laapparent form of the per. pron., 1st per. sing., I, me, found after active verbs; before chi, he, hinla, wa, heto, etc. It is derived from li, and is pronounced la for the sake of euphony or, more probably, because a first vowel of the above words, a, is merged in la.
Browse Choctaw – English
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lahba1a.warm; tepid; lukewarm, applied to liquids, water, milk, etc.;2pp.warmed; heated.
lahbato be warm or tepid.
lahbawarmth.
lahbʋchito warm; to heat; to make lukewarm.
lakablito notch deep.
lakapato be notched; ite ʋt lakampʋt kʋnia; lakapoa; v. a. i., pl.; lakapoli, v. t. pl.
lakchidregs; grounds; feces; grains; lees; papulæ; pimples on the skin; sediment.
laknayellow; russet; saffron; ripe; iklakno, a., unripe, as pumpkins; lakna, v. n., to be yellow.
laknadyed yellow; rusted; turned yellow; colored yellow; painted yellow.
laknayellow.
laknato rust.
laknarust; bile; the poison of venomous serpents; choler or bile; the yolk.
lakna a̱sharusty; bilious.
lakna inchitobilious; having a redundancy of bile.
lakna inchitoto be bilious.
laknʋbirusty; ripened or yellow, as fruit turned yellow.
laknʋbito be rusty; to rust, as wheat; to turn yellow.
laknʋchito rust; to turn it yellow; to color yellow; to dye yellow; to paint yellow; to saffron.
laknʋchione who dyes yellow; a painter who paints yellow.
lakofanotched; indented; scored.
lakofaa notch; a deep notch; a hack; an indent; a score.
lakoffising., to notch; to cut a notch; to score; aboha itabana lakoffi, house log notches.
lakohlinotches; indents.
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