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A DICTIONARY OE THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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kibikshi, tibikshi; noshkobo kibikshi, 



"chapiters," 1 Kings 7: 20, 41, 42; Ex. 



37: 22; bik Una, Ex. 37: 17. 

 kichali, v. a. i., to crack; to have the 



scratches, 

 kichanli, a., cracked; chapped, as the 



skin of the hands, feet, face, or lips; 



reddened in cold water, or by the action 



of cold winds when the part is wet. 

 kichanli, v. n., to be cracked or chapped; 



v. a. i., to crack; to chap; iyi at kichanli. 

 kichanli, n., a crack; a chap, 

 kichanlichi, v. t., to crack; to chap; to 



cause to crack, 

 kichaya, a., cracked, as the skin of the 



hands. 

 kichaya, v. n., to be cracked; ibbak at 



kichaya. 

 kichaya, v. a. i., to crack; to chap, 

 kichaya, n., a crack. 

 kichayachi, v. t., to crack; to make it 



crack, 

 kifaha, v. a. L, to groan; to grunt; hatak 



abeka kat kifaha, to pule; to whine; to 



moan, as a sick child, Ex. 2: 23. 

 kifaha, n., a groan, 

 kifanali, v. t., to hold under the arm. 

 kifanli, v. a. L, to groan; to grunt. 

 kifash, n., name of a plant with erect 



stalk. The root resembles that of the 



Irish potato; formerly used for food, 



when the root, called hichuk, was used, 



in times, too, of famine. 

 kifehachi, v. a. L, Ps. 42: 7. 

 kifeta, n., steam. 



kifeta, pp., steamed; o n kifeta, steamed, 

 kifeta, v. a. i., to steam. 

 kifetachi, v. t., to steam, 

 kifilli, v. a. i., to vapor; to steam; okayat 



kifilli. 

 kifilli, n., steam. 



kifiUichi, v. t., to cause it to steam, 

 kihepa, v. a. L, to fall, as water. 

 kihepa, kehepa, n., a waterfall; a cas- 

 cade; a cataract, 

 kil, per. pro., 1st per. pi. of verbs in the 



neg. form beginning with a vowel; 



kilaiyu; kilithano. 

 kil, per. pro., 1st per. pi., imp. mood, as 



kilia, let us go; negative form also, as 



kilaiyu kia, let us not go. 

 Kilaist, n., Christ; The Anointed; an 



appellation given to the Saviour of the 



world, and synonymous with the He- 

 brew word Messiah. 



kileha, v. a. i., to growl; to snarl; to 

 roar, as a v/ild beast; to purr; to whinny, 

 as a horse; qfi at kileha, kul at kileha, 

 wak nakni at kileha; kUihi n ha, freq. 



kileha, n., a growl; a purr; a roar. 



kileha, n., a roarer; a growler. 



kilhkiki, a., stony; hilly; broken like 

 thin clouds. 



kili n kki, n., a species of parrot; a parra- 

 keet. 



kili n koba, a., green; green colored; a 

 color resembling the kili n kki. 



kilimpi, a., strong; stout; athletic; pow- 

 erful; mighty; forcible; hardy; cogent; 

 lusty; potent; robust. 



kilimpi, v. n., to be strong; Uehilimpi, to 

 be strong in himself; to exert himself. 



kilimpi, n., strength; force; might; power; 

 vigor. 



kilimpichi, v. t., to strengthen. 



kiloh, per. pro., 1st per., social pi. 

 before verbs beginning with a vowel; 

 kilohaiyu, let us all not go; kilohimpo, 

 let us all not eat. 



kiloh, per. pro., 1st per. pi., imp., 

 etc.; kilohia, let us all go; kiloh impa, 

 let us all eat; also in the negative, as 

 kilohaiyu kia, kilohimpo kia. 



kila, pp., gnawed; foni at kila. 



kila n fa, v. a. i., to hawk. 



kiti, v. t., to gnaw; to nibble; to pick; 

 kihinli. 



kali, n., a gnawer; a nibbler. 



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

 such as is produced by rolling rocks or 

 a mill or wagon in motion. 



kilihachi, n., the noise made as above; 

 a din; a rumbling, as that of a wagon. 



kinafa, v. a. i., to fall; to break down; 

 to overset; to topple; to tumble; to 

 yield; chuka yat kinafa, ill at kinafa, to 

 fall, as the palate; o n kinafat okpulo. 



kinafa, pp., fallen; broken down; de- 

 molished; overthrown; prostrate; sub- 

 verted; ikkinqfo, a., undemolished. 



kinafa, n., a fall; an overthrow; a ruin. 



kinafa hinla, a., ticklish; liable to fall. 



kinafat itula, n., a downfall. 



kinakkali, kinafkali, kinafkali, v. a. L, 

 to limp. 



kinakkah, n., a limper. 



kinakli, v. a. i., to limp. 



