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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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pichelichi, bichillichi, v. t., to burst 



them; to break them; to cause to ooze 



out. 

 pichi, pihchi, n., sorrel, name of a weed; 



see hachukkashaha. 

 pichiffi, v. t., to squeeze, so that some- 

 thing will run out. 

 pichilli, bichilli, v. a. i. jA.,pichefa, sing., 



to ooze out; to leak out; to run out; to 



leak; to drip; oka yat sakti yaP pichilli; 



italhfoa yat bichilli, the keg leaks. 

 pi n fa, pp., brushed off; scraped away; 



scraped; hituk at pinfa; pinfat itanaha, 



scraped together. 

 pi n fi, v. t., to brush off; to scrape away; 



to scum ; to sweep away, as water carries 



off leaves and the earth; hituk a n pi n fi; 



pinfit itannali; hashtap a n pi n fi; bok an 



pi n Ji. 

 piha, pp. (irompeli), taken up; shoveled 



up; scooped; scummed; hituk chubi at 



piha; ahe at piha; tanchi at piha. 

 pihcha, pihchi, n., a loft; a chamber; a 



corn crib raised from the ground by 



long posts. 

 pihchi, see pichi. 

 pikalichi, v. t., to rinse, as a bucket or a 



cup when dirty. 

 pikayu, n., a groat; a half dime; half abit. 

 pi n ki, n., our father. 

 Pi n ki aba, Aba pi n ki, n., our Heavenly 



Father; God. 

 Pi n ki chito, n., our great Father; the 



President of the United States. 

 Pi n ki chitokaka, n., our great Father; 



the President. 

 Pi n ki ishto, n., our Great Father; God; 



Po n ki ishto, the Chickasaw equivalent. 

 Pi n ki ishtoka, n., our Great Father; the 



President of the United States; Pinki 



ishtokaka aba binili, our Great Father 



who sits in Heaven, 

 pikofa, v.a. i., sing., to chafe, as, it chafes; 



to fret by rubbing; to fret; to gall. 

 pikofa, pp., chafed; heated; fretted by 



rubbing; excoriated; fretted; galled; 



isvba nali at pikofa; isuba haktampi at 



pikofa. 

 pikoffi, v. t., to chafe; to fret and wear 



by rubbing; to excite inflammation by 



rubbing; to excoriate; to gall. 

 pikoffi, n., a chafer; one who chafes, 

 pikoffichi, v. t., to cause to chafe, 

 pikofichi, n., a chafer. 



pikoli, pikoli, v. a. i. pi , to chafe; to 

 fret by rubbing. 



pikoli, pp., chafed; fretted; rubbed till 

 sore. 



pikolichi, v. t., to chafe; to fret; to rub. 



pi n kshi,n., a knag; a knot; as tiak pi n kshi, 

 a pine knot. 



pila, v. t., to pitch; to project; to trans- 

 mit; to send; to throw; to cast; to toss; 

 to fling; to heave; to forward; to con- 

 vey; to dispatch; to further; to launch; 

 holisso pila, to convey a letter; anumpa 

 i n pinia, Josh. 2: 3; holisso et pela, to 

 send a letter this way; holisso pit pela, to 

 send a letter that way; ilepila, to cast 

 himself down. 



pila, n., a cast; a throw; a fling. 



pila, n., a sender; a caster; a thrower. 



pila, adv., toward and in a direction 

 from the speaker; off; toward. 



pilashash, yesterday, John 4: 52. 



pilefa, v. a. i., to bend over, like the edge, 

 of a hoe. 



pilefa, pp., bent over. 



pilefa, n., a bend. 



pilesa, v. a. i., to work; to labor; to toil. 



pilesa, n., a laborer. 



pilesa, n., labor; work. 



pilesachi, v. t., to work; to cause to work; 

 to labor; amisuba ha n pilesachi . 



piliffi, v. t., to pull up. 



pilla, prep., at, to, from, or in a distant 

 place or time; pilla refers to space and 

 time both; off to; off there or at, as 

 falammi pilla, to the north; at the north; 

 aiali pilla, Matt. 12:42; Chintail aiasha 

 pilla, the way of the Gentiles, Matt. 

 10: 5; toward, 2 Sam. 24: 5. This dif- 

 fers from pila (q. v. ), meaning toward, 

 in the direction of; ilgppa pilla, away 

 yonder; away this way. 



pilla, adv., away; away off ; remotely. 



pilla, v. a. i., to be free; "freely," Gen. 

 2:16; pilla hon, "freely," Matt. 10:8. 



pilla, adv., merely; nothing; a Chickasaw 

 word having the force of peh in Choctaw. 



piloa, v. a. i. pi., to bend over; pilefa, 

 sing. 



piloa, pp., bent over. 



piloli, v. t. , to bend them over. 



pilema, pihmha, v. t., to bend, as the 

 leg; iyi at pilimha, to bend; pilimkachi, 

 pi. 



