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pit imahni, v. t., to beckon to them; 

 to wish them, Luke 5:7; pit okqchi, v. 

 t., to let down into water, Luke 5: 5; 

 pit takalechi, v. t., to launch out, Luke 

 5: 4; pit takanli, Matt. 6: 21; pit chumpa, 

 to send and buy; pit anoli, to send 

 word; pit ima, to hand him; to send to 

 him; pit pisachi, Matt. 4: 8; aba pit ish- 

 anumpuli, thou talkest toward heaven; 

 pit chukowa, entered into, Matt. 9: 1; 

 pit tanqbli, passed over, Matt. 9: 1; pit 

 weli, he put forth, Matt 8: 3; pit tileli, 

 he sent forth, Matt. 10: 5; pit itula, to 

 fall in; pit halqlli, to lay hold on, Matt. 

 12: 11. 

 poa, n., a beast; a wild beast; vermin, 

 poa aiasha, n. , a menagerie. 

 poa chito, n., a mammoth. 

 poa lapish. achafa, n., a unicorn, 

 poa nipi, n., flesh; the flesh of animals, 

 poa nusi, n. , a burrow ; the nest of a wild 



beast. 

 poa okpulo, n., bad wild beasts. 

 poa ushi, n., vermin; young vermin, 

 poafa, a., unfortunate; unlucky, 

 poafa, v. n., to be unfortunate; to be un- 

 lucky; ampoafqshke, I have bad luck, 

 poafachi, poafichi, v. t, to cause mis- 

 fortune; to make or cause bad luck, 

 poafachi, n., the name of a weed that 



dyes black. 

 poakachi, v. a. i., to wave high; to roll 



high, as great waves. 

 poakachi, n., a high wave, 

 poakachi, pp., made to run high, as 



waves, 

 poalichi, poyalichi, v. t., to cause the 

 waves to roll high, or to move either in 

 waves or with the tides; to shake 

 water; as isht ishko oka anit poalichit la- 

 tabli, to rinse a cup. 

 pochu n hatapa, n., a whipsnake; ipochi 



itimapa. — Harris, 

 pochuko, v. a. i., to place the feet to- 

 gether and sit on the heels as Choctaw 

 women do; to sit with them placed 

 sideways. 

 pochuko, n., one who sits on her heels, 



or with them sideways. 

 pohkul, fohkul (q. v.); n., a hornet, 

 pohokachi, v. a. i., to fluctuate, 

 pohota, nampoheta (q. v.), n., a gown. 

 pokafa, v. t., to smite with the open 

 hand or paw; to be dashed; to fall 



against; itapokqfa, to dash against each 

 other; oka pokafa, to dash water. 

 pokafa, n., a smiter. 

 pokaha, v. t., to smite with the open 



hand hollowed. 

 pokaffi, v. t., to strike sideways. 

 pokoli, n. , a decade, 

 pokoli, a., ten; X; 10; pokoli auahchqfa, 

 a., eleven; XI; 11, and so on to 19; 

 pokoli tuklo, a., twenty; XX; 20; a 

 score; pokoli isht tuklo, a., twentieth; 

 20th; or, isht pokoli tuklo, and so of 

 other numbers above 20; pokoli tuchina, 

 a., thirty; XXX; 30, Matt. 13: 8; po- 

 koli isht tuchina, a., thirtieth; 30th; po- 

 koliushta, a., forty; XL; 40; two score; 

 pokoli isht ushta, a., fortieth; 40th; or, 

 isht pokolushta; pokoli talapi, a., fifty; 

 L; 50; pokoli isht talapi, isht pokoli ta- 

 lapi; pokoli hanali, a., sixty; LX; 60; 

 three score, Matt. 13: 8; pokoli untuklo, 

 a., seventy; LXX; 70; pokoli untuchina, 

 a., eighty; LXXX; 80; fourscore; po- 

 koli isht untuchina, eightieth; LXXX; 

 80th; iwkoli chakali, a., ninety; XC; 90, 

 Matt. 18: 12; pokoli chakali akocha chak- 

 kali, ninety and nine, Matt. 18: 12, 13; 

 pukoli tukloha, adv., twenty times; in 

 the same way add ha to the other num- 

 bers in order to express the same thing, 

 i. e. as times; pokoli tuklo bat tuchina, 

 three times 20, or three score. 



pokoli, v. t., to plait; to pucker up; also 

 pp. ( see pokulichi ) . 



pokospoa, n., clusters of grapes, Rev. 

 14: 18. 



pokota, pakota (q. v.), v. a. i., to break. 



pokota, pp., broken. 



pokpo, n., cotton, name most common 

 in the southern part of the old nation. 



pokpokechi, v. t., to make suds, froth, 

 or lather; to lather; to spume. 



pokpoki, v. a. i., to foam; to froth. 



pokpoki, n., suds; froth; lather; foam; 

 scum; spume. 



pokpoki, a., frothy. 



po n kshi, po n kchi, n., a bulb; a knot on 

 the side of a tree; a knob; a navel gall; 

 a toadstool. 



pokshia, v. a. i., snarly; tough, as a 

 piece of wood; itapokshia, snarled to- 

 gether, like tough timber which will 

 not split. 



