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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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laua i n sh.ali, a., main; most. 



laua kat kaniohmi, as many, Matt. 

 14:36. 



lauachi, v. t., to multiply; to do many or 

 much, Matt. 13: 58; to increase the 

 number or supply; to amplify; to prop- 

 agate; lauachit anumpuli, to amplify in 

 discourse; lauaclrit ishi, to receive much; 

 to hold a great deal; lauachit, adv., 

 very much. 



lauat taha, pp., redoubled. 



laue, lauwi, a., equal; adequate; able; 

 chimaiitUauashke, be to thee as, Matt., 

 18: 17; itilaui, Matt. 10: 16; 17: 2; hash 

 itilauashke; itilauishke, it is like, Matt. 

 11: 17; iklauo, unequal; inferior; pp., 

 decreased; ikalauwo, least, Matt. 5: 19. 



laue, v. n., to be equal, or adequate; 

 iklauo, to be unequal; iklauotia, v. a. i., 

 to decay; to decrease; to lessen. 



lauechi, v. t., to equal, to do as much, 

 or to do as well; chiklauecho, you do not 

 do as much or as well as he; lauinchi, 

 nasal form; iklauecho, a., not to equal; 

 inadequate; unequal; unable; iklaue- 

 chokechi, v. t., to decrease; to diminish; 

 to lessen; to palliate. 



lauechi kat ikono, n., inability. 



laya, n., a lawyer (an imitation of the 

 English word); an attorney at law. 



labaha, labbaha, n., jabber. 



labaha, n., a jabberer. 



labahahanchi, v. a. i., to keep jabbering. 



labahahanchi, n., a rattle; a rattling. 



labahachi, v. a. i., to jabber; labahanchi. 



labbi, oklabbi, v. a. i., v. t,, to touch with 

 the tongue; to eat with the fingers, as 

 honey or grease, first dipping the fore- 

 finger into the honey, etc. 



labbi, v. t. , to sop. 



labbi, n., sop. 



labli, a., choked up; stopped up, as the 

 throat or a pipe; closed up, as the ears 

 or heart, in a figurative sense. 



labli, v. n., to be choked up. 



labli, v. a. i., to choke up; to fill up, as 



a pipe. 

 lablichi, v. t., to choke it up; to stop up; 



to obstruct, Gen. 19: 11; nishkin a n 



lablichi. 

 lacha, a., wet; moist; damp; soggy. 

 lacha, v. n., to be wet, damp, or moist. 

 lacha, v. a. i., to relent; to give. 



lacha, pp., wetted; moistened; drenched; 



imbrued; irrigated. 

 lacha, n., wetness. 

 lachali, v. t, to wet; to moisten; to 



drench; to imbrue; to irrigate; to water. 

 lalli, v. t., to beat, as gold; tali, kolisso 



lakna lalli, 1 Kings 10: 16; lalla, pass., 



tali holisso lakna lalla, beaten gold, 1 



Kings 10: 17. 

 lalli chi, v. t., to crack, as nuts; oksak an 



lallichi, to beat; lallichi, pp. 

 lapa, a., blind, Matt. 9: 27, 28; 11: 5; 



12: 22; 15: 14. 

 lapa, v. n., to be blind; lapli; laplichi, v. 



t., to make blind; to blind, Gen. 19: 11. 

 lapa, n., blindness; ablepsy. 

 lapa i n moma, a., born blind, John 9: 1. 

 lapa i n moma, n., natural blindness. 

 lapchu, n., a worm; an earthworm, such 



as are used as bait for fish; also one 



species of those that are generated in 



the human body, the long round worm, 



a belly worm which sometimes occa- 

 sions sickness. 

 lapchu abi, n., a vermifuge. 

 lapish, lapish n., a horn; a trumpet, 1 



Sam. 2: 10; Josh. 6: 4, 5, 6, 8, 13. 

 lapish fUanrrninchi, n., an antler; a start 



or branch of a horn. 

 lapish hituk aialhto, n., a powder 



horn. 

 lapish i n nMammi, n., an antler. 

 lapish intakalichi, v. t., to cup with a 



horn, 

 lapish isht impa, n., a horn spoon, 

 lapish kobafa, n., a pollard; a stag that 



has cast his horns, 

 lasaha, v. t. pi., to strike with the palm 



of the hand; to slap; to spank; to 



thump. 

 lasaha, n., a striker; a spanking, 

 lasalichi, v. t. sing., to strike once with 



the palm of the hand; to spank; to slap; 



to thump, 

 lasalichi, n., a thumper; a trip. 

 lasalich.it akkachi, v. t., to trip. 

 Lashe, n., Russia. 



Lashe i n mi n ko, n. , the autocratcf Russia. 

 Lashi yakni, n., the Russian empire, 

 lashpa, a., hot; warm; sultry; burning; 



inflamed; ardent; fervent; fiery; torrid, 

 lashpa, v. n., to be hot; itinlashpa, to be 



warm against each other, as in debate, 

 lashpa, pp., heated; warmed. 



