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owa, n., a hunt; a long hunting expedi- 

 tion; when hunters are absent for 

 weeks or months; owa chito, owa ishto, 

 from whence is said to come Washita, a 

 big hunting place. [This is certainly 

 erroneous. The Washita was named 

 from a tribe which probably spoke a 

 language entirely distinct from Choc- 

 taw. — Eds.] 



owatta, v. t. ( from owa and qtta) , to hunt. 



owatta, n., a hunter. 



pachanli, v. a. i. sing., to crack; to chap; 



to open; oti at pachanli, yakni a^ 



pachanli, ibbak at pachanli. 

 pachanli, pp., cracked; chapped; opened, 

 pachanli, n., a crack; a chap, 

 pachanlichi, v. t. or caus., to cause to 



crack open. 

 pacha n si, a., shallow. 

 pachalh, n., a mat made by weaving the 



bark of cane; a cane mat. 

 pachalhpali, pachalhpuli, n., a striped 



snake; the gartersnake. 

 pachashli, v. a. i., pi. of pachanli, to crack 



open; pachashli, pp.; pachashlichi, v. t. 



pi. or caus. 

 pachashli, n., cracks. 

 pa n fa, pass, v., challenged. 

 pa n fi, v. t., to challenge; to brave; to offer; 



to dare; to defy; to stump; to provoke; 



to fall on; tinkba sapa n fi, he challenges 



me first; iti">panfi, to challenge each 



other; }nt n ffi, nasal form. 

 pa n fi, n., a challenge. 

 pa n fi, nan pa n fl, n., a challenger. 

 pa n richi, v. t., to cause to challenge; to 



cause a challenge, 

 pahshala, v. a. L, to be rough; iti hak- 



shup atpashala. 

 pahshala, a., rough; husky. 

 pahshala, n., roughness; huskiness. 

 paieli, v. a. L, to wave, as water and 



standing grain or grass; oka at paieli, 



mali hat mali na onush at paieli. 

 paieli, n., a wave; a waving. 

 paielichi, v. t., to cause waves. 

 paiofa, v. a. L, to bend over, as the edge 



of a hoe or the leaf of a book; chahe at 



paiofa; baslqio at paiofa. 

 paiofa, pp., bent up; bent over, 

 paiofa, n., a bend or batter on a tool. 

 paiofiBL, v. t., to bend up; to batter; to 



dull a tool. 



paiofn, n., one who bends. 



paioha, pp. pi., bent up; bent over. 



paiokachi, v. a. i., to wave; to swell and 

 roll as water; to ride on the waves. 



paiokachi, pp., waved; tossed on the 

 waves; okfochush at oka ka paiokachi, 

 the duck is tossed on the water. 



paiolichi, v. t, to cause the waves to flow; 

 to cause a tree to wave; to shake; mali 

 hat oka yon paiolichi; iti an paiolicheli. 



paioli, v. t. pi., to bend over; to bend 

 up. 



paiolichi, v. t., to cause to bend. 



pa n kachu n si, pa n kacha n shi, pa n ku- 

 chashi, n., a small sour grape. 



pakalichi, a.; umba pakalichi; v. i., to 

 rain hard. 



pakama, a., pp., deceived; fooled; im- 

 posed upon. 



pakama, n., deceit. 



pakamoa, pp. pi., deceived; fooled. 



pakamoli, v. t. pi., to deceive; to im- 

 pose upon. 



pakanli, v. a. i., to blossom; to bloom; 

 to flower; isito apt atpakahanli na bilia. 



pakanli, pp. , blossomed ; blown ; bloomed ; 

 flowered. 



pakanli, n., a blossom; a blow; a bloom; 

 a flower. 



pakanli laua, a., flowery; full of blos- 

 soms. 



pakanlichi, v. t., to cause to blossom, etc. 



pakammi, v. t., to deceive; to cheat; 

 isht pakammi, to witch. 



pakammi, n., a deceiver. 



pa n kapi, n., a grapevine; a vine. 



pa n kapi aholokchi, n., a vineyard. 



pa n ki, pa n kki, n., a grape; grapes, Matt. 

 7:16. 



pa n ki chito shila, n., a raisin. 



pa n ki okchi, pa n k okchi, n., wine; grape 

 juice; the juice of the grape. 



pakna, n., the top; the upper side; the 

 surface; the face, Matt. 6: 10; patalhpo 

 pakna, on a bed, Matt. 9: 2; aboha pak- 

 na, house top, Matt. 10: 27; 16: 19; 

 Josh. 2: 11; apakna, an abundance; 

 paknali, pi., the outside. 



pakna, v. n., to be on the top; itimpakna, 

 v. t., to compete; kil itimpakna, let us 

 compete; to rival; to strive; ikitimpakno, 

 not strive, Matt. 12: 19. 



paknaka, n., the top; the surface; the 

 brim; the peak; yakni paknaka, John 



