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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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okchila n shli, n., large rolling eyes. 



okchihmli, v. a. i., to gaze at; to stare at. 



okchihinli, n., large eyes; goggled eyes; 

 sharp eyes. 



okchito (from oka and chito), n., high 

 water; an inundation; a flood; a 

 freshet; a deluge; a land flood; a water 

 flood; okchitot qla, floods came, Matt. 

 7: 25, 27. 



okchito, v. a. i., to rise, as water; to be- 

 come a flood. 



okchito, pp., deluged; floated; flooded; 

 inundated. 



okchito aiali, n., high-water mark. 



okchitochi, v. t., to make a flood; to 

 flow; to overflow; to inundate; to de- 

 luge; to flood. 



okchitoli (from oka and chitoli), v. t., to 

 flow; to make a flood; to deluge; to 

 inundate. 



okchu n s, n., the name of a bird; the kill- 

 dee. 



okchushba, v. a. i., to ooze and run out; 

 to form matter and run, as an old sore; 

 applied to wounded trees and plants 

 when the sap oozes out; okchohushba, 

 Luke 16: 21. 



okchushba, n., the matter which runs 

 from an old sore; a running sore; an 

 old ulcer; serous matter; virus; water. 



okchushbachi, v. t., to cause a sore to 

 discharge a watery matter. 



oke, part., it is, from o and ke; ke is final; 

 akoke, it is the, Matt. 2: 5, 6; shilup oke, 

 it is a spirit, Matt. 14: 26. 



oke homi, oka homi (q. v.); ardent 

 spirits. 



oke luak, oka luak ( q. v. ) , ardent spirits. 



Oke lusa, see Oka lusa. 



okfa (sing.), okfafcL (pi.), n., a valley; a 

 vale; a dale; a glen; a ravine; 1 Kings 

 10: 27; Josh. 10:12. 



okfa maiha, n., a wide valley. 



okfa pattasachi, n., low flat land; low 

 land; a meadow; bottom land. 



okf aha, pp. , shown by argument. 



okf ali, v. t. , to exhibit or show by argu- 

 ment. 



okfa n ya, ufka n ya, v. i., to stick or run 

 a piece of wood, etc., into one's own 

 flesh; saiokfa n ya, etc. 



okfichoha, n., a small round hill. 



okfoata, see okhoata. 



okfoalli, see okhoqUL 



okfochush, n., a duck. This is the com- 

 mon name for ducks, both tame and 

 wild. The different species of wild 

 ducks are distinguished by different 

 names, as oklubbi, hinluk, ha^khoba. 



okfochush nakni, n., a drake. 



okfochush tek, n., a duck; a female 

 duck. 



okfochushushi, n., a young duck; a 

 duck's egg. 



okfulli; okfoyul/it oklobushlichi, v. t., to 

 suck. 



okha, ukha, v. t., to take back; to get 

 satisfaction; to revenge; to win back 

 what has been lost at a game ; okhat isso; 

 okhat ishi; okhat imqbi; ilaiokha bqnna, 

 he wants to avenge himself; ilaiukha, 

 to revenge himself; to take pay; to 

 recompense himself; to retaliate; to 

 revenge; to take vengeance, 1 Sam. 14: 

 24; ilaiokhali, I avenge myself, 2 Kings 

 9: 7; ilaioklra, n., an avenger, Josh. 10: 

 13; 20: 2. 



okha, n., an avenger. 



okha, n., recapture; satisfaction; ven- 

 geance. 



okhaiyanli, a., cross-eyed. 



okhaiyanli, v. n., to be cross-eyed. 



okhaiyanli, n., cross-eyes. 



okhapayabi, a., cloudy; hazy clouds. 



okhatali, a., pale. 



okhatapa, v. t., to obstruct. 



okhatabli, v. t., to fend, as fire. 



okhawi, v. t, to catch; to hook up; isht 

 okltawi, a flesh hook, Num. 4: 14. 



okhapaioha, n., thin clouds. 



okhapaioli, v. i., to form thin clouds. 



okhata n., a lake, Josh. 1:4; a large pond; 

 a bay; a gulf; an arm of the sea; the 

 water; a sea; okhqta ha n , the sea, Matt. 

 8: 24; okhqta, sea, Matt. 13: 1, 47; 14: 

 24, 25, 26; 15: 29; 17: 27; 18: 6. 



okhata aiabeka, n., seasickness; sea- 

 sick. 



okhata aiahalaia, a., maritime. 



okhata aialhtaha, a., marine. 



okhata a n ya, n., a seaman. 



okhata bikeli, n., the tide. 



okhata chito, n., an ocean, Josh. 1: 4; 

 a sea; the deep; the great sea; the pro- 

 found. 



okhata chito a n ya, n., a voyage at 

 sea. 



okhata chito a n ya, n., a voyager. 



