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shuti iyasha o n Iipa, n., a pot lid. 



shuti oka aialhto , n. , a water-pot, John 



2: 7. 

 shuti tana, n., a potter; one who makes 



shuti. 

 shutik, n., the sky; the heavens; heaven, 



Matt. 11: 23, 25; 16: 2. 

 shutik aha, n., the firmament, 

 shutik hata, n., daybreak; light in the 



sky. 

 shutik iklanna, n., midheaven. 

 shutik tabokaka, n., heaven; the circle 



or the convex of the sky; the heavens, 

 shutukshonli, v. a. i., to breathe quick 



and hard, as in speaking Choctaw loud 



and fast; to pant, 

 shutushi, n., a small earthen pot or ves- 

 sel; lit., a son of the shuti. 



t, sign of the nom. case or the art. the, 

 placed at the end of nouns and 

 adjectives. It has a definitive sense, as 

 in ilappa, ilappat, yamma, yammat; in 

 verbs, toksalit ia, for work he goes; t 

 defines or marks out to work as an 

 object, like to in English. 



t, a conjunctive form of the article. 

 It connects two verbs when both have 

 the same nom., or where there is but 

 one nom., as chumpat ia, abit apa, mak- 

 ing a compound verb. The letter t 

 suffixed to the particles a, ha, ya, ka, 

 ma, gives them a connecting power, 

 and toka and oma, a definite sense. 



t, placed at the end of particles is a sign 

 of the nom. case, as kat, ot, at. 



t, when suffixed to a verb or adj. 

 often gives it the force of an adverb, 

 as achukmat a^sha, he sits well; he is 

 well; achukmat is a word that qualifies 

 a^sha. t has a definite as well as a 

 connecting office, namely that of sin- 

 gling out and connecting two nomina- 

 tives to different verbs. But see 

 above. 



ta, adv. of time, doubt, and surprise, as 

 ish lot ta? have you been here some 

 time, and I did not know it (recent past 

 tense)? The word to which this is suf- 

 fixed takes a t, as ishlaf ishlatta. - I 

 think that ta is definite and to dis- 

 tinctive, ishlatbatta? def., ishlattof 

 dist. 



tahakli, v. a. i., to gallop; to canter. 



tabakli, n., one who canters; a gallop. 



tabaklichi, v. t., to canter; to gallop; to 

 cause to canter or gallop. 



tabashi, tabashi, v. a. i., to mourn for 

 the dead; to wear mourning clothes. 

 When the old Choctaw mourn they 

 put on old, filthy garments, and do not 

 wash, shave, comb, or visit or attend 

 any assembly of people. They also 

 cry several times daily at the grave or 

 at the poles set up for the dead, called 

 mourning poles, 2 Sam. 14: 2. 



tabashi, n., a mourning. 



tabash, n., a mourning person, or in time 

 of mourning; a nickname given to a 

 poor fellow in Apehka, who died some 

 years since; see tabashi. 



tabeli, see isht tabeli. 



tabikli, v. a. i., to limp; see chahikli 

 and ha^chi. 



tabikli, n., a limper. 



tabokaka, n., the top; an eminence; 

 the summit; the vertex. 



tabokoa, v. a. i., to reach the meridian. 

 The sun, moon, or stars may tabokoa. 



tabokoa, n., the meridian; noon; mid- 

 day; the middle of the arch of heaven; 

 the highest point. 



tabokoa, a., vertical. 



tabokoli, tabokonli, v. a. i., to reach 

 the meridian; tabokoli mat illitok, when 

 he reached noon, he died, 2 Kings 4: 20. 



tabokoli, tabokuli, n., noon; midday; 

 midheaven; meridian; noonday; mid- 

 night; zenith. 



tabokoli foha, n., a nooning. 



tabokoli foka, n., noontide; about noon. 



tabokoli ikono, n., before noon. 



tabokoli impa, n., dinner. 



tabokoli impa ima, v. t., to give a 

 dinner. 



tabokoli impa impa, v. t. , to dine. 



tabokoli ontia, n., afternoon; past noon. 



tabokonli, see tabokoli. 



tabokuli, see tabokoli. 



tachammaha, n., a brass ring for the 

 wrist, formerly worn by women. 



ta n chuka, n., sugar cane. 



ta n fula, n., Indian hominy; their drink. 



ta n fula hauashko, n., sour tanfula. 



ta n fula okchi, n., the liquid part of the 

 Indian hominy. 



tah may be a particle formed from the 

 definite certain a and compounded with 

 t, suffixed to the previous word. 



