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A DICTIONAKY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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holuya, holiya, v. a. L, to drip; to leak; 

 to filtrate; to run through; to distill; to 

 drain; to dribble; to filter; to percolate. 



holuya, n., a dripping. 



holuya, pp., distilled; filtrated; strained; 

 liltered; percolated; ikholuyo, a., un- 

 strained. 



holuyachi, v. t., to drain; to leach; to 

 filtrate; to percolate; to strain. 



holi, n., a wedge or bar (of metal); see 

 Josh. 7: 21, 24. 



homaiyi, n., carnation; red; purple. 



homaiyi, hummaiyi, a., reddish; red; 

 fallow, as a deer; purple. 



homaiyi, v. n., to be reddish or red. 



homaiyichi, v. t, to make reddish; to 

 color red; to purple; to empurple. 



homakhi, n. pi., a purple. 



homakbi, a. pi., reddish; purple; brown. 



homakhichi, v. t., to make purple; to 

 color purple. 



homechi, v. t., to season, Mark 9: 50; to 

 embitter; to make bitter or strong, as a 

 liquid, etc.; to turn sour, etc.; to sour; 

 to make sour, acrid, bitter, etc.; ho- 

 minichi, nasal form; ikhomecho, neg. 

 form; to dilute; to weaken; to reduce. 



homechi, a., sour; somewhat sour or 

 bitter; sourish; frowy; harsh. 



homi, pp., soused; made bitter; embit- 

 tered; turned; ikhomo, pp., reduced; 

 diluted, as spirits; a., weak; ikhomoki- 

 taha, a., vapid. 



homi, a., bitter; sour; acrid; strong; smart; 

 acetous; ardent; fiery ; astringent ; brack- 

 ish; hard; poignant; pungent; racy; 

 sharp; tart. 



homi, v. a. i., to prick; to become acid; 

 to sour. 



homi, v. n., to be bitter, etc. 



homi, n., bitterness; pungency; sharp- 

 ness; tartness. 



homi chohmi, a., somewhat bitter; sour- 

 ish. 



homi chohmi, v. n., to be somewhat bit- 

 ter, etc. 

 homi f ehna, a. , virulent, 

 homilhha, a., sourish, like a bad taste in 



in the mouth from indigestion. 

 homma, see humma. 

 homo, v. t., to cover; to shingle; to roof; 



to house. 

 homo, n., one who roofs, shingles, etc. 



honala, pp. pi., nailed; strung; pierced; 



anala, sing. 

 honayo, honnayoh, a., wild; untamed; 



shy; ikhonayo, tame; not wild. 

 honayo, v. n., to be wild, etc.; ikhonayo, 



neg. form, 

 honayo, n., shyness, wildness; ikhonayo, 



gentleness; tameness; mansuetude. 

 honali, v. t. pi., to pierce; to sting; nali, 



sing. 

 honali chi, v. t., to nail; analichi, sing.; 



itahonalichi, to tack together. 

 honammona, v. t., to parboil, 

 honi, honni, v. t., to cook; to seethe; to 



prepare food for the table; to boil; 



to prepare for use; to brew; to decoct; 



to distill; to extract; to stew. 

 honi, n., a cook; a boiler; a person who 



boils. 

 honichi, v. t. , caus. , to make her cook. 

 honnayoh, see honayo. 

 honni, pp., cooked; boiled; seethed; 



brewed; distilled; extracted; stewed; 



sodden; 1 Sam. 2: 15; ikhonno, a., un- 

 boiled, 

 honni, n., food; victuals; that which has 



been cooked, boiled, etc. ; a stew. 

 honola, v. t., to twist. 

 honola, n., a twister. 

 hononammona, pp., parboiled, 

 honula, pp., twisted. 

 honula, v. a. i., to twist (it twists). 

 honula, honnula, n., a twist; pgla iv-hon- 



nula lua, the wick of a candle, Matt. 



12:20; "smoking flax." 

 hopahki, subpositive f orm ; farish; some- 

 what far. 

 hopaii, n., a prophet; a priest; a military 



leader or captain; a captain-general; a 



general; a war chief; a war prophet; a 



major-general; a seer; an augur; Matt. 



1: 22; 10: 41; 11: 9; 12: 17-18; 14: 5. 

 hopaii puta, n., the prophets, Matt.7: 12. 

 hopakachi, see hopakichi. 

 hopaki, n., a distance; alength of time; a 



remove; a while, Matt. 13: 21; ikho- 



pako, n., a spell; a short time. 

 hopaki, a., distant as to time or place; 

 remote; faraway; far off; far; Josh. 8:4; 

 a long way; a long time; old, Matt. 13: 

 52; removed, 

 hopaki, v. n., to be distant; inhopaki, to 

 be far from it; hopakishke, Matt. 15: 8. 



