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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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kunti, v. a. i. , to grow spontaneously with- 

 out planting, as potatoes that are left in 

 the ground and grow up. — Mantabi. 



kusha, pp., broken; bent down; broken 

 and bent down; or cracked and curled 

 up, as the upper leather of an old shoe; 

 kushli, v. t. 



kusha, v. a. i., to break and bend. 



kusha, n., that which is broken and bent. 



Ku n sha, n., the Kunshaws; the name of 

 one part of the Choctaw. 



kunshak, n., a reed, Matt. 11: 7; 12: 20. 



ku n shak ahe, n., a wild potato. 



ku a shak a n sha, n., a moor. 



ku n shak chito, a. , reedy; n., a large reed. 



ku n shak patakchi, n., a low reed. 



kushikanchak, n., a female fairy. 



kushkachi, pp., broken and bent. 



kushkachi, v. a. i., to break and bend. 



kushkoa, pp. pi., bent and broken; 

 bruised; kunshak kuslikoa, a bruised 

 reed, Matt. 12: 20. 



kushkoa, v. a. i., to bend and break. 



kushkoa, n., that which is bent and 

 broken; bruised. 



kushkuli, v. t. pi., to break and bend 

 down. 



kushli, v. t. sing., to break and bend. 



kushljchi, v. t., to break and bend or 

 cause it to be done. 



kushotah, v. a. i., to bow, like a wall, 

 Ps. 62: 3. 



la, apparent form of the per. pro., 1st 

 per. sing., I, me, found after active 

 verbs; before chi, he, hinla, wa, heto, 

 etc. It is derived from li, and is pro- 

 nounced la for the sake of euphony or, 

 more probably, because a first vowel 

 of the above words, a, is merged in la. 



lahba, a., warm; tepid; lukewarm, ap- 

 plied to liquids, water, milk, etc.; pp., 

 warmed; heated. 



lahba, v. n., to be warm or tepid. 



lahba, n., warmth. 



lahbachi, v. t., to warm; to heat; to 

 make lukewarm. 



lakabli, v. t., to notch deep. 



lakapa, v. a. i., to be notched; He at 

 lakampat kania; pi. lakapoa; v. a. i., 

 pi., lakapoli, v. t. pi. 



lakchi, n., dregs; grounds; feces; grains; 

 lees; papula?; pimples on the skin; 

 sediment. 



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lakna, a., yellow; russet; saffron; ripe; 



iklakno, a., unripe, as pumpkins; lakna, 



v. n., to be yellow, 

 lakna, pp., dyed yellow; rusted; turned 



yellow; colored yellow; painted yellow. ■ 

 lakna, n., yellow. 

 lakna, v. a. i., to rust, 

 lakna, n., rust; bile; the poison of ven- 

 omous serpents; choler or bile; the 



yolk, 

 lakna a n sha, a., rusty; bilious, 

 lakna inchito, a., bilious; having a re- 

 dundancy of bile, 

 lakna inchito, v. n., to be bilious, 

 laknabi, a., rusty; ripened or yellow, as 



fruit turned yellow. 

 laknabi, v. n., to be rusty; to rust, as 



wheat; to turn yellow. 

 laknachi, v. t., to rust; to turn it yel- 

 low; to color yellow; to dye yellow; 



to paint yellow; to saffron. 

 laknachi, n., one who dyes yellow; a 



painter who paints yellow. 

 laknoba (from lakna holba), a., drab; 



drab colored; rusty; yellowish. 

 lakofa,pp., notched; indented; scored, 

 lakofa, n., a notch; a deep notch; a hack; 



an indent; a score. 

 lakoffi., v. t. sing., to notch; to cut a 



notch; to score; aboha itabana lakoffi, 



house log notches. 

 lakoli, n., notches; indents. 

 lakoli, v. t. pi., to notch; to jag; to score; 



lakonli, nasal form, to jag. 

 lakoli, pp., indented. 

 lakolichi, v. t., to notch; to cut notches; 



to make notches; to indent; lakonlichi, 



to jag. 

 lakowa, pp., notched; jagged; scored; 



prepared for hewing; lako n wa, nasal 



form. 



lakowa, a., serrate; serrated. 

 lako n wa, n. pi., notches, such as are 



made on steelyards; jags; scores, 

 laksha, a., sweaty. 

 laksha, v. n., to be sweaty. 

 laksha, v. a. L, to sweat; to perspire; 



salaksha, I sweat or I am sweaty; lank- 



sha; laiyaksha. 

 laksha, n., sweat; perspiration, 

 laksha akucha, n., a pore, 

 laksha chito, n., a profuse sweat. 



