to shame, Luke 

 18: 32; Mark 12: 4. 



hofayalit, adv., shamefully. 



hof alii, v. a. i., to hatch; to come out'of 

 the shell, as birds, fowls, turtles, and 

 any creature that is formed in a shell; 

 to grow, as the young who thus come 

 into being. 

 hof alii, n., a growth; a hatch; the act of 



exclusion from the egg. 

 hof alii, pp., hatched; grown; raised, 

 hofallichi, v. t., to hatch; to raise; to 

 cause to raise or to hatch; ikhofattecho, 

 a., unhatched. 

 hofallichi, n., a raiser of poultry; a 



breeder. 

 hof obi, a., deep; profound; ikhofo, a., 

 shallow. 



