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A DICTIONARY OF THE CHOCTAW LANGUAGE 



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destroy, to utterly; okpqnit tali 

 destroy life, to; Jiopa tqpli 

 destroy the eye, to; nishkin okpqni 

 destroyed, okpulo 

 destroyed, utterly; okpulot taha 

 destroyer; chukiUissqchi, nan okpqni, 



okpani, yuli 

 destruction; aiokpuloka, alechi, qbi, illi, 

 illi atukla, nan okpulo, nuklakancha, 

 okpulo, shinuk/oka, shinuk kaha, yula 

 destruction, to cause; okpqnichi 

 desuetude, aksho 

 detail, anumpa 

 detail, to; anoli 

 detailed, anoa 

 detain, to; oktqbli 

 detained, ataklqma 

 detect, to; pisa 

 determine himself, to; ilap ahni, ilap 



anukfilli 

 determined, qlhpesa 

 dethrone, to; mi n ko kobqffi 

 dethroned, mi n ko kobafa 

 dethroned king, mi n ko kobafa 

 detriment, nan okpulo 

 deuce, tuklo 

 devastate, to; okpqni 

 devastated, okpulo 

 devastation, okpulo 

 develop, to; haiakqchi 

 developed, haiaka 

 deviate, to; apakfopa, ashqchi, folota, 



yoshoba 

 deviation, ashqchi 



devil, an unclean; shilombish okpulo 

 devil, the; nan isht ahollo okpulo, setqn, 



shilombish okpulo 

 devil's shoestring, the; imqllunsak, 



isimi n lusak 

 devious, fulomoli 

 devise, to; apesa, imissa 

 devoid; iksho, ilbqsha 

 devote, to; apesa 

 devour, to; qpa, qpqt tali, okpqni 

 devout, aba anumpa nukfoka 

 dew, fichak 



dew, heavy; fichak chito 

 dew, honey; fichak kasha^ha 

 dew, to become; fichak toba 

 dewberry, bissuntalali, haiyantalali 

 dewdrops, fichak 

 dexterous, imponna 

 diabetes, hoshu^wa shali 

 diadem, mi n ko imiachuka 



dial, hqshi isht ikhqna 



dialect, anumpa 



dialogue; anumpuli, itimanumpuli 



diameter, sukko 



diaper, apokshiama 



diaphragm; alaka, ilapa 



diarrhea; chula isht abeka, ikfia, ulbql 



isht alopulli, ulbql ont ia 

 dictate, anumpa qlhpisa 

 dictate, to; anumpa apesa, mihachi 

 dictator, anumpa apesa 

 dictionary, tikshqneli 

 did; hatuk, kqmo, tok, tuk 

 die, to; illi, luak mosholi 

 die in childbed, to; alia isht illi 

 diet; ilhpak, impa, impachi 

 differ, to; achowa, chowa, holba, inla 



ikholbo 

 differ, to cause to; achowa 

 different; ilabinka, ilaiyuka, inla 

 different and separate, ilami n ka 

 different clan, iksa inla 

 different places, kanon 

 difficult; ahchiba, okpulo, yukpahe keyu 

 difficulty; nan i n kanimi, nan isht taka- 



lama 

 difficulty, having some; nan inkanimi 

 diffidence; nukwia, takshi 

 diffident; nukwia, takshi 

 diffuse, to; fimmi 

 diffused, fimimpa 

 dig, to; itakshish kulli, kulli 

 dig a hollow, to; yakni kolukbichi 

 dig round, to; kullit apakfobli 

 dig the earth, to; yakni kulli 

 dig up, to; okchqli 

 digest, to; anukfilli, litoa 

 digger, kulli, na kulli 

 digging, kula 



dignify, to; aiokpqchi, holitoblichi 

 dignity, holitopa 

 dike; sakti ikbi, yakni kula 

 dike, to make a; sakti ikbi 

 dilate, to; chitoli 

 dilatory, sqlaha 

 diligence, aiokpqchi 

 diligent, aiokpqchi 

 diligently, achukmalit 

 dilute, to; homechi, kqllochi 

 diluted, homi 



dim; luma, toffokoli, tulhpakali 

 dim, to; oklilechi 

 dime, a; iskqli 

 diminish, to; haboffi, iskitinichi, lauechi 



