Brief List Of Words Used By The Choctaw At Bayou Lacomb
List of Choctaw Words
| English | Choctaw |
|---|---|
| arrow | ino’ke |
| basket | taposhake |
| bayou | kwahonoshe’ |
| black | losa |
| blowgun | haklu’mpa |
| blue | ocha’kwa |
| bow | tansheba’ta |
| cane | uske |
| cat | kãte |
| Coon | sha’we |
| corn | tonche |
| cow | wak |
| crayfish | shatje |
| dart (for blowgun) | shurnã’nte |
| devil (evil spirit) | nanapolo |
| dog | ofe |
| drum | the’ba |
| eight | ontuchina |
| Fire | Lowak |
| five | takla’pe |
| four | ko(shta’ |
| god (good spirit) | aba |
| green | chamale’ |
| gun | tanapo |
| half | La sha’pa |
| horn (cow’s) | lape’she |
| hundred (one) | taleba chafa |
| knife | bashpo |
| lightning | mala’tha |
| long | falaya |
| magnolia | kàtlaha |
| mortar | kite |
| nine | chale |
| one | chafa |
| opossum | soka’ta |
| palmetto | tala |
| pestle | kêtoke |
| pipe | ashun’kwa |
| Prairie | inhulata |
| red | huma |
| rice | honoshe |
| river | bogu |
| seven | ontogola |
| sieve | ishsho’ha |
| six | hanna’le |
| spoon | sti’mpa |
| strap (for basket) | aseta |
| sumac | bushucha |
| tattooing | hanchahale |
| ten | pokwole |
| three | tuchenn’na |
| thunder | heloha |
| tobacco | achumon |
| two | tuglo |
| water | okwa |
| white | tobe |
| winnowing basket | obfko’ |
| yello | lokwana |
My Great Grand Father was Choctaw from Alabama.
He had children by an African American my Fathers side..
I have always wanted to learn about my Greats culture as I realize it is part of my unknown own.
Topics:
Choctaw, Dictionary,Locations:
St. Tammany Parish LA,Collection:
Bushnell, David I., Jr. The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St Tammay Parish Louisiana. Washington Government Printing Office. 1909.