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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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yakohmika, n., this way; this fashion; 

 this place. 



yakohmika ko n , "this is the cause," 

 Josh. 5: 4. 



yakoke, int., expressing thanks or 

 pleasure, when spoken quickly. 



yakoke, int. of regret, when spoken 

 slowly. 



yakoke ahni, v. a. i., to thank; to feel ' 

 thankful; yakoke cMmaiahnilishke, Matt. 

 11:25. 



yakolush, n., an earthen jug; same as 

 lukfi kotoba; see yaklmh. 



yakomi, yakohmi, pro. pi., these; sev- 

 eral; these here; hatak yakohmi, these 

 men, Acts 16: 17; yakohmi kakoke, "are 

 these," Matt. 10: 2; na yakohmi, these 

 things. Matt. 11:25. 



yakosi, n., a short time. 



yakosi, adv., instantly. 



yakosi itintakla, adv., suddenly, Luke 

 2: 13. 



yakosi ititakla, a., instantaneous; mo- 

 mentary; sudden. 



yakosi ititakla, adv., anon; immedi- 

 ately; forthwith. 



yakosi ititakla, yakosi itintakla, n., 

 a moment of time, Luke 4: 5; an in- 

 stant; a moment; a second. 



yakot, see yak. 



yalabli, v. t. , to do this. 



yalallaha, yalalloha, n., a quagmire; 

 see lukchuk yalallaha. 



yalatha, v. a. i., to tremble or quiver; 

 as meat just after being killed, and 

 while it is butchered. 



yalatha, n., a spasm or quivering of the 

 flesh; a local quivering or twitching of 

 the flesh. 



yalattakachi, v. a. i. pi., to quiver; to 

 twitch. 



yalattakachi, n. pi., spasms; quiverings. 



yalubba, yaloba, n., a tadpole; a pol- 

 liwog; a young frog. 



yalu n s, halu n s, n., a leech; a blood- 

 sucker; see yasunla. 



yalu n s chito, n., the horse-leech. 



yamaska, v. t., to knead; to work over 

 mortar, clay, etc. 



yamasli, v. t., to knead; to work over 

 mortar, clay, etc. 



yananta, v. n., to run along, as clouds 

 or water. 



yananta, n., a running; a flying. 

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yanalli, a., running; flowing; okayanalli, 

 running water; ikyanallo, a., stagnant. 



yanalli, v. a. i., to run, as water; to flow; 

 to glide; to pour; to go; to rill; to 

 stream; to trickle; to trill; oka yat 

 yanalli; yanahanli, freq. form. 



yanalli, n., a current of water; a flux; a 

 run ; a stream ; a tide. 



yanallichi, v. t., to cause to run. 



yanalli t issa, v. a. i. , to stagnate ; to stop 

 running. 



yanha, yanha, v. a. i., to have a fever. 



yanha, n., a fever. 



yano, yano (see ano, hano), the, Matt. 

 13: 48. 



yanusi, nan anusi (q. v. ), a cry for the 

 dead; obsequies. 



yanushkichi, Ch. Sp. Book, p. 60. 



yasinti, iasinti, n., an eel. 



yasunla, n., a leech (Sixtowns dialect). 

 [The best informed Sixtowns Indians 

 have informed me that Hasunlawi, the 

 Choctaw original from which the name 

 of Sooenlovie creek has been corrupted, 

 is itself a corruption of yasunlabi, mean- 

 ing leech-killer. On d'Anville's map 

 of 1 732 the name Sonlahoue is applied 

 to the Chickasahay river; later it was 

 transferred or restricted to the present 

 stream so called. — H. S. H. ] See yalu n s. 



yash, yashke (see ash and hash); ohoyo 

 himita yaxh, the damsel; Matt. 14: 11; 

 yasho; yashosh, Matt. 5: 25; leplosi yash- 

 osh, his said leprosy, Matt. 8: 3. 



Yashu, n., nameof a creek; perhaps from 

 iahashon. 



yatapa, v. a. i., to open wider, like a 

 hole in the flesh; used by butchers in 

 stretching up a carcass by the ham- 

 strings, which open, etc 



yatabli, v. t., to widen. 



yatosh, see hatosh. 



yatoshba, see hatoshba. 



yatotoa, a., mellow, like ripe fruit. 



yatotoa, v. n., to be mellow. 



yattotu n kachi, a., soft; yatokachi. 



yattotu n kachi, v. n., to be soft. 



yatuk (see atuk, hatuk); yutukokano, the, 

 Matt. 8: 12; yatukan, Josh. 4: 18; yatvk- 

 ma, the, Matt. 13: 34; yatukmat, the; 

 chuka yatukmat, the house, Matt. 10: 13. 



yatush, adv., alias; otherwise; sinii, 

 yatush Setan sinii holba ashosh, If a» im- 



