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A DICTIONABY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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is upon me; opia n ka, nasal form, when 

 or while it is the evening. 



opia, n., the evening, i. e., the latter 

 part of the afternoon; even; eventide, 

 Josh. 8: 29. 



opiachi, v. t., to make it evening; il- 

 anumpuli kqt ilopiachitole, we talked till 

 evening. 



opiaka, n., the evening; the time from 

 about the middle of the afternoon 

 until sundown, Matt. 16: 2; "even," 

 Josh. 5: 10. 



opiaka impa, n., supper; the evening 

 meal. 



opiaka impa Chisas Klaist at apesa- 

 tok, n., the Eucharist; the Lord's 

 Supper. 



opiakma n ya, v. a. i., to approach toward 

 night; evening is approaching. 



opiakma n ya, n., nightfall. 



opitama, pp. sing., passed by; lapped. 



opitamoa, pp. pi., passed by; lapped. 



opitamoli, v. t. pi., to pass by; to lap. 



opitamrni, sing, (see aiopitqmmi) , v. t., 

 to pass by; to lap over, like shingles; Ui- 

 opitqmmi, to pass each other. 



opoma, v. t., to mock, Gen. 39: 17. 



oppi, see opi. 



osapa, n., a lot; a field; a farm; a plan- 

 tation; a cornfield, Luke 6: 1; an en- 

 closure for cultivation, Matt. 12: 1; 13: 

 24, 44; a portion, 2 Kings 9: 21, 26; a 

 plat of ground, 2 Kings 9: 26. 



osapa atoni, n., a scarecrow; a field 

 guard. 



osapa chuka talaia, n., a farmhouse. 



osapa isht atta, n., a farmer; a hus- 

 bandman; husbandry. 



osapa pilesa, v. t., to cultivate a field; 

 to farm. 



osapa takkon aiasha, n., a peach or- 

 chard. 



osapa toksali, v. t., to work a field; to 

 farm; to till a field. 



osapa toksali, n., a farmer; a planter; a 

 tiller of the ground; a husbandman; 

 husbandry. 



osapushi, n., a small field; a garden; 

 "a patch." 



osapushi apesachi, n., a gardener, John 

 20: 15. 



osapushi toksali, n., a gardener. 



o n sini, n., a bumblebee; a bumblebee. 



o n sini bila, n., a bumblebee's honey. 



o n sini hakshup, n., the comb of the 

 bumblebee. 



o n sini inchuka, n., the nest of the bum- 

 blebee. 



[oskau, n., the white crane (Sixtowns 

 dialect).— H. S. H] 



oski, uski, n., cane; oski naki, an arrow. 



oskoba, n., small cane. [This word is 

 worn down from oski holba, canelike, 

 and is often used as a synonym of ku n - 

 shak, a reed, reedbrake. As a local 

 name it still exists in the name of 

 Scooba, Mississippi. — H. S. H.] 



oskonush, n., old seed cane; oski onush 

 is the word in full; oskish, small, low 

 cane; oski shifilli, a small kind of cane. 



oskula, n., a pipe; a flute; a fife, Matt. 

 11:17; 9:23. 



o n ssi, n., an eagle; applied to the gold 

 coin called eagle. 



o n ssushi, n., an eaglet; an eagle's egg; 

 a young eagle. 



osh, an art. pro. in the nom. case. Li- 

 bias osh, Lebbeus whose, Matt. 10: 3. 



oshanichi, v. a. i., to have a redness or 

 soreness of skin; slightly inflamed. 



oshanichi, n., a redness and soreness of 

 the skin. 



oshawilah, n., a sty. 



oshan, n., the otter. 



oshato, n. , the womb; oshato nana afoyuka 

 keyu, Luke 23: 29; ishke imoshqto, John 

 3:4. 



oshetik, ushetik, n. (from ushi and lek) ; 

 a daughter, ushetik hqchiama, ye daugh- 

 ters, Luke 23: 28. 



o n shichakmo, v. a. i., to be wet with the 

 dew, as clothes, etc. 



oshke, see ishke. 



ot, an article pronoun. 



o n tapa; siaioMapa. 



otani, ottani, oktani (q. v.), to reveal, 

 Matt. 1: 18; 10: 26; 17: 3; John 9: 3; 

 Josh. 7: 15; ikimotaiyano, 1 Sam. 3: 7; 

 otqnichi, causative; see oktqnichi. 



otapi, n., a chestnut tree. 



oti, v. t., to make a fire; to kindle afire; 

 to strike up a fire; to kindle; to light; 

 to ascend; ulhti, oiulhti, pi. pp., kin- 

 dled, etc. ; ishtolulhti, "kindling wood." 



oti, n., a fire kindler. 



oti, uti, n., a chestnut. 



oti hakshup, n., a chestnut burr. 



