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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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isht shiahchi, n., cards used in carding 



cotton, 

 isht shilli, n., a comb, 

 isht shima, n., a power, 

 isht shuahchi, n., an instrument for 



sharpening; a whetstone; a hone; a 



rubstone; a rubber, 

 isht tabeli, ishtabeli, n., a cane; a staff; 



a crutch, 

 isht tahpala, n. , a cry. 

 isht taka, n. pi., dippers, 

 isht takafa, n., a dipper, 

 isht takali, n., a stem; a hinge; that by 



which anything hangs; isito isht takali, 



a pumpkin stem, 

 isht takaffi, n., dippers, 

 isht takli, n., dippers. 

 isht takoli, pi., stems; hinges, 

 isht talakchi, n., a string; a tether; a 



band; abond; ahamper; alace; aleash; 



a ligament; a shackle, 

 isht talapi, a., fifth; 5th; ont isht talapi, 



adv., fifthly, 

 isht talepa, a., a hundredth; 100th; isht 



talepa achqfa, one hundredth, 

 isht talepa sipokni, a., a thousandth, 

 isht tana, n., a shuttle, i. e., a weaver's 



shuttle, 

 isht tanna, n., the woof; the filling (in 



weaving cloth). 

 isht tikili, n., a prop; a brace or stick 



used in stretching hides, 

 isht tikoh, pi., props; braces; tenters, 

 isht tiwa, ishit tiwa, n., a key, Matt. 



16: 19. 

 isht tiwa chiluk, n., a keyhole, 

 isht tobli, n., a setting pole; a pushing 



pole; any instrument for pushing, 

 isht to n ksali, n., a tool; a utensil; an 



implement; an instrument, 

 isht tonolichi, n., a lever; a handspike; 



a crowbar; any instrument used in roll- 

 ing logs and the like, 

 isht ukfoata, isht ukhoata, n., the 



side; the ribs of a man or animal, 

 isht ukhatapa, n., a blind; a shutter, 



as for a window, 

 isht uklakafa, v. t., to mock; to jest; 



to deride, John 19:3 [?]. 

 isht ukshilita, see isht okshilita.. 

 isht umpoholmo, n., a covering, 

 isht untuchina, a., eighth; 8th. 

 isht untuchinaha, adv., eighth time. 



isht untuklo, a., seventh; 7th; ont isht 

 untuklo, Josh. 6: 4. 



isht untukloha, adv., seventh time. 



isht wakeli, n., a lever; a pry. 



isht washoha, n., a toy; a plaything; a 

 trinket. 



isht weki, n., a poise. 



isht wekichi, n., steelyards; scales; bal- 

 ances. — Ch. Sp. Book, p. 6(3. 



isht yaiya, n., a lamenter; a lamenting. 



isht yammichi, n., an instrument. 



isht yopomo, n., a waster; a lavisher. 



isht yopomo, v. t., to waste, as imilayak 

 isht yopomo; to lavish; to spend; to 

 squander. 



isht yopomo, pp., wasted; lavished. 



isht yopomo shah, a., wasteful; lavish. 



isht yopula, n., a joker; a maligner; a 

 scoffer; a trifler. 



isht yopula, n., a game. 



isht yopula, v. a. i., v. t., to flout; to 

 fool; to fleer; to gibe; to jeer; to scan- 

 dal; to scandalize; to scoff; to traduce; 

 to trifle; to vilify. 



isht yopula, a., prodigal; profane; waste- 

 ful. 



isht yopulat, adv., prodigally; pro- 

 fanely. 



isht yopulat isht anumpuli, v. t., to 

 ridicule. 



isht yuha, n., a sieve; a sifter; a bolter; 

 a bolt. 



isht yupomo, n., waste. 



isht yupomo, n., a spendthrift; a waster. 



isht yuwala, n., odium. 



ishtilema, see shiftilema. 



ishto, a., great; big; large; huge; im- 

 mense. This is the Chickasaw equiva- 

 lent for chito (q. v.). 



ishto, v. n., to be great. 



ishtokaka, n., the great one; a lord; a 

 ruler; same as chitokaka. 



ishwa, v. t., to smell; see aiishwa. 



ishwa, v. t. pi., to take, i. e., a number; 

 ishi, v. t. sing. 



it, iti, reciprocal pronouns, sign of the 

 doubly reflective form, a mutual or re- 

 ciprocal verb; obeli, itabeli, v. t., to 

 put them together; boa, ilaboa, to hunt 

 each other; pisa, itipesa, to see each 

 other; also cf. itapissali, itiakaiya, iti- 

 chapa, 1 Kings 7: 5, 



