Let's Call to the Turkeys

Learn Your Native Language with Rosetta Stone Chickasaw

In episode 87 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, Grandpa Charlie takes Nashoba and Taloowa' on a turkey hunt.

chaloklowa' ahooba'; chaloklowa' ishhaksichi' — turkey decoy • ishti̲waa' — turkey call • í̲'shi — to have (in one's hands), to hold • tanampo — gun • ishi — to get (with one's hands), to take • ima — to give • naki' — bullets; ammo • chokkilissa — (to be) quiet • nosi — to sleep (go to sleep; be asleep) • to̲shpa — to hurry • hánglo — to hear • loksi' — turtle • shokha' chaklhihili'; chaklhihili' — possum • chaklhihili; chaklhiili — to smile, grin • katihmihta — why • samata — to shut up

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