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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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naksakawa, n., corn bread made of 



green corn boiled, and wrapped in corn 



leaves; same as tanch hiloha palaska and 



tanch hotokbi palaska. 

 naksi, n., the side; the rib; aboha naksi, 



the side or the ribs of a house, 

 naksi, v. a. i., to turn on the side; to 



lean sideways, as a post; naksit a n sha, 



to turn and sit or to sit sideways; 



nahsii itola, to lie on the side or to turn 



and lie. 

 naksi foni, n., a rib bone; a spare rib. 

 naksika, a., solitary. 

 naksika, n., a side; a corner; a by-place. 

 naksi n ka, n., a corner, Luke 18: 13 [?]. 

 naksika binili, pp., insulated, 

 naksika binili, v. a. i., to sit in a solitary 



place, ag a corner; to retire, 

 naksika binilichi, v. t., to insulate. 

 naksika boli, v. t., to obviate; to lay one 



side, 

 naksika hilechi, v. t., to isolate. 

 naksikachi, v. t., to put in a corner or 



by-place; to put out of the way; to iso- 

 late; to slant. 

 naksikaia, v. a. i., to wander, 

 naksish, n., a limb; a knot; a joint, as in 



caue, reed, etc.; a branch, Matt. 13: 32. 



a bush; iti naksish, uskinaksish, ku n shak 



naksish, tanchapi naksish. 

 naksish filamoli, n. pi., branches; limbs, 

 naksish fUarnxninchi, n., a branch; a 



limb, 

 naksish i n nlammi, n., the branch of a 



limb. 

 naksish laua, a., knotty; full of limbs or 



joints; knurled, 

 naksish naha, pp., trimmed; having the 



limbs cut off. 

 naksish naha, n., a pollard; a tree lop- 

 ped, 

 naksish nahachit taha, pp., pruned, 

 naksish nalichi, v. t., to poll; to cut off 



the limbs; to prune, 

 naksish nalichi, n., a pruner. 

 naksish taptuli, v. t., to poll, 

 nakshilup, n., tall wild grass, with a 



tassel, 

 nakshobi, naksobi, a., having the smell 



of fish when first taken from the water. 

 nakshobi, n. , the smell of fish just caught, 

 nakshobi, v. n. , to smell as newly caught 



fish; to stink, as fish, 

 nakshobichi, naksobichi, v. t., to cause 



to smell, as fish newly caught. 



naku n shi, n., shot; pachi nakuPshi, pi- 

 geon shot; fani nakvfishi, squirrel shot; 



isi nakunshi, buckshot. 

 nalapi, n., the gorge; the throat; see i«- 



nalapi. 

 nalichi, v. t., to pluck off ears of corn, 

 nalichi, v. t., pi. to trim off; to pick; 



to cut off; to lop; tanchampi a" nalichi; 



iti naksish a.n nalichi; pass., nahhachi, 



tanchi laua hosh nahhachi. 

 nalichi, n., a lopper. 

 naht illi apat nusi, n., opium. 

 nam, n., a thing, contracted from nana, 



and written nam before p for euphony's 



sake. 

 nam pakanli, na pakanli (Matt. 6: 28) 



n., a flower; a blossom; a bloom; a 



blow, 

 nam palammi, na palammi, n., a curse, 



1 Sam. 14: 24, 28. 

 nam pa n shi tanna, n., sackcloth; cloth 



made of hair, 

 nam pelichi, n., a ruler; a governor, 



Matt, 10: 18. 

 nam piheta, n., a lady's gown or frock; 



the old name is alhkonapihita (cf. al- 



conand). 

 nampilesa, n., a laborer; a workman; a 



hireling. 

 nam pisa, na pisa, n., a spectator; a 

 "looker; a looker on; a speculator; a 



spectacle, 

 nam poa, n., game; wild beasta 

 nam poa anusi, n., a lair. 

 nam poa hakshup, n., peltry. 

 nam poa inchuka, n., a kennel; a den. 

 nam poheta, n., a gown (not common); 



see pohota. 

 nam ponaklo, n., an inquirer, 

 nam pota, n., a borrower; a hirer, 

 nam potoni, n. , a guard; a watch, 

 nan, n., a thing; contracted from nana; 



see na and nam. 

 nan abeka, n., sickness; a fever, Luke 



4:39. 

 nan achafa, n., an individual; one thing, 

 nan achefa, n., a washwoman; a laun- 

 dress; a launderer; one who washes, 

 nan achefa ohoyo, n., a woman who 



washes; a laundress. 

 nan achunli, n., a tailor; a seamster; a 



tailoress; a seamstress; when a woman 



is intended, ohoyo, may be added as 



above. 



