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A DICTIONARY OP THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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infatuation; insanity; lunacy; madness; 

 mania; rabidness; a reverie; a trance. 

 tasembochi, tasemochi, v. t., to craze; 

 to make anothei delirious; to distract; 

 to infatuate; to render insane; to shat- 

 ter; to stultify; to turn, 

 tasemmo, tasemo, see tasembo. 

 tasim holba, a., foolish, 

 tasimbo, n., a rake; a somnambulist, 

 tasuha, v. t., to snap with the thumb 



and finger, 

 tasup, n., a snap. 

 tasupachi, v. a. i., to snap; to sound, 



as when a person thus snaps. 

 ta n sh afotoha, n., a corn mill. 

 ta n sh akka pushli, n., corn suckers. 

 ta n sh apatulli, n., corn suckers. 

 ta n sh api, n., a cornstalk; a cob. 

 ta n sh api isht peli, n., a harrow. 

 ta n sh bokanli, n., pop corn. 

 ta n sh chilluka, n., shelled corn. 

 ta n sh fotoha, n., ground corn; corn 



meal. 

 ta n sh fotohli, n., a miller. 

 ta n sh haklupish, n., corn chaff. 

 ta n sh haksi, n., white corn; flour corn. 

 ta n sh hilo n ha, n., a roasting ear. 

 ta n sh hinak, n., a corn tassel. 

 ta n sh hishi, n., corn fodder; see tanchi 



hishi, and tanchi hishi sita. 

 ta n sh hoshunluk, tashhishunluk, corn 



bran. 

 ta n sh hoyo, n., corn harvest. 

 ta n sh isht alhpisa, n., a corn measure; 



a bushel of corn. 

 ta n sh kallo, n., flint corn. 

 ta n sh lakchi, n., corn grits; pimples on 



the face. 

 ta n sh luf a, n. , shucked corn. 

 ta n sh nihi, n., a kernel of corn; a grain 



of corn. 

 ta n sh pa n shi, n., corn silk. 

 ta n sh pa n shi holusi, n., corn silk when 



dry and brown. 

 ta n sh pushi, n., beaten corn meal; flour. 

 ta n sh shikowa, n., corn tied up by the 



husks to dry; cf. tanchi shikoa. 

 ta n sh shila, n., dry corn; ripe corn. 

 ta n sh ushi, n., Canada corn; small corn; 



lit., baby corn. 

 ta n sh waya, n., ripe corn. 

 ta n shyammaska,n., corn dough; dough, 

 tashaiyi, n., an island or isle; that 



which is surrounded by something, as 



land by water, as the wood of a handle 

 in the eye of an ax, by the iron of the 

 ax. 



tashaya, a., slanting; applied to cut- 

 ting off a tree when not cut square off. 



tashke, particle of assertion of some- 

 thing in remote past tense. 



tashukpa, n., spunk; tinder; touchwood. 



tashukpa holba, n., a sponge. 



tabashi, see tabashi. 



tabbana, a., bent. 



tabbana, v. n., to be bent; uskilumpa 

 yqt tabbana, the blowgun is bent. 



tabbanachi, v. t., to bend; isht qbbanachi- 

 tuk, you bent it. 



tabbannohah, pi. of tqbbonah. 



tabi, n., a cane; a staff; a crutch; a 

 walking stick or staff. 



tabi, taxnbi, n., the termination of the 

 names of many men. 



tabi isht bakaha, v. t. , to cane. 



tabi isht isso, v. t., to cane. 



tabikli, v. a. i., to limp. 



tabikli, n., a limper. 



tabli, tapli, v. t. sing.; qmo and tqptuli, 

 pi.; to sever, Matt. 5: 30; to separate; 

 to cut off, Matt. 14: 10; 1 Sam. 2: 31; 

 Josh. 7: 9; to cut in two; to snap; to 

 snip; to sunder; to top; to break in 

 two; to clip; himonna tabli, to sever 

 once; to disjoint; tabli hosh isld anta, 

 clipping, employed in severing, etc.; 

 to dissever; to dock; hasimMsh tabli. 



tabli, n., a breaker. 



tablichi, taplichi, v. t., to cause to sever; 

 to pluck, Luke 6:1. 



tala, v. a. i., to stand; to set; to fix; ontqla, 

 v. t., to ride; to sit on. 



tala, pp., placed; set; ampo at tola, the 

 bowl is set or placed. 



tala achafa, n., one set; a set. 



talaboa, n., an anvil. 



talaboH,n., a blacksmith's shop; a forge. 



talahabli, n., a stirrup. 



talahabli isht talakchi, n., a stirrup 

 strap or stirrup leather. 



talashuahchi, tali ashuahchi, n., a 

 grindstone. 



talatakali, n., an iron hook; an iron 

 hinge. 



talalhpi, n. , an iron spoon. 



talba n sa, n., petrifaction. 



talbal, n., a double-wove basket made 

 of the bark of cane. 



