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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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tiktikechi, v. t., to spot. 



tiktiki, a., spotted; having small spots. 



tiktiki, v. n., to be spotted with small 

 spots. 



tiliko, taliko, n., wheat (a Chickasaw 

 word). 



tiliko bota, n., wheat flour. 



tiliko palaska, n., wheat bread. 



tiliko palaska iskatini, n., a biscuit; 

 a wheat cake. 



tilikpi, a., blunt; dull (as an old ax). 



tilikpi, tikilbi, telihpa, n., an ancient 

 kind of shield, made of stiff hide of a 

 cow, or of an alligator, and tied to the 

 body; a target. This word was not 

 generally known in 1854. See 1 Kings 

 10, 17; telihpa is the modern word, 

 while tilikpi is the old word. 



tilofa, a., pp., broken off; abridged; 

 short; laconic; anumpa tilofa, a short 

 talk or speech; iti tilofa, a stump. 



tilofa, v. n., to be short. 



tilofa, v. a. i., to break, 1 Sam. 4: 18. 



tilofasi, a., shortish; short; brief; suc- 

 cinct; the diminutive of tilofa; anumpa 

 tilofasi kia chiaiokpachelachi hoke. 



tiloffi, v. t., to break short off; bqshpushi 

 an tiloffi, to break the blade of a pen- 

 knife; notia n tiloffi, to break off a tooth; 

 noti an bolit tiloffi, to strike and break off 

 a tooth. 



tiloha, a., pp., pi., short; broken off; 

 abridged; Hi tiloha; anumpa tiloha; noti 

 tiloha. 



tiloha, v. n., to be short. 



tilokachi, a. pi., loose and standing up 

 (not hanging down), and so as to bend 

 or swing backwards and forwards, as 

 at a joint or as the broken limb of a 

 tree; ibbak tilokachi, the wrist joint. 



tilokachi, v. n. pi., to be loose, so as to 

 swing; iti at tilokachi. 



tilokachi, n., a joint; ibbak tilokachi, 

 wrist joint; ibbak ushi tilokachi. 



tiloli, v. t, v. a. L, pi., to break off short; 

 noti at tiloli. 



tilolichi, v. t., to break them off, Matt. 

 12: 20, (reeds). 



tilukachi, v. a. i., to say tiluk, the noise 

 when anything hard is broken off, equal 

 to saying tilofa, and used in speaking of 

 a joint snake when broken in two. 



tila, n., a mark. 



tila, pp., marked; hewed; blazed, as a 

 tree. 



tilaya, v. a. i. dual and pi., to run; to 

 flee; tilahanya, pi., 2 Sam. 15: 1, falamat 

 kehotilaya. 



tilaya, n., runners. 



tilaya, pp., driven out. 



tilayachi, v. t. to run. 



tilefa, pp., squeezed; hichi at tilefa. 



tileli, v. t. pi., to drive out, Matt. 14: 35; 

 Josh. 3: 10; 13: 6, 13; to expel; to send, 

 Matt. 2: 8; 10: 16; 11: 2; 13: 36; 14: 

 15, 35; Mark 11: 1; to make them run; 

 to run; to drive, 2 Kings; 9: 21; to send, 

 Josh. 7: 2, 22; 8: 3; an s hat tileli, to send 

 from, John 1: 19; tilihinli, freq. ; tilit, 

 contracted form. 



tileli, n., driving, tileli kqt, the driving, 

 2 K. 9: 20. 



tilelichi, v. t., to cause to go, Gen. 45: 

 24. 



titi, v. t., to blaze; to mark a tree; to 

 hew; to whittle. 



tili, n., a marker. 



tilichi, v. t., to sharpen a stick by cut- 

 ting; to bring to a point; to sharpen 

 wood with an edge tool; to whittle. 



tiliffi, v. t, to squeeze with the fingers; 

 hichi an tiliffi. 



tilit hobachit ikbi, v. t., to sculpture. 



tiloa, pp., pi., squeezed. 



tiloli, v. t. pi., to squeeze. 



timihachi, v. a. i., to hum; to buzz, as 

 bees; Joe bilishke at timihachi. 



timihachi, n., a buzzing; a stir. 



timikachi, v. a. i., of the beating of a 

 drum; to sound, as a drum; alepa yqt 

 timikahanchina haklot ayali, I heard the 

 beating of a drum as 1 came along. 



timikli, v. a. i., to beat; to throb; to 

 palpitate; chu n kqsh at timikli. 



timikmekli, timikmikli, v. a. i., to 

 beat, as the heart. 



timikmeli, timikteli, v. a. i., to beat 

 quick; to throb; to pulsate; sachu n kqsh 

 at timikteli, my heart beats hard; timik- 

 tinli, n. i. 



timikteli, pp., thumping, fluttering. 



timpi, n., the shoulder or swell of a bot- 

 tle near the neck. 



tipelichi, v. t. sing., to strike; to smite 

 with the hand, fist, or a stick, but to 

 strike something soft, as a bed or the 

 flesh; ikkishi ako n tipelichi, topa ha n ti- 



