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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAiiK 



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isuba umpatalhpo alata, n., a saddle 

 pad. 



isuba umpatalhpo ashapuli, n., a pack 

 saddle. 



isuba umpatalhpo falakto, n., a side 

 saddle. 



isuba umpatalhpo haksobish,n., a sad- 

 dle skirt. 



isuba umpatalhpo ikbi, n., a saddler; 

 a saddle maker. 



isuba umpatalhpo nushkobo, n., the 

 pommel of a saddle. 



isuba umpatalhpo o n lipa nan tanna, 

 n., housing. 



isuba umpatalhpo patali, v. t., to sad- 

 dle. 



isubiyi isht intalakchi, see isuba iyi 

 isld talakchi. 



isubushi, n., a colt; a foal. 



isubushi cheli, v. t., to foal; to colt. 



i n su n ksowa,i n pu n spoa,v. t., to kiss him. 



isunlash, n., the tongue; the instrument 

 of taste and the chief instrument of 

 speech; a neap or the pole of a cart. 



isunlash chulata, a., double-tongued; 

 false. 



isunlash illi, a., tongue-tied. 



isunlash illi, v. n., to be tongue-tied. 



isunlash illi, v. a. L, to stutter; to lisp. 



isunlash illi, n., a stutterer. 



isunlash tuklo, a., double-tongued; 

 false; two-tongued. 



isunlash ushi, n. , the palate. 



isushi, n., a fawn; a young deer. It is 

 said by old hunters that dogs can not 

 smell the track of a young fawn while 

 it remains spotted; see isi ushi. 



ish, per. pro., pre. to active verbs, thou, 

 nom. case, as ishia, thougoest; is be- 

 fore sam and sa n , thou-me, thou for me 

 or to me; issama, thou give me; issa n - 

 nukhaklo, thou pity me; thou, Matt. 

 17 : 27. Used also, as a possessive, thy, 

 thine; thy prayers, etc. Acts 10: 4. 



ish, a conj., used with li, I; as ialish, I 

 go and; also cf. akithanokish; one vowel 

 is dropped, as is common where two 

 thus come together; cf. sh and cha. 



ishahe keyu, a., inadmissible; unattain- 

 able. 



ishahpi (from ishi and ahpi), n., first 

 born; see Matt. 1: 25. 



i n shaht ia, v. a. i., to grow; to increase; 

 to enlarge; to rise; to wax. 



i n shaht isht ia, v. t., to increase; to 

 swell. 



i n shaht taha, pp., made greatest; ren- 

 dered greatest, etc. 



i n shaht tali, a., greatest; largest; high- 

 est; sign of the sup. deg. of comp. ; su- 

 perlative. 



i n shaht tali, v. n., to be greatest. 



i n shalakli, a., being a little more; a lit- 

 tle larger. 



i n shalechi, see ishalichi. 



i n shale chichi, v. t. caus., to cause to ex- 

 ceed; to dominate; to enhance. 



i n shali, a., superior; better; surpassing; 

 sign of the comparative degree of 

 comp.; above; greater; fashali fehna, 

 extreme; dominant; main; major; more; 

 predominant ; prevalent ; principal ; 

 sovereign; supereminent; greater, 

 John. 1: 50. 



i n shali, v. n. , to be superior; to be greater; 

 to exceed, Josh. 4: 24; Matt. 5: 20; 6: 

 25; 11: 22, 24; imfashali, to prefer; 

 chiminshali, better for thee; inshasliuli, 

 pi., inshaiyali, pro., in imi n shaiyali ; isld 

 inshali v. a. i., to increase, John 3: 30, 

 Matt. 12: 12, to outgo; nanta isht iv-shala 

 heto; isht inshalechi, v. t., to cause to 

 increase; to aggravate; to increase; isht 

 foshat isht ia, v. a. i., to increase; to 

 thrive; pp., increased; isht inshat ma- 

 haya, v. a. i., to progress. 



i n shali, v. a. i., to exceed; to be greater; 

 John 4: 12; to prevail; to wax; iu> in- 

 shali, v. t., to prefer. 



i n shali, n., a superior; a lord; the main 

 body; a majority; a master, Matt. 6: 24; 

 sir; rabbi. 



i n shali, adv., mainly; more; supremely. 



i n shali bano, a., paramount. 



i n shali banna, a., emulous; wishing to 

 excel. 



i n shali banna, v. n., to be emulous. 



i n shali banna, v. t., to emulate. 



i n shali banna, n., an emulator. 



i n shali hatak, n., a principal; a chief 

 man. 



i n shali imanumpa, n., an embasssy; 

 embassage. 



i n shali imanumpa isht a n ya, n., an 

 express. 



i n shali imanumpeshi, n., an ambas- 

 sador; an envoy. 



