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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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patakitta, n., a brave. 



patha, a., wide; broad; capacious; large; 

 ample; extensive, Matt. 7: 13; hopatka, 

 pi.; ikpqtho, a., narrow; scanty; pp., 

 narrowed. 



patha, v. n., to be wide, broad. 



patha, n., width; breadth; latitude. 



patha*, pp., widened. 



patha alhpiesa, a., ample; wide enough. 



pathachi, v. t., to widen; to make broad; 

 ikpathochi, v. t., to straiten; to narrow. 



patkachi, pp. pi. spread; pqlli, v. t. 



pattasachi, see palasqchi. 



peh, adv., merely; simply; just; nothing; 

 only, Josh. 1: 7; 2: 11; as peh makali, 

 peh iali, nothing only I am going; peh ik- 

 lanna, just middling. 



peh a n sha, a., neutral; merely sitting. 



peh a n sha, v. n., to be neutral; merely to 

 stay or sit. 



peh alhpesa, a., ordinary. 



pehna, pp., saved, as seed kept for plant- 

 ing. 



pehna, n., seed for planting; seed corn. 



pehnachi, v. t, to save or lay up seed 

 corn, or any seed for planting; ish- 

 pehnqchi alhpesa, you ought to save the 

 seed. 



pehta, n., a raft; afloat. 



pelechi, n., a brood; a litter; pelechi 

 achqfa, one brood. 



peli, v. t. pi., (pass., piha; sing., ishi), to 

 take up; to take away dust, dirt, leaves, 

 grass, to shovel up; to take up by means 

 of an instrument; to rake; to scoop; to 

 gather fish, Matt. 13: 47. 



peli, n., one who takes up; a scooper. 



pelicheka, pelecheka, n., a ruler; a 

 chairman; a presiding officer; a mod- 

 erator; a dominator; an earl; the ex- 

 ecutive; a governor; a head; a head 

 man; an intendant; a leader; a presi- 

 dent; a superintendent; master, Matt. 

 10: 25; pelecheka gliha, rulers. 



pelichi, v. t. pi., to manage; to order; to 

 overrule; to oversee; to reign; to rule; 

 to superintend ; to sway; to govern more 

 than one, Mark 11: 11; to conduct; to 

 lead, Matt. 15: 14; to control; to con- 

 voy; to direct; to dominate; to dom- 

 ineer; to reign over, Luke 1: 33; to 

 take, as a husband or father takes, 

 Matt. 2: 20, 21; to guide; to head; to 

 keep; to lord; to marshal; to preside, 



■ Matt. 8: 9; 12: 45; pel! nch i, nasal form; 

 peliechi, pro. form; peliet; pelint, Luke 

 6: 17[?]. 



pelichi, n., a reign; a rule. 



pelichi, n., a ruler; a leader; a governor; 

 a chief; a controller; a guide; a lord; a 

 manager; a marshal; a master; a presi- 

 dent; a principal; a rector; a regent; a 

 ringleader, Matt. 2: 4; 13: 52; 16: 21; 

 John 3: 1; okla pelichi, officers of the 

 people, Josh. 1: 10. 



pelichi achafa, n., a company. 



pelichika aiasha, n., a throne; a ruler's 

 seat. 



penafana, n., a helm; a steering oar. 



penalopulli, n., a ferry. 



peni, n., a boat; a trough; a barge; a 

 yawl; a skiff; a canoe; peni o n , a ship, 

 Matt. 9: 1; peni chukowama, when he 

 was entered into a ship, Matt. 8:23; peni 

 asho n , the ship, Matt. 8: 24; a pirogue; 

 a ship, Luke 5: 2, 3; Matt. 14: 13, 24, 

 32, 33; pehni at qla, the boat has ar- 

 rived; a ferry; peni qto, the ship, Matt. 

 14: 24. 



peni ahoponi, n. , a caboose. 



peni alota, n., a cargo; a shipload; a 

 ship's cargo. 



peni ataiya, n., a boat landing; a land- 

 ing; a harbor; a port. 



peni ataya, a., navigable. 



peni chitataya, n., a ship harbor; a 

 harbor; a haven. 



peni chito, n., a ship; a brig; a vessel; 

 a large boat; a sailer; peni hocheto, n., 

 ships; shipping. 



peni chito aiitibi, n., a sea fight; a 

 naval action ; a frigate. 



peni chito fohki, v. t., to ship; to put on 

 board of a ship; to embark. 



peni chito fohkit pila, v. t., to ship. 



peni chito foka, pp., shipped; em- 

 barked. 



peni chito foka, v. a. i., to embark. 



peni chito ibish, n., the bow of a boat. 



peni chito ikbi, n., a shipbuilder; a 

 shipwright. 



peni chito i n kotah, n., the mast of a 

 ship. 



peni chito isht a n ya, n., a shipmaster; 

 a sailor. 



peni chito kapetani, n., a shipmaster 

 or a ship captain. 



peni chito koa, n., a shipwreck. 



