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 |