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nushkoboka, n.; the head, Josh. 11: 10; 



14: 1; noshhobonhuKka. 

 nuta, nota, adv., under; below; beneath. 



See 1 Tim. 6: 1; aboha nuta, under the 



room, 

 nuta, v. n., to be below, under; aiimpa 



mihi, uboha nunta, ilaiasha nqni nuta; 



an nta in Klit ako n nunta, under Crete. 



Acts 27: 7; nuta, nota, n. 

 nutacha n ha, n. , a large centipede, 

 nutaka, n. , the space below ; a state of sub- 

 jection; the under side, Mark 12: 10, 11; 



Josh. 7: 21; beneath, Josh. 2: 11; in 



subjection, Matt. 8: 9. 

 nutaka, v. a. i., to be subdued, Josh. 



18:1; ishnutakahe kei/u, Deut. 28: 13. 

 nutaka, a., nether; under foot; prep., 



under; adv., underneath; below, 

 nutaka a?sha, a., subject; being under, 

 nutaka a n sha, n., subjection, 

 nutaka boli, v. t., to underlay, 

 nutaka fehna, a., undermost. 

 nutaka ia, n., subjection. 

 nutaka ia, v. t., to submit; to come un- 

 der; to go beneath. 

 nutaka ia, v. a i., to quail; to succumb; 



to surrender; to truckle; to yield, 

 nutaka ia, n., submission. 

 nutaka iahe keyu, a., uncontrollable; 



unyielding, 

 nutaka yakni kulli, v. t. , to undermine, 

 nutakachi, nutakachi, v. t., to cause 



to go under; to put beneath, Josh. 



17: 13; aiimpa yan nutakachit boli. 

 nutakbala n kchi, n., gums; the hard 



fleshy substance of the jaws which in- 

 vests the teeth. 

 nutakbala n kchi offo, n., the lampas. 

 nutakfa, n., the chin; the jaw; the chap; 



the jowl, 

 nutakfa foni, n., the jawbone; the chin 



bone, 

 nutakfa isht atapachi, n., a curb chain; 



a curb strap. 

 nutakfa isht talakchi, n. , a throat-latch, 

 nutakhish, n., the beard; a whisker, 

 nutakhish isht shafa, nutakhisht 



sha n fa, n., a razor, 

 nutakhisht sha n fa ahalapuchi, n., a 



razor strop; a razor hone, 

 nutakhisht sha n fa ashuahchi, n., a 



razor hone; a hone. 



o is a longer vowel than u, and when the 

 sound is contracted u is heard; as hak- 

 lo, haklot, haklut; haponaklo, lutj>onak- 

 lot, haponaklut. 



o, oh, o n ; this is used as the verb "to be" 

 in the 3d person, or as an impersonal 

 verb; oh is a stronger form of expres- 

 sion, as ikslio hohmali; katima ishia hoh 

 cho?; this word has puzzled many in- 

 terpreters; o, to be; oh, it is; o«, being; 

 o is often added to some of the particles 

 to make them more distinctive, as hokqt, 

 hokqio. The forms of particles begin- 

 ning with o are here inserted so that the 

 law of euphony may be learned: ocha — 

 oka — okaka — okakano — okakant — oka- 

 kanto — okakqt — okakqto — okakh e — okak- 

 heno — okakhet — okakhdo — okakkia — oka- 

 ko, Matt. 8: 27; hatak katiohmi hatuk 

 okako, what manner of man? — okako- 

 cha — okakona — okakosh — okakot — okano, 

 okano — okqt — okato — oke — okia — okomo, 

 a particle used at the end of a sentence, 

 meaning it was so ; remote past tense — 

 okono, same as; it is so; it was, but re- 

 centl y — ona — osh — ot. 



o n , an auxiliary verb; chukowaheon ke- 

 yushke, enter shall is not, Matt. 7:21; or 

 it may designate the act chukowa, enter 

 shall that not. 



o n , a particle, in the obj. case, cf. osh and 

 ot, whom, which, that. 



o n , an art. , meaning a or an usually and 

 used indefinitely; peni o n , a ship, Matt. 

 9: 1; see ho. 



o n , on; after; aio^hikia, to stand on, upon; 

 onhikia, Matt. 10: 30; onhilechi, to set 

 on, Matt. 4:5. 



obala, n., the breech; the hind legs; the 

 buttock; the fundament. 



obala, a., behind. 



obala foka, n., a pantaloon; pantaloons; 

 breeches; trousers; drawers; overalls; 

 hose. 



obala foka isht halalli, obala foka isht 

 talakchi, n., suspenders; braces. 



obachoshuli, n., the hip joint where the 

 thigh bone enters the socket of the hip 

 bone. 



obalaka, adv., behind; olbqlaka, Luke 2: 

 43. 



obalh kanali, v. a. i. , to move backward. 



