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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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wahwali, wahwuli,n., a whip-poor- will, 

 waiahpa, v. a. i. (from waiya and ahpi), 



to bow down; see John 8: 6. 

 waiaya n ya, waiayaya, motion of a horse 



in bending down his head to eat as he 



passes along, 

 waioha, n., bends. 



waioha, v. a. i. pi., to bend; iti at waioha. 

 waioha, pp. pi., bent, 

 waiohachi, v. t., to bend, 

 waiya, n., a bend; a stoop, 

 waiya, v. a. i. sing., to bend; to impend; 



to lean; to recline; to swag; to sway, 

 waiya, pp., bent, 

 waiya, a., slant; slanting. 

 waiyakachi; ito n vaiyakachi, to lean on 



each other, as fallen cane stalks; tanchi 



at waiyakach i. 

 waiyachi, v. t., to bend; to incurvate; to 



lean; to slant; to stoop; to sway. 

 wak, n., a cow; general name of the cow 



kind, and is of common gender and of 



both numbers; cattle; kine; neat; beef; 



beeves; black cattle. This word is 



probably an attempt to imitate the 



Spanish word vaca. 

 wak afamrni, n., a yearling cow. 

 wak aiasha, n., a range for cattle; a 



place where cattle resort, 

 wak aiimpa, n., a manger; a rack; a 



cow trough; a cow range; a stall for 



cattle, 

 wak aiitanowa, n., a cow trail or path; 



a cow range, 

 wak apistikeli, n., a herdsman; a gra- 

 zier; a neatherd, 

 wak abi, n., a butcher, 

 wak atampa, n., a yearling; one over 



a year old and under two years. 

 wak bila, n., the fat of beef; suet, 

 wak bishahchi, n., a milch cow. 

 wak hakshup, n., a cowhide, 

 wak hakshup ahumma, wak hakshup 



ahummachi, n., a tannery; a tan yard; 



a tan vat. 

 wak hakshup alallichi, n., a lapstone. 

 wak hakshup humma, n., sole leather; 



leather, 

 wak hakshup hummachi, n., a tanner; 



a leather dresser. 

 wak hakshup isht hummachi, n., ooze; 



tanner's bark, 

 wak hakshup lusa, n., upper leather. 

 wak hakshup lusachi, v. t., to curry. 



wak hakshup shemachi, n., a currier. 

 wak hakshup shukcha, n., a portman- 

 teau; saddle bags, 

 wak hobak, n., a steer; an ox; a bullock, 

 wak hobak to n ksali, n., a working 



steer; a working ox. 

 wak i n holihta, n., a cowpen; a cow 



yard, 

 wak inlukfapa, n., a cowlick, 

 wak ishki, n., an old cow that has had 



calves, 

 wak isht fama, n., a cow whip, 

 wak isht inchu n wa, n., a cow brand, 

 wak itichapa, n., a yoke of cattle, 

 wak itihalalli, n., a yoke ot oxen, 

 wak i n yalhki, n., cow dung; muck, 

 wak i n yalhki ont ashachi, pp., ma- 

 nured. 

 wak lapish, n., a cow's horn, 

 wak lapish iksho, n., a cow without 



horns, 

 wak nakni, n., a bull, 

 wak nakni nipi, n., bull beef, 

 wak nali tohbi, n., a line- back cow; a 



wdiite-back cow. 

 wak nia, n., tallow, 

 wak nia ahama, pp. , tallowed, 

 wak nia ahammi, v. t., to tallow. 

 wak nia pala, n., a tallow candle, 

 wak nipi, n., beef; the flesh of an ox or 



cow. 

 wak nipi albani, n., barbecued beef, 

 wak nipi apa, n., a beef-eater. 

 wak nipi shila, n., dried beef; cured 



beef, 

 wak pelichi, n., a herdsman; a grazier, 

 wak pishukchi, n., cow's milk, 

 wak pishukchi nia, n., butter of kine; 



butter, 

 wak pishukchi palaska, n., cheese. 

 wak tek, n., a cow; cows; kine. 

 wak tek himmeta, n., a young cow; a 



heifer; a young kine. 

 wak toksali, n., an ox; a working ox. 

 wak toksali abankachi, n. pi., ox 



yokes, 

 wak to n ksali abanaya, n., an ox yoke, 

 wak to n ksali hioli achafa, n., an ox 



team, 

 wak to n ksali innuchi, n., an oxbow, 

 wak to n ksali itapata, n., a yoke of 



oxen; a pair of oxen. 

 wak toksali itichapa, n., a yoke of 



working cattle. 



