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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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malattakachi, v. a. L, to reflect light, 



as the rays of the sun; apisa yat malatta- 



kach i. 

 malattakachi, n., a reflection of light; 



a thunderbolt. 

 maleli, baleli, v. a. i. sing., to run; to 



flee, as an animal; to course; to fly; to 



scamper; to scud; to scuddle; to streak; 



i"maleli, to flee from, 1 Kings 11: 23; 



o n maleli, to run after; pit maleli, to run 



off. 

 maleli, n., a runner; a flier; a fugitive, 

 maleli, n., a run. 

 maleli achaf a, n. , a heat, 

 malelichi, v. t., to run; to make him 



run; to cause to run; to course, 

 malelichi, n., a runner; one that makes 



another run. 

 malelit kania, malit kania, v. a. i., 



to run away; to desert; mallet kucha, to 



run out, Gen. 39: 12. 

 malelit kania, n., a runaway; a deserter, 

 malali, malalli, a., afraid; pp., fright- 

 ened; scared, 

 malali, v. n., to be afraid; samalali, I 



am afraid, or I am scared. 

 malalichi, v. t., to frighten; to scare, 

 malata, pp., scared; frightened; malanta, 



n. f., Luke 3: 14; inmalanla, v. t., to 



force from him by fear, 

 malalli, v. t., to scare, 

 mali, v. a. i., to blow, as the wind; to 



move, as air; to flow, Matt. 11: 7; ma- 



licha, blew and, Matt. 7: 25. 

 mali, n., the air; the atmosphere; the 



wind, Matt. 14: 24, 30, 32; a blow; a 



wind; a current of air; a flaw; a flurry; 



a gale; a gust; a squall; mali hat, the 



winds, Matt. 7: 25; mali at kucha, the 



wind rises. 

 mali achaf a, n., a blast of wind; a single 



wind or blow. 

 mali chito, n., a great wind; a gale; a 



storm; a tempest; a tornado, 

 mali chito, v. a. i., to storm, 

 mali chito laua, a., stormy, 

 mali iskitini, n., a breeze, 

 mali isht ikhana, n., a weathercock; a 



vane. 

 mali kallo, n., a strong wind; a violent 



wind; a gale; a tempest; mali kallo 

 fehna hat, a great tempest, Matt. 8: 24. 

 mali lashpa, n., a hot wind; the sirocco. 

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mali okpulo, n., a bad wind; a danger- 

 ous wind. 



mali pila, a. , windward. 



mali shali, a., squally; very windy. 



mali shali, v. n., to be squally. 



mali tanch afotoha, n., a windmill. 



malichi, v. t., to blow; to ventilate. 



mampa, v. a. i., to stretch in length, as 

 a man (hatak at mampa); to extend in 

 length. 



mampa, pp., stretched; extended. 



mampli, mambli, v. t., to stretch out; 

 to extend; to draw out beyond the 

 natural length (applied usually to ani- 

 mals); sinti an mampli, fqni <<n mampli. 



mampli, n., a stretcher. 



mampoa, v. a. i. pi., to stretch; to reach 

 forward, as in running a race. 



mampoa, pp., stretched; extended. 



mampoli, v. t. pi., to stretch them. 



mano, art., the; rel. pro , which. 



mano, adv., when; the time when. 



masali, masa, a., healed; recovered 

 from sickness. 



masali, v. n., to be healed; v. a. i., to 

 get well ; masa, contracted form. 



masali, pp., remedied. 



masalichi, v. t. , to cure; to heal; to re- 

 store to health. 



masu n fa, misu n fa, used thus; takon 

 masu n fa, an apple. 



masheli, v. a. i., to clear off and become 

 good weather; to pass away, as clouds; 

 kuchat masheli. 



masheli, pp., cleared off; a., clear; fair; 

 serene; unclouded; masheli kamak at 

 kania, entirely fair. 



masheli, n., a fair sky; fair weather; 

 serenity. 



mashelichi, v. t., to clear away the clouds; 

 to make fair weather. 



mashko, adv., already, Matt. 5: 28. 



ma n shko, ma n ko, adv., already; now; 

 at this time, John 3: 18; Matt. 17: 12; 

 Chu okla hat aiitiba achafat taha mashko 

 hatuk on, for the Jews had agreed 

 already, John 9: 22; mashkoslike, 1 Cor. 

 5: 3. This may be one form of the re- 

 newed mention art. pronoun, now be- 

 come obsolete, thus: ash, hash, yash, 

 kash, chash, mash. 



matali, a., level; pp., leveled; yakni 

 matali, level land. 



