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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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lukalichi, v. t. pi., to perforate; to 

 make holes which extend through, as 

 through cloth, tin, etc.; to hole; to 

 punch. 



lukalichi, n., one that makes holes, or 

 they who make holes. 



lukalichi, n., a lasher. 



lukama, n., that which is trodden down; 

 (should be lukama (q. v.), I think. — 

 B). 



lukata, n., a whip. 



lukata wishakchi, n., a whip-lash; a 

 snapper. 



lukatapi, n.,awhipstock; awhip-handle. 



lukatola, v. a. i., to snap. 



lukatola, n., the snapping of a whip. 



lukatolachi, v. t., to snap a whip; to 

 crack a whip. 



lukatolachi, n., one that cracks a whip. 



lu n kachi, pp., bored; worm eaten, as old 

 garments by insects; filled with holes, 

 as corn eaten by weevils; tanch lu n kqchi, 

 weevil-eaten corn. 



lu n kachi, pp. pi., to eat holes, as worms 

 eat garments. 



lu n kachi, n., holes; perforations. 



lukaffi., v. t. sing., to make a hole; to per- 

 forate; to hole; to punch; wak Jiakshup 

 a n lukaffi, he makes a hole in the cow- 

 hide; shuttski at holisso ha n qpqt lukaffi, 

 the worms eat holes in the book; nan 

 tanna ya n lukaffi; talia n lukaffi, to stave. 



lukaffi., n., one who makes a hole. 



lu n klua,v. a. i. pi., to grunt; to murmur, 

 as a hog. 



lu n klua, n., grunters. 



lu n klua, n., a grunting. 



lumpa, v. a. i., to pierce; to penetrate. 



lumpa, pp., pierced; penetrated; per- 

 forated; bled; lanced; punctured; shak- 

 ba inlumpa, he is bled; iklumpo, a., im- 

 perforated. 



lumpa, n., the place pierced; the hole. 



lumpli, v. t., to perforate; to penetrate; 

 to pierce; to bleed; to lance; to open; 

 to puncture; to tap; to thrill; inlumpli, 

 to bleed him. 



lumpli, n., one who pierces; a piercer. 



lumpli, n., a perforation; a puncture; see 

 alumpa. 



lunli, v. t. pi., to perforate; lu n a, pp. 



lunlichi, pi., to cause holes to be made; 

 to perforate; to tear to shivers; hushi 

 at tanchi a n lunlichi, the birds peck the 



corn ( when in the ear and on the stalk) . 

 lunlichi, n., a puncher. 



m, a post-positive particle, successive; 

 simultaneous; compellative. 



ma, exclam., strange, 0, used by per- 

 sons when they find they have misun- 

 derstood what was said. 



ma, exclam., like 0, in the voc, as mi n ko 

 ma, king. It is often heard in per- 

 sonal salutations, but where in English 

 there is no corresponding word. It is 

 not an exclamation so much as an 

 acknowledgment. It partakes also of a 

 verb which asserts that the thing is so. 

 Pi n shalima, Luke 3: 12. Chosef Lewi 

 ushi chia ma, thou who art David's Son 

 Joseph, Matt. 1: 20. Pfaki aba ishbi- 

 nili ma, Matt. 6: 9; chitokaka ma, Matt. 

 14: 28; Josh. 7: 19. 



ma, art. and rel. pro. in the obj. case, 

 the; which; that which; hatakmapisa- 

 letuk, I saw the man, Luke 5: 10 [?]. 



ma, the also; used after the second or 

 third noun and the last of all, when one 

 or more come together; see Matt. 18: 18, 

 where ma occurs after the second noun 

 in each instance; atta ma, when born, 

 Matt. 2: 1. 



ma, adv., when, expressing past time; 

 mintilvma, a n sha impat ila n shama alatuk, 

 Luke 4: 17 [?]; okchitot ala ma, Matt. 

 7: 25, 27, when the floods came; chuka 

 yqmmakash aiihi n soma, when it beat 

 upon that said house; hokchima, when 

 he sowed, Matt. 13: 4; hqshiqtkohchama, 

 when the sun was up, Matt. 13: 6. 



mabi, adj., high and open; conspicuous, 

 as a hilltop; nqnili mabi. — P. Fisk. 



mabli, v. a. i., to stretch; to extend; see 

 2 Cor. 10: 14. 



Macha, n., March. 



man!, hark! listen! an interjection call- 

 ing attention. 



mahaia, a., bowing; bent up; curved, 

 like the brim of a hat; asonak mahaia, 

 a pan, 1 Sam. 2: 14; shuti mahaia, a ket- 

 tle, 1 Sam. 2: 14. 



mahaia, v. n., to be bowing or curved. 



mahaia, v. a. i., to curve; to verge. 



mahaia, n., a curve. 



mahaiyakachi, v. a. i., to sail-slowly up 

 and down in curves, as a buzzard. 



mahaiyakachi, n. , a sailing in airy circles. 



