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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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oksanla, n., a mouse (a Six-towns word — 



Billy Thomas). It is a kind that eats 



sweet potatoes in the hill. 

 oksup, n., a long bead, sometimes 2 



inches long, or a large, round bead; 



wampum. The long kind were once 



dear, ikonla apakfopa achqfakmqt isuba 



iti illibekatok. 

 oksup taptua, n., a joint snake. 

 okshachobi, n., twilight. 

 okshachobi, v. a. i., v. n., to become 



twilight; to be twilight. 

 okshachobichi, v. t., to cause twilight 



to appear. 

 okshahala, v. a. i., to be like the feces 



in diarrhea when streaked with blood. 

 okshakala, v. a. i., to rise, as water. 

 okshakla, n., high water; deep water. 

 okshalinchi, v. t., to make it coarse, 



sleazy. 

 okshammi, a., hoarse. 

 okshammi, v. n., to be hoarse; sioksham- 



mi, I am hoarse. 

 okshammi, n., hoarseness. 

 okshammichi, v. t., to cause hoarseness. 

 okshauanli, a., fair; clear; washed bright 



and clean; pp., bleached; whitened; 



hatak okshauanli, ohoyo okshauanli, na- 



foka okshauanli. 

 okshauanli, v. n., to be fair, clear, clean, 

 okshauanlichi, v. t., to cause it to be 



fair, clear, bright; to bleach; nafoka 



ach efqt ishokshauanlichi. 

 okshauashli, a. pi., fair; clear; bright; 



clean, 

 okshauashli, v. n. pi., to be clear or fair; 



okshauansltli, n. f. 

 okshauashlichi, v. t., to make clear; to 



bleach . 

 okshauina, okshawilah, n., a sty; a 



small boil on the eyelid; shawilah, hoshe- 



lah. 

 okshauoha, a., shallow, 

 okshauoha, v. n., to be shallow. 

 okshauwi, see okchauwi. 

 okshawilah, see okshauina. 

 okshachinli, a., coarse, sleazy, like cot- 

 ton baling; not woven tight; not knit 



tight. 

 okshachinli, v. n., to be coarse, sleazy. 

 okshash, n., acorn pudding; mush made 



of acorns. 



okshianli, a., narrow, as a strip of land, 



or the forehead or face, 

 okshichanli, a., sleazy. 

 okshifeli, a., coarse, as corn after being 



beaten for ta n fula before it is riddled 



and fanned, 

 okshifeli, v. n. , to be coarse, 

 okshifeli, n., the rough appearance of 



corn in the above state. 

 okshikali, v. t., to sprinkle; oksliikanli, 



nasal form. 

 okshika n shli, v. t. pi., to sprinkle, 

 okshilama, a., sloping; descending; 



gradually descending. 

 okshilama, v. n., to be sloping; nqni 



at okshilama. 

 okshilama, n., a descent; down hill, 

 okshilammi, v. a. i., to go down hill, 

 okshilita, v. a. L, to shut, 

 okshillita, okshilita, pp., shut; closed; 



barred; fastened, aboha yqt okshillita; 



itonqbiqt okshillita; holisso hat okshillita; 



ikokshUito, a., unshut; okshillinta, n. f. 



Luke 4:25. 

 okshilonli, oksholonli, a., having hol- 

 low eyes; hollow-eyed, or white. 

 okshilonli, v. n., to be hollow, as the 



eyes. 

 okshilonli, oksholonli, n., hollowness 



of the eyes, as the socket of the eye 



after it is taken out; okshilonlichi, ok- 



sholonlichi, v. t. 

 okshimmi, n., a mist; a drizzling. 

 okshimmichi, v. a. L, to drizzle; to mist; 



to sprinkle; okshimmihinchi, Deut. 32: 2. 

 okshinilli, v. a. i., to swim, 

 okshinilli, n., a swimmer, 

 okshinillichi, v. t., to swim; to cause to 



swim. 

 okshipanli, v. a. i. , to appear as the socket 



of the eye after it is out. 

 okshiplichi, v. a. L, to mist. 

 okshita, okshitta, v. t. sing., to shut; 



to close; to bar; to fasten; to block up; 



to embar; imokshita, to fend; see ok- 



hishta. 

 okshita, n., one who shuts. 

 okshiyanli, a., long and narrow, as a 



strip of land. 

 okshochobi, n., dark; beginning of dark- 

 ness; okshochohbichi, Ch. Sp. Book, pp. 



93, 94. 



