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raitatichi, v. t. pi., to break them open; 

 to cause them to burst; to chap; to 

 rupture, 

 mitaffi, v. t., to burst open; to break 

 open; to gush; to open; to rupture; to 

 wound, Mark 12: 4. 

 mitefa, v. a. i., to get loose; to unloose; 



to untie, 

 mitefa, pp., untied; ripped, 

 mitefa, n.. a rip. 



mitelichi, v. t., to strike with a switch, 

 mitelichi, n., a cut; a single stroke, 

 miteli, n., a rip. 

 miteli, v. a. i. pi., to get loose, 

 miteli, pp., untied; loose; ripped, 

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



rip; to unravel; to unseal. 

 mitibli, v. a. i., to swell, as corn or acorns 



when moistened; tanchi at mitibli, nusi 



at mitibli, alie at mitibli. 

 mitibli, pp., swelled. 

 mitiblichi, v. t., to cause to swell; to 



swell, 

 mitim, sing., to unloose; to untie; to 



ungird; to unseal; to unstring, 

 mitifmiya, see mitikminli. 

 miti n ha, v. t. pi., to whip with a switch; 



to flog. 

 mitihachi, v. t., to strike with the 



wings; to flutter, as a bird; aba hushi at 



mitihachi. 

 mitihachi, n., a flutterer. 

 mitikli, v. a. i. sing., to beat; to throb; 



to palpitate, 

 mitikli, n. sing., a beating; a throb- 

 bing; a pulsation, 

 mitiklichi, v. t., to cause to throb; to 



make it beat. 

 mitikmi n kli, v. a. i., to throb, as a 



sore, 

 mitikminli, mitikmiya, mitifmiya, 



v. a. i. pi., to beat; to throb; to pulsate; 



to palpitate, 

 mitikmirili, n., a beating; a throbbing; 



a palpitation; the pulse, 

 mitikminlichi, v. t., to make it throb, 

 mitilhmiya, n., the pulse; a slow pulsa- 

 tion, 

 mitilhmiya, v. a. i., to pulsate slowly, 

 miya, miha, v. a. i., to be the same, 



1 John, 2: 17; see mih. 

 moa, pp., skimmed, 

 moaha, a., thin, like soft mush, 

 moashki, a., mushy or mushlike. 



modioli, v. a. i., to close the eye; to 

 wink. 



mocholi achafa, n., a wink. 



mochukli, v. a. i. sing., to wink. 



mochukli, n., a wink. 



moeli, v. t. pi., to skim; pishukehi nia 

 modi; bila moeli. [As a plural verb of 

 action it means not only to skim, but 

 to row, to paddle, to scull ; it is used to 

 denote the paddling of boats or canoes. 

 There is reason to believe that in this 

 word we have the tribal name, Maubila 

 or Mauilla. Mobile is called by the 

 modern Choctaw Moilla, a form resem- 

 bling both moeli and Mauilla. — H.S. H.] 



mo n fa, pp., rubbed off; paddled; peeled 

 off; skinned off; rowed; peni at mo n fa . 



mo n fa, v. a. i., to peel off; to skin off; 

 to rub; to rub off hair; nipi at luacha 

 mo n fa, to shed hair. 



mo n m, v. t., to rub off; to brush off; to 

 scrape off; to peel off ; to oar; to row; 

 to paddle; to scull; to shoot and take 

 off the hair only. 



mo n fli, n., a rower; a paddler. 



mo n ffi.t isht ia, v. t., to oar; to begin to 

 row; to take along by rowing. 



mofi, v. t., to paddle; to row. 



mo n fkachi, v. a. L, to rub against. 



mo n fkachi, pp., rubbed; peeled off. 



moha, pi., skimmed; peeled off. 



mokafa, v. t., to strike and knock off 

 with the hand or paw; itamokafa, to 

 conflict; to strike against each other; 

 mali hat sio n mokgfa. 



mokafa; itamokafahe, to rise up against 

 each other, Matt. 24: 7; to meet in 

 battle. 



mokofa, v. a. i., to slip out; to come out, 

 Luke 4: 35; 13: 12; to withdraw, Luke. 

 5: 16; to be quit of, Josh. 2: 20; isuba 

 hat mokofa, the horse is loose. 



mokoffi, v. t., to slack or slip out the 

 hand, Josh. 10: 6. 



mokofi, v. t. (cf. mokofa), to rend from; 

 to rend away, 1 Kings 11: 11, 13. 



mokoli, v. t. pi., Acts 12: 7. 



moh, v. t., to skim; to peel off; to pad- 

 dle; peni moli. 



moma, a., all, Matt. 6: 32; whole, John 

 1: 3[?]; every, Matt. 15: 13; entire; 

 full; total; universal; amoma, Matt. 11, 

 caption, 1st line; moma iklauo, a., least; 



