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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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iyubi huski kolofa, n., a sock. 



iyubi huski kololi, n. pi., socks. 



iyubi pakna, n., the lap. 



iyubiha, iyabbiha n. pi. (from iyi and 

 abeha), leggings; a legging; spatter- 

 dashes. 



iyubiha isht alhfoa, n., garters for leg- 

 gings. 



iyukbal, n., the gambrel; the hind leg of 

 a horse. 



iyukbal iti atakali, n., a gambrel; a 

 crooked stick used by butchers. 



iyukhana, n., a cross; where four cor- 

 ners meet. 



iyukhanna, pp., crossed. 



iyukhannali, v. t., to cross; to make a 

 cross. 



iyulhki, see iyi hulhki. 



iyulhki foni, n., the leg bone. 



iyup, n., a son-in-law; chiyup, your son- 

 in-law. 



iyupi, v. a. i. ; cf. nanla hatuk on minko yan 

 iyupi la hinla chof 1 Sam. 18: 18, 21, 22. 



iyush ali, n., the little toe; the end toe. 



iyush tikba, n. , the long toe; the toe next 

 to the large toe. 



iyushi, n., the little toe; the small toes, 

 but iyishke is a toe. 



iyushi wishakchi, n., tiptoe. 



iyushta, see iyi ushta. 



k, a limiting particle and suffix; k is com- 

 pounded with at, an, and ah; k has ref- 

 erence to the preceding word; at is nom. 

 and agrees; a" is obj. and is governed 

 by k; iak fehna, Mark 13: 1; katiohmik, 

 Matt. 13: 4; anumpulik fehna, Matt. 9: 

 18, a demonstrative or a definite article, 

 the. The examples show this, and that 

 it is not a contraction; antak fehna; tala- 

 pik, Luke 3:1; nunak fehna, ahashwak 

 fehna, Luke 3: 2[?]. Ilappa, ilappak; 

 nanta, nantak; yamma, yammak; achik 

 fena akon, John 4: 27[?]. k is the sign 

 of the demonstrative and definite arti- 

 cle pronouns, as ak, hak, yak, kak, mak. 

 It follows verbs and nouns also, £ being 

 suffixed to the preceding word. 



k, sign of the past tense, as chumpak, 

 which may be a contraction from 

 chumpa luk, he bought; he did buy; 

 here k limits the act of buying. It is 

 thus like don't in English, k is a con- 

 tracted form of the adv. karao, as in ialek, 

 I w r ent (for iali kamo). k is here a 



demonstrative of action, in the past 

 tense, indefinite, or aorist; used in the 

 nasal form, lako n ffik. 

 ka, art. and rel. pro., in the accus. case or 

 dative case, the which; the one which; 

 that which, John 4: 14, 29. puta ka, 

 these, in the ob. case, Matt. 1: 20; 2: 3; 

 k is distinctive; a, objective. 

 ka, kah, adv., perhaps; ishla ka, Luke 4: 

 34[?] ; spoken by way of inquiry. The 

 interrogative tone makes it adverbial. 

 ka, euphonic, for sound's sake, in the neg. 

 forms of verbs, future tense, etc.; ah- 

 pesokachi, akpesokahe, akpesoka hinla, 

 akpesoka wa, akpesoka heto; the k is suf- 

 fixed to the verb. Perhaps this k has a 

 designating sense, as ke and hi, in the 

 neg. form; akpeso ketuk, akpesoketuk, 

 akpesakitok, akpesokitok. 

 kabak, n., a noise made by a single 



blow; a blow; a knock, 

 kabakachi, v. a. i. , to make a noise, 

 kabakachi, n., pi., knocks; blows. 

 kabakachi, v. a. i., to ring; to sound 



when knocked. 

 kabuk, n., a blow; a rap; a knock, made 



on a hollow thing, as a hollow tree. 

 kabukachi, v. a. i., to ring. 

 kachakachechi, v. t., to cause to squeak. 

 kacha n ya, pp., cut with shears. 

 kacheli, v. t. sing., to cut with shears or 



scissors; kacholi, pi. 

 kacheli, n., one who cuts with shears; 



a shearer. 

 kachi n , sign of first future indie, neg. 

 form, as iklokachin, he will not come, 

 kachoa, kachowa, a., having an edge 

 or border like saw teeth or yam leaves; 

 see kalaskachi. 

 kachombi, kachumbi, kochombi, a., 



hard, as a swelling; swelled; caked, 

 kachombi, v. n., to be hard, etc.; hichi 

 at kachombi; ofosik ikonla yat shatalit ka- 

 chomba, the puppy's neck is swollen 

 hard, 

 kachombi, n., a hard swelling; a cake in 

 the flesh; a bunch; a cancer; a cancer- 

 ous swelling; a scirrhus; a tumor. 

 kachombi toba, v. a. L, to swell; to be- 

 come swollen. 

 kachowa, see kachoa. 

 kachumbi, see kachombi, and kochombi. 

 kafakbi, n., a dent; a dint, 

 kafakbi, a., concave, 

 kafakbi, v. n., to be concave. 



