Chahta leksikon : a Choctaw in English definition for the Choctaw academies and schools / by Allen Wright ; revised by T.L. Mellen.

  • Wright, Allen, 1826-1885.
Date:
1904
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Credit: Chahta leksikon : a Choctaw in English definition for the Choctaw academies and schools / by Allen Wright ; revised by T.L. Mellen. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFAC'K. The demand for the English definition of tlie Clioe- taw language having been great and extensive for a few years past, the author has undertaken to meet the urgent necessity. Therefore this volume is now laid before the public as a contribution to the long- felt want of the non-English-speaking Choctaws, as well as of the non-Choctaw-speaking people. It is not professed to be a perfect and complete work of the kind. Every ettdrt, however, has been rendered to give as correct a delinition as possible; but, there being so many particles which cannot be defined by themselves, except in connection with nouns and verbs, no doubt there will be found, to many, inex- plicable prefixes and affixes. But, on the whole, those who desire to know only the meaning of either Choctaw or English, without trying to fully know the roots and all the euphonic changes, will find suffi- cient for their purpose. A partial help has been se- cured from an anonymous manuscript Definer and the old Choctaw Definer. If the work supplies that which was desired, the author will deem himself am- ply paid for long and laborious effort. I respectfully subscribe myself a friend of learn- ing. THE AUTHOR.