Browse Choctaw – English
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la apparent 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 .
lahba 1 a. warm; tepid; lukewarm, applied to liquids, water, milk, etc.; 2 pp. warmed; heated.
lahba v. n. to be warm or tepid.
lahbʋchi v. t. to warm; to heat; to make lukewarm.
lakabli v. t. to notch deep.
lakapa v. a. i. to be notched; ite ʋt lakampʋt kʋnia ; lakapoa ; v. a. i., pl.; lakapoli , v. t. pl.
lakchi n. dregs; grounds; feces; grains; lees; papulæ; pimples on the skin; sediment.
lakna a. yellow; russet; saffron; ripe; iklakno , a., unripe, as pumpkins; lakna , v. n., to be yellow.
lakna pp. dyed yellow; rusted; turned yellow; colored yellow; painted yellow.
lakna n. rust; bile; the poison of venomous serpents; choler or bile; the yolk.
lakna a̱sha a. rusty; bilious.
lakna inchito a. bilious; having a redundancy of bile.
lakna inchito v. n. to be bilious.
laknʋbi a. rusty; ripened or yellow, as fruit turned yellow.
laknʋbi v. n. to be rusty; to rust, as wheat; to turn yellow.
laknʋchi v. t. to rust; to turn it yellow; to color yellow; to dye yellow; to paint yellow; to saffron.
laknʋchi n. one who dyes yellow; a painter who paints yellow.
laknoba from lakna holba a. drab; drab colored; rusty; yellowish.
lakofa pp. notched; indented; scored.
lakofa n. a notch; a deep notch; a hack; an indent; a score.
lakoffi v. t. sing., to notch; to cut a notch; to score; aboha itabana lakoffi , house log notches.
lakohli n. notches; indents.