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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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kitak, n., a worm, called a sawyer, that 

 eats wood and has a flat head; the 

 apple-tree borer. 



kitali, v. a. i., to cave off, as the sides of 

 a well or the banks of a river. — 

 J. Taylor. 



kitanli, pi., kitafa, sing., v. a. i., to 

 crack. 



kitanli, pp., a., cracked. 



kitanli, n., large cracks or fissures. 



kitanlichi, v. t., to crack; to produce 

 cracks. 



kitaffi, v. t., to crack; to produce a crack; 

 kitafa, pp. 



kitapi, a pestle. 



kitiffi, v. t., to cut open, or rupture a 

 blood-vessel. 



kitihachi, v. a. i., to rattle and make 

 a noise, as a wagon in motion; kitiha- 

 Jtanchi; itichanahat kitihahanchi ehaklo 

 mali. 



kitihachi, n., a rattling noise; a tumult. 



kitik, n., the noise made by a step or by 

 striking with the end of a stick. 



kitikachi, v. a. i.; lit., to say kitik; to 

 sound; to make the noise kitik. 



kitikachi, pi., kitik, sing., n., the noise 

 made by stepping; kitikahanchi, 2 Kings 

 6:32. 



kitikachi, kitikshi, v. a. i., to make a 

 noise by stepping; isubanowa kat kitika- 

 chi. 



kitikshi, a., stubbed, as hatak kitikshi, 

 a thickset man. 



kitinisi, n., a morsel; a spark. 



kitinisi, kitinusi, a., very small; little. 



kitinisi, v. n., to be very small. 



kitti, n., a mortar. 



kitush, kittush, n., a pestle; a pounder. 



kitush api, n., a pestle handle. 



kma, sign of subjunctive mood, if; when, 

 John 2: 19; see below; when that; im- 

 achilikma, to him say I; that when, 

 achilikrna. Matt. 8: 9; kmano, kmano, if 

 the; when the; after the; kmat, kmato, 

 if the; when the; after the. 



The above are signs of the sub- 

 junctive mood, composed of k de- 

 monstrative and the article pronoun 

 via and its changes. But cf. akma; ak- 

 mano; akmat; akmato; ikma; ikmano; 

 ikmat; ikmqto; okma; okmano; okmqt; 

 okmato. 



ko n , a part, in the obj. case derived from 

 ako n , but contracted, or the first vowel 

 of ako is merged in the last vowel of 

 the word to which it is suffixed, as 

 nanta kon, what is it; leatima /.<<», where 

 is it; see kosh. 



ko n ; here are two words, k the demon- 

 strative article pronoun and o n the aux- 

 iliary verb. 



koa, v. a. i., to break; to crack, as glass, 

 earthenware, etc. 



koa, pp., cracked; broken; fractured; 

 flawed; koli, v. t. sing. 



koa, n., a crack; a fracture. 



koafabi, n., a yellow-striped wasp. 



koat, n., a quart. 



koat iklanna, n., a pint. 



koat ushta, n., a gallon. 



kobafa, v. a. L, to break; to fall; to snap. 



kobafa, pp. , broken ; abolished ; annulled ; 

 cashiered; removed from office; fract- 

 ured; frustrated; infringed; invalidated; 

 nullified; profaned; ruptured; deposed, 

 as mi n ko at kobafa, iti at kobafa; ikko- 

 bafo, a., unbroken; un viola ted. 



kobafa, a., broken; contrite; null. 



kobafa, n., a breach; a dissolution; a 

 fracture; a nullity; a rupture. 



kobafahe keyu, a., stationary. 



kobak, n., a knock; a rap on a tree or 

 fence ; the report of a knock, etc. 



kobakuchi, v. a. i. sing., to sound like 

 a knock, rap, etc. 



kobali, v. a. i. pi., to break. 



kobali, pp., broken; hanali akosh kobali, 

 John 19: 31; 1 Sam. 2: 4, 10. 



kobali, n., pieces broken. 



kobalichi, v. t., to break; to cause to 

 break, John 19: 32. 



kobaffi, sing., kobbi, pi., v. t., to break, 

 Matt. 5: 19; to destroy; to abolish; to 

 annul; tocashier; toerase; to transgress, 

 Matt. 15: 2, 3; to violate; to depose, as 

 minko a™ kobaffi; to disannul; to dissolve; 

 to fracture; to frustrate; to humble; to 

 infringe; to invalidate; to null; to nul- 

 lify; to profane; to remove, i. e., from 

 office; to rupture; to snap; kobahanfi, 

 to profane, Matt. 12: 5; Josh. 7: 4 [?]'. 



kobaffi, n., a breaker; a violator; a 

 humbler; a nullifier; a profaner. 



kobaffi, n., a removal; a rupture. 



kobaffichi, v. t., to cause to break. 



kobbi, pi. of kobaffi, (q. v.). 



