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CHEROKEE.

175 Walnut

176 Grapes

177 Strawberries

178 Sugar

179 Wild beast

180 Skin, of animal

181 Horn

182 Tail

183 Buck

184 Doe

185 Fawn 186 Elk 187 Moose

188 Panther 189 Raccoon 190 Opossum 191 Mouse 192 Bear skin 193 Deer skin 194 Beaver skin

195 Fat

196 Horse

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206 Fly

207 Honey-bee 208 Honey 209 Feathers 210 Wings 211 Bill 212 Eagle 213 Cock 214 Hen

215 Fins

216 Whale

217 Sturgeon 218 Perch

219 Pike

220 Trout
221 Cat-fish
222 Chub-fish
223 Frog
224 Fish-bone

225 Birth

226 Death

227 Love

228 Hatred 229 Marriage 230 Pregnancy 231 Lying in

VOL. II.

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sawquili

waka kanali, (gelding beef creature)

waka agisi, (female beef creature)

waka agina, (young beef creature)

ahwi (unawtena), (wool bearing) animal of the deer kind siqua

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232 Sickness
233 Hunger

234 Pain
235 Shape
236 Breath

237 Sleep
238 Person
239 Thing

240 Something
241 Nothing
242 Noise
243 Shriek

244 Howling

245 Voice
246 Word

247 Name

248 Cold, (subst.)

249 Heat

250 Dampness
251 Length

252 Breadth
253 Depth

254 Height
255 Circle

256 Square

257 Ball, (a sphere)

258 Measure, (ves-
sel, &c.)

259 Hole
260 Calamity
261 Wonder
262 Harmony
263 Affection
264 Offspring
265 Source
266 An evil

267 Trouble

268 Labour

269 Laziness

270 Strength

271 Dominion

272 Ability, of doing

273 Time

274 Great

275 Greater

276 Greatest

277 Tall

278 Strong 279 Stronger

280 Strongest 281 Heavy 282 Light 283 High 284 Low 285 Damp 286 Dry 287 Thick

288 Sharp

ungyugi, (a disease)

agawna

yungwi kawhusti kawhusti

tla kawhusti, (not anything)

taquatawung, (my name)

kasaqualung, (adj.) (spherical)

atalesung, (hole, pit dug)

aqualingunggung, (my strength)

equa

utli equa, utitlung equa, (followed by eska, than, in a less degree)

utli equa, utitlung equa, (not followed by eska) inung ikati, (far extending upwards) ulinigitiyu, (third person)

utli ulinigitiyu, (followed by eska) utli u'linigitiyu, (not followed by eska) kagetiyu, or, kageti

utasakahi (yu)

kalunglati (yu) elati

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315 My

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nihi

ayung

aquatseli, (my, one thing); tiquatseli, (my, more than

one thing)

tsatseli, (one); titsatseli, (more than one)

utseli (1) tutseli

utseli (1) tutseli

ginatseli, (of thee and me)

istatseli, (of you two); itsatseli, (of more than two)

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336 Where

hatlung

337 Here

338 There

339 At 340 Above 341 Below 342 Over 343 Under 344 Within 345 Far

ahni

na, nahna

kalunglatitlung, (adverb) elatitlung gatusi hawinititlung

inung

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346 When 347 Now

348 Soon

349 Then

350 Always

351 Never

352 Long ago 353 Formerly 354 Hereafter

355 Before

356 After 357 Once 358 Twice

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386 To die

387 To say

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saquo, (one) A variation in the form of the verb makes tali, (two Sone, two, &c., to signify once, twice, &c.

gataw, (what); (with some verb, as gataw nikungneha, what doing)

awsiyu awstung

uyaw uyawstung Adjectives used as adverbs

usinuli

uskanawli

kataw naw

expressed by a prefix to the verb; viz. tsi iyu

ale, 'naw, ('naw is inseparable, like the Latin que) ale

nasquo

yigi

aquola, (I am sitting)

tsinungka, (I am lying) tsitawga

gale whistiha

tsiluga

tsiyuhigai, (I am going in a boat) aquagilungtiha

tsinawhilitawha

kaliha kawgiska

tsiyawhuska katiha

388 To confer, to treat kalinawheha, (I am conversing)

389 To marry

390 To think

391 To know

392 To wish 393 To hear

tekatsiyatsungstiha, (I am marrying them) gatanungteha

tsikataha aquatuliha tsiyatunggiha

COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY OF THE CHOCTA AND MUSKHOGEE. OUT OF 600 WORDS, THE FOLLOWING 97 HAVE SOME

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