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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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ishki n sh, ikhi n sh (q. v.), ithi n sh,ok- 



hi n sh, ishhi n sh; n., medicine; ikhinsli 



is the most common word, 

 ishkitini, n., an owl; a large night owl; 



the horned owl. 

 ishko, v. t., v. a. i., to drink, Matt. 6: 31; 



to imbibe; to partake; to sup; to take, 



ikishko, Matt. 11: 18; ihi n shko, drinking, 



Matt. 11: 19. 

 ishko, n., drink; a draft; a potation, 

 ishko, n., a drinker; a partaker. 

 ishko achafa, n., a dram; a drink; one 



draft; a dose; a drench; a potion. 

 ishko achafa ikbit itakashkuli, v. t., 



to dose; to prepare doses. 

 ishko chito, n., a large draft; a swig, 

 ishko fena, v. t., to booze; to drink 



deeply. 

 isiiko fena, n., a hard drinker, 

 ishko fena keyu, a., abstemious. 

 ishko hinla, a., potable. 

 ishko shali, n., a great drinker, Matt. 



11: 19. 

 ishkochechi, v. t., to drench; to give 



drink; to cause to drink; to dose, to 



administer liquid medicines; oka ish- 



kochechitok, 1 Sam. 30: 11. 

 ishkochechit nusechi, n., an opiate 



administered. 

 ishkot hoeta, n., an emetic, 

 ishkot ikfia, n., a cathartic. 

 ishkot ikpeso, a., untasted. 

 ishkot nusi, n., an opiate, 

 ishkot pisa,v. t., to taste; to try to drink, 

 ishkot tali, v. t., v. a. i., to drink up; to 



drink it all; to drink off. 

 ishla, v. t. irreg., 2d per. sing., from qla; 



thou arrivest. 

 ishmo, v. t. irreg., 2d per sing., from 



qmo, thou pickest. 

 ishpa, v. t. irreg., 2d per. sing., from 



apa, thou eatest. 

 Ishpani, a., Spanish; n., Spain. 

 Ishpani hatak, n., a Spaniard. 

 Ishpani okla, n., Spaniards; Spanish 



people. 

 Ishpani yakni, n., the Spanish country; 



Spain, 

 isht, ishit, formed from ishi and t, to take 



and insht iat, Matt. 8: 4, from iflsht, take 



and iat, go. This is an abbreviated 



mode of speaking. This word is much 



used: (1) as a preposition, with, for, 



on account of, concerning, and in this 



way indicates the cause, manner, or 

 instrument by which some action 

 takes place, as isht chanli, to chop 

 with; isht abeka, to be sick with; isht 

 anumpuli, to talk about; isht hqchi n - 

 mihachahe, shall condemn you with, 

 Matt. 7: 2; isht hachimqUipisahe; ishit 

 saholitobli, to honor me with; isht 

 imaholiiopa, Matt. 11: 19, 20; nan 

 isht amikacin, to upbraid for; isht a, of; 

 by; therewith; thereby; by means of; 

 by whom, Matt. 18: 7, 13; isht ai, Matt. 

 18: 16: (2) when combined with a verb 

 it gives it a new form, and indeed makes 

 it a compound word, as minti, to come; 

 isht minti, to bring, or take it and start 

 or come; ia, to go; isht ia, to carry, or 

 take it and go; aba, to arrive; isht qla, 

 to bring or take it and come: (3) it is 

 used to make verbal nouns, i. e., nouns 

 derived from verbs, as ishko, to drink; 

 isht isiiko, a cup; talakchi, to be tied; isht 

 talakchi, a string; a tether: (4) it is used 

 to express all the ordinal numbers ex- 

 cept the first four, 1, 2, 3, 4; isht talapi, 

 the fifth; isht hanali, the sixth; isht 

 aiushta, fourth, is also used: (5) used 

 with a v. a. i. it makes it v. t. ; yaiya, to 

 cry; isht yaiya, to cry about it or him 

 (this may be classed also under sec. 1): 

 (6) means, cause, or instrument; with; 

 by means of, etc.; thereby; therewith; 

 thereat; therein; isht a, means and 

 source; by means of; isht aholitojm, be- 

 come rich by means of. 



isht abahchakli, n., a spoon (old name); 

 isht impa is a better word. 



isht abeka, n., infection; cause of sick- 

 ness. 



isht abeka, v. n., to be sick with. 



isht abekachi, v. t., to infect by means 

 of it; to make sick with it. 



isht abiha, n., the string or cord used in 

 stretching hides when hung up to dry. 



isht aboli, n., a small ball playground 

 for practice. 



isht achunli, n., a needle; a sewing 

 needle; an awl; any sewing instrument. 



isht afacha, n., a latch; a button to a 

 door; a fastener; a hasp. 



isht afana, n., a pry; a lever; a hand- 

 spike, 

 isht afekomi, see isht qfekommi. 



