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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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oka, n., water; aqua; liquor; a liquid; 



whisky; wet; ardent spirits; oka yaP, 



the water, Matt. 14: 28; oka ishko, to 



drink liquor; oka kapassaishko, to drink 



cold water, 

 oka abicha, n., a tap hole; a tunnel; a 



funnel; a faucet; a waterspout; a spout 



for water, 

 oka abicha isht alhkama, n., a spigot; 



a tap; a spile; a cork; a stopple. 

 oka abicha isht shana, n., a tap that 



is put in with a screw or that has a 



screw on one end. 

 oka abicheli, n., acock; a brass cock; a 



conduit. 

 oka aialaka, n., a shore; a coast; haiyip 



oka aialaka; okhata oka aialaka; okhina 



oka aialaka. 

 oka aiabi, oka aiillichi, v. t., to drown, 

 oka aialhto, n., a tub; a water-trough; a 



cistern; a vat; a water-piggin ; a pitcher. 

 oka aialhto chito, n. , a tank. 

 oka aiilli, v. a. i., to drown. 

 oka aiishko, n ., a tippling house; a gro- 

 cery [groggery?]. 

 oka aiyanalli, n., a channel; a water 



channel. 

 oka akanchi, n., a tap house, 

 oka alaka, n., a shore; a coast, Luke 



5:3; haiyip alaka; okhina alaka. 

 oka a n lhto, n., apiggin. 

 oka alibisha, n., a skillet. 

 oka atalaia, n., a pool; a reservoir. 

 oka ayanalli, n., a sluice; a water furrow, 

 oka alhto, n., a water-pot; a water-ves- 

 sel, John 2: 6. 

 oka ali, okali, n., the water-edge; shore, 



Matt. 13: 2. 

 oka banapa, v. a. i., to overflow. 

 oka banapa, pp., overflowed. 

 oka banatha, n., a surge; a wave; a 



billow; a swell; oka banatha kat, the 

 waves, Matt. 8: 24. 

 oka banathat a n ya, v. a. i., to surge; 



to wave, 

 oka bana n ya, n. pi., wavee; surges; 



billows. 

 oka bicheli, n., a butler, Gen. 40: 1; a 



tapster. 

 oka bikeli, v. a. i., to flow, as tide water, 

 oka bikeli, pp., deluged; overflowed, 

 oka bikeli, n., back water; tide water; 



an inundation; a deluge. 

 oka bikeli, v. a. i. ; to ebb. 



oka bikelichi, v. t., to deluge; to over- 

 flow. 



oka bikelichi, v. t., to cause the water to 

 flow in or set back. 



oka chopa, n., a cascade. 



oka falama, pp., deluged; overflowed. 



oka falama, n., back water; a deluge; 

 the deluge; a flood; the flood. 



oka falama chito, n., the deluge, Gen. 

 7:6. 



oka fohopa, n., a fall. 



oka foyuha, n., a whirlpool. 



oka foyuha, okfoyulli, v. a. i., to whirl, 

 as water; okfoyullit oklobushlichi, to draw 

 into a whirlpool; to suck in. 



oka foyulli, okfoyulli, n., a whirlpool; 

 an eddy; a vortex. 



oka foyulli, v. a. i., to whirl, as water. 



oka fulush, n., a fresh-water clam; a 

 clam. 



oka fulush hakshup, n., a clamshell. 



oka haf eta, v. a. i., to cave in, as the 

 bank of a water course. 



oka haksi, a., drunk; drunken; inebri- 

 ated; intoxicated. 



oka haksi, v. n., to be drunk. 



oka haksi, n., drunkenness; ebriety; in- 

 ebriation; intoxication. 



oka hauashko, n., vinegar; wine; sour 

 water; cider. 



oka hapi, hapi oka, n. , salt water; brine. 



oka hapi yammi, n., a pickle. 



oka hapi yammi fohki, v. t., to pickle. 



oka hi n ka, v. a. i., to be in water. 



oka holba, a., watery. 



oka homahonni, n., a distillery. 



oka homatoba, oka homiatoba, n., a 

 distillery. 



oka homi, okhomi, oke homi, n., 

 liquor; spirit; ardent spirits; distilled 

 liquor of all kinds, called rum, gin, 

 brandy, whisky, alcohol; high wines; 

 aqua vitpe; bitter water; acrid water. 



oka homi ahalaia, a. , spirituous. 



oka homi bikobli, n., a rum bud. 



oka homi ikbi, v. t., to distill spirits; to 

 manufacture ardent spirits; to still. 



oka homi ikbi, n., a distiller. 



oka homi nanabli achafa, n., a dram; 

 a swallow of spirits. 



oka homi oka ibalhto, n., grog. 



oka humma, n., red water; Red river. 



oka hushi, n., waterfowl. 



oka i n hina, n., a water furrow. 



