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From two nouns and an adjective: 



issuba haksobish falaia, a mule, horse-ears-long. 

 From a noun and a verb : 



iti bvslili, a tree-sawyer, 



shapo ikbi, a hat-maker. 



shulush ikbi, a shoemaker. 

 From two words connected by an article-pronoun : 



kanchit ^ya, a peddler, one that sells and goes. 



mvlht kvnia, a runaway, one that runs and is gone. 

 From two nouns and a verb : 



bila pvla ikbi, a lamp maker. 



lukfi ampo ikbi, a potter. ' 

 Other combinations are also in use. 

 10. Abstract nouns. 



These are usually formed from neuter verbs ; as, kvllo, to be strong, 

 strength; achukma, to be good, goodness; ahli (distinctive form of vhli, 

 edge, end, point, limit), to be true, truth. 



The translators of the New Testament rarely, however, use these words 

 alone, but combine others with them. 

 For examjjle: 



nayimmi, faith, I. Cor. XIII. 13. 



nannihuUo, love. 



nanisht i hullo, love. 



nanithana, knowledge, 2 Pet. 1, 5. 



ishtaivlbi, redemption. 



isht aholitopa, glory. Mat. VI. 13. 

 Often circumlocutions are used; as, 



nan-isht hvsh il a nanaiya, your j)eace, lit., the thing by which you 

 have peace in yourselves, Luke X. 6. 

 The suffix nana or nan gives an intensive signification; as, 



nanihullochi, accursed thing, Joshua VII. 13. 

 § 11. Proper nouns, and terms of relationship. 



These take the article-pronouns, and are construed like common nouns. 

 Some proper nouns are simple, others compound. Chahta, Mvskoki, 

 Chalaki, Wishashi, Shawvno, are simple, uncompounded names. Bulban- 

 cha, the Choctaw name of New Orleans, is compounded of bvlbaha ^sha, 

 where there is bvlbaha, unintelligible talking in dift'erent languages, as in 

 Babel of old. 

 Apalachicola, apelvchi okla, helping people, allies. 



Pensacola, pijshokla, hairy people. 



Pascagoula, pvskokla, bread people. 



Tombigbee, itomikbi, box makers. 



Bok humma. Red river. 



Boktuklo, river two, applied to a creek the channel of which is divided 



by an island. 



1 A number of words have been adopted from the English, and a few from French and Spanish. 

 They all suffer some change. Thus, katus, acat; shapo, chapeau ; wak, vaca (Sp-); enchil, angel. 



