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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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lipiat itola, n. , a worshiper; one that has 

 fallen down; one that lies on his face. 



lipkachi, pi. of lipla, pp., turned over; 

 lying on the face, Mark 3: 11. 



lipkachi, v. a. i., to turn over on the 

 face; to fall down; to lie on the face; 

 to take a humble posture for the wor- 

 ship of God; to lie low, Matt. 2: 11; 

 Josh. 7: 6; Upkanchi, nasal form; lip- 

 kaiyachi, pro. form. 



lipkachi, n., those who lie on their faces; 

 those who act as worshipers. 



lipli, libli, v. t., to wear; to wear out, as 

 a garment. 



lipoli, v. t. pi., to turn over; to lay on 

 the face, or bottom upward; lipeli sing. 



liposhi, v. a. i., to pine away; to ema- 

 ciate. 



liposhi, pp., a., pined away; jaded; 

 cheerless; emaciated; macerated; stunt- 

 ed. 



liposhi, a., frail; imbecile; infirm or un- 

 firm; languid; low; low-spirited; mea- 

 ger; morbid. 



liposhi, n. , the state of one who has pined 

 away; infirmity; languor. 



liposhi, n., an invalid. 



liposhichi, v. t., to jade; to pine; to wear 

 out; to make to languish; to macerate; 

 to stunt. 



lipulli, lopulli (q. v. ), v. t., to go through; 

 to pass through. 



liti n ka, v. a. i. , to breathe with difficulty 

 on account of some obstruction in the 

 nose. 



litilli, n., wax; gum; resin, as the wax of 

 the ear. 



litilli, v. a. i., to exude, as gum; to cause 

 the gum to exude, as worms do that eat 

 the bark; Utillichi, v. caus. 



litoa, v. a. i. pi., to untie, as it unties. 



litoa, pp., loosed. 



litoa, a., loose. 



litofa, v. a. i. sing., to untie; to loosen; to 

 get loose; to unwind. 



litofa, pp., untied; unloosed; loosened; 

 unwound; disengaged; disentangled; 

 freed; loosed ; inlitofa, pp., unfettered. 



litoffi, v. t., to untie; to unloose; to 

 loosen; to loose; to unwind; to unbind; 

 to disengage; to disentangle; to un- 

 buckle; to undo; to unfetter; to un- 

 shackle; to unstring; iHitoffi, to free 

 him. 



litoffichi, v. t. cans., to cause to untie, etc. 



litofkachi, v. a. i. pi., to untie; to loosen. 



litofkachi, pp. pi., untied; unloosed; 

 loosed; unwound. 



litoha, a., untied. 



litoha, v. a. i., to unwind. 



litoli, pi., litoffi sing., to untie; to un- 

 wind; to unloose, Luke 3: 16; to un- 

 bind; to unlink; see hotqfi. 



litoli, n., one who unties, unwinds, etc., 

 more than once, or they who untie. 

 Plural verbs are used where there is a 

 plurality of action, and there may or 

 may not be a plurality of agents. 



litolichi, v. t., to cause to untie. 



lobboa, a., round; plump. 



lobboa, v. n., to be round and plump. 



lobboa, n., a thing which is round. 



lobboachi, v. t., to round; to make it 

 round. 



loboboa, a. pi., round and plump. 



loboboa, v. n. pi., to be round and 

 plump. 



lobocha, n., boiled food of all kinds. 



lobohachi, v. t., to clap; to clap the 

 wings; to make a noise by flying. 



lobonto, a., round. 



lobukachi, v. a. i., to make a noise, as 

 when anything falls into water; oka 

 lobukachi, to douse; to fall into the 

 water. 



lobukta, a., short and round. 



lobukta, v. n., to be short and round. 



lobuktachi, v. t., to render short and 

 round. 



lofa, a., raw, as the flesh where the skin 

 has been removed. 



lo n fa, lu n fa, pp., peeled; skinned; 

 stripped, as corn leaves from a corns- 

 talk; flayed. 



lo n fa, v. a. i., to peel off; to come off. 



lo n fn, lu n ffi., v. t. sing., to skin; to flay; 

 to peel; to strip off {wak an loffi; fanl an 

 loffi); ttelunffi, to molt, as a snake; to 

 skin himself. 



lo n fri, n., a skinner; a flayer; a peeler. 



loha,pp.pl., lonfa, sing., peeled; skinned; 

 flayed; barked; stripped off, as fod- 

 der from the stalks; scaled; shelled; 

 stripped. 



loha, v. a. i., to peel off; to come off, as 

 skin; to shell. 



loha, n. pi., that which is taken off, as 

 skins, etc. 



