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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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lipko, a., swift; lipki, obsolete. 



lipli, v. a. i., to flare. 



liplichi, v. t., to cause it to flare. 



liplosi, n., leprosy. 



liplosi abi, n., a leper, Matt. 11: 5. 



li n sa, v. a. i., to troat; to cry, as a buck in 



rutting time, 

 lisepa, a., fine, as cloth. 

 lisisi n kachi, a., very fine and soft, as 



small threads. 

 lisisi n kachi, v. n., to be very fine and 



soft. 

 lish, I, etc., from li and cha, the eh 



changed to sh for sound's sake, I pre- 

 sume, as in all the other persons the 



conj. is cha, Matt. 2:8; ialish, I will go, 



etc., Matt. 8: 7; cf. onalish pisalachin, 



ishona cha ishpisachin. 

 lishke, per. pro. 1st per. sing, after 



active verbs at the end of a sentence; 



ialishke, I go; I do go; I am going; see 



ishke. 

 lishoa, v. a. i., to come to pieces; to rub 



to pieces; to crumble; to break in 



pieces, 

 lishoa, pp., rubbed to pieces; bruised to 



pieces; broken to pieces; mashed; pas- 

 ha yat lishoat taha. 

 lishoa, n., pieces; crumbs; orts. 

 lisholichi, v. t., to mash, 

 lisholili, v. t., to rub to pieces; to 



crumble; to mash, 

 litafa, v. a. i. sing., to break, as a thread 



or rope; to sever; to snap; to come in 



two. 

 litafa, pp. sing., broken, as thread; 



severed ; ponola yat litafa, sundered, 

 litafa, n. , a breach ; that which is broken, 

 litali, pi., litqffi, sing., v. a. L, to break, 



as thread, 

 litali, pp., broken, as cords, 

 litali, n., the things which are broken. 

 litalichi, v. t., to break; to snap them, 



as cords, 

 litafn, v. t. sing., to break, as a cord; 



to sunder; to snap it off; to sever. 

 litafni, n., a breaker; one who breaks a 



cord, thread, etc. 

 litak, n. , the snap of a rope, 

 liteha, a., pp., dirty; smeared; soiled; 



greased; besmeared; greasy; impure; 



defiled; dirtied; polluted; sordid; 



squalid; stained; sullied; turbid. 

 liteha, v. n., to be dirty, greasy, or muddy. 



liteha, n., dirt; smut and grease; im- 

 purity; pollution; a stain. 



litehachi, v. t., to besmear; to dirty; to 

 grease; to make foul. 



liteli, literi, v. t. , to besmear; to dirty; to 

 defile; to foul; to mud; to muddy; to 

 pollute; to stain; to sully. 



litelichi, v. t., to strike with a stick. 



litetuk, n., tramping of horses. 



liti n ha, pi. v. t., to strike with sticks, 

 or to beat with sticks. 



liti n ha, n., a striker. 



litikfo, n., grease. 



litikfo, a., pp., greasy; greased; oiled. 



litikfo, v. n., to be greasy. 



litikfo, pp., greased. 



litikfo chi, v. t., to grease; to begrease. 



litilakachi, pp. pi., cracked, as dry 

 ground. 



lititu n kachi, a., shabby. 



lititu n kachi, v. n., to be shabby. 



litoa, litowa, v. a. i., to shatter; to di- 

 gest, as food in the stomach. 



litoa, litowa, pp., a., mashed; bruised; 

 rent; contused; pommeled; shattered; 

 trodden soft, like mud in a road; sore, 

 as a sore mouth; contrite; crushed; 

 quashed; itiqlbi at litowa, the lips are 

 sore; iklitoivo, a., unbroken. 



litoa, n., contusion; shatters. 



litoli, v. t., to mash; to bruise; to rend; 

 to make sore, as the mouth; to con- 

 tuse; to crash; to crush; to pommel; to 

 quash; to smash; to squash. [1 have 

 always heard this litoli. — H. S. H.] 



liwali, luwali, v. a. i., to be sore, as the 

 gums when diseased with scurvy. — 

 Hiletabi, informant. 



liweli, v. a. i. pi., to fall; to drop off, as 

 leaves or fruit. 



liweli, n., a fall; a dropping. 



liweli, v. a. i., to crumble off and drop 

 like earth on a bluff, or the sides of a 

 wall. 



liwelichi, v. t., to cause to fall; to shake 

 off fruit, leaves, etc. 



lobafa, v. a. i., to turn up by the roots, 

 as a tree i.hat falls down; to be plucked 

 up; Luke 17: 6. 



lobafa, pp., turned up by the roots; eradi- 

 cated; Hi at lobafa, plucked up by the 

 roots. 



lobafa, n., roots turned up; that which 

 is plucked up. 



