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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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yahyachi, n., a trot. 



yaiya, v. a. i., to cry; to weep; to moan; 

 to howl; to wail; to lament; tobeweep; 

 to bewail; to bleat, as sheep, and to 

 screak; to scream; to screech; to shriek; 

 to snivel; to squall; to squeal; to wail; 

 to whimper; liachi n yaiyaka, we have 

 mourned unto; hachikyaiyoshke, ye have 

 not lamented; ayahanya, there crying, 

 Matt. 8: 12; yahaflya, Matt. 13: 50; isht 

 yaiya, v. t., to cry on account of or 

 about; to lament; to moan; ishtikyaiyo, 

 a., unwept; ilinyaiya, to cry for each 

 other, as Joseph and Benjamin, Gen. 

 45: 14. 



yaiya, n., obsequies; a funeral cry, etc. 



yaiya, n., a weeper. 



yaiya, n., a crying; a cry; one who cries; 

 a mourner; a mourning; a shriek; a 

 squall; a wail; a wailing, Matt. 13: 42. 



yaiya, a., mournful. 



yaiya shali, n., a sniveler; one who is 

 addicted to crying. 



yak, art., the; see ak and hak, Matt. 

 17: 25; yak on, the, Matt. 14: 5, 10; 

 yak, rel. pro., see ak and hak; yak- 

 banno, Matt. 4: 4; yako, pro., this 

 or thus; yak a n sha, they are here; yakot, 

 thus; yak ahaya, he said this or thus; 

 yakanshwa, they are here; yakahanchi, 

 Matt. 13: 24; yakitonlalishke, 1 Sam. 3: 

 4; yak hikialishke, 1 Sam. 3: 5; yako 

 hikia, to stand thus or here. 



yak, adv., thus; yak achishke, thus saith; 

 2 Kings 9: 3, 6; 2 Sam. 24: 12, here; 

 yak hinlishke, yak ashashke, 2 Sam. 24: 

 22. 



yak, adv., here; yakanta, he is here; yak 

 manya, Matt. 4: 3. 



yaki, yakeh, lo; look here; behold; see; 

 come, John 4: 29; behold, Matt, 12: 2; 

 Josh. 7: 21. 



yaklash, yakolush, n., a jug; an earthen 



jug- 



yakmichi, yakohmichi, v. a. i., to do 

 thus. 



yakni, n., the earth, Matt. 11: 25; Josh. 

 2: 11; the world; land; soil; ground; 

 nation; coast, Matt. 15: 39; 16: 13; 

 country; empire; kingdom; province; 

 state; a continent; district; dust; the 

 globe; territory; yakni is compounded 

 with the name of a people to express 

 the name of their country, as Chu 



yakni, Judea, or the land of the Jews; 

 i n yakni, home, his land, their coasts, 

 Matt, 8: 34; inyakni aiatta, home born; 

 yakni achafa, one country. 



yakni, a., temporal; worldly. 



yakni achukma, n., good land; a good 

 country; fertile land. 



yakni ahalaia, n., secular; terrestrial. 



yakni aiali, n., the coast; the land's end. 



yakni anu n ka waya, n., ground peas; 

 groundnuts; peanuts. 



yakni anu n kaka, n., the inside of the 

 earth, or under the ground. 



yakni anu n kaka, a., subterraneous; 

 underground. 



yakni anu n kaka lua, n., a volcano; a 

 • burning underground. 



yakni apisa ali, n., a landscape. 



yakni atoksali, n., cultivated land; 

 yakni ikatoksalo, n., wild land. 



yakni alhpisa, n., a plot. 



yakni alhpisa hikia, n., a landmark. 



yakni ali, n., the end of the land; the 

 edge of the land; a frontier. 



yakni bala,n., ground peas; ground- 

 nuts. 



yakni basha, n., plowed land. 



yakni bashli, v. t., to plow. 



yakni bikeli, n., a tongue of land. 



yakni bukli, n., a gopher, by some called 

 yumbak, or yakni bokli. 



yakni bunto, n., a round hill; a mound. 



yakni chiluk, n., a cave; a cavern; a pit; 

 aholein theground; achasm; afissure; 

 a hole; a hollow. 



yakni chula, n., surveyed land; land 

 surveyed and laid off in sections; sec- 

 tions of land; lots. 



yakni chuli, v. t. , to survey land ; to lay 

 off land in sections; to run off land. 



yakni chumpa, n., a land speculator. 



yakni foi, n., the yellow jacket's nest or 

 comb; a yellow jacket; a small yellow 

 wasp. 



yakni foishke, n., a yellow jacket; a 

 small yellow wasp. 



yakni f ullota, yakni f ullota moma, n. , 

 all over the world; the circuit or cir- 

 cumference of the earth; a region. 



yakni haiaka, n., a desert, Luke 1: SO; 

 Matt. 4: 1; a wilderness, Luke 3: 2, 

 Matt. 11: 7; 15: 33; Josh. 1: 4; 8: 15. 



yakni haknip, n., a continent. 



yakni hichukbi, n., a cave. 



