Gathering Wild Onions

Season 3 • Episode 93

Learn Your Native Language with Rosetta Stone Chickasaw

In episode 93 of Rosetta Stone Chickasaw, Lili' explains how to gather wild onions.

ato̲falla' imilhlha' — wild onions • chofalli; chifalli — to clean • achifa — to wash, wash clean • holhfo — to grow • ishtaya — to start, to begin to • himitta — (to be) young • sipokni — (to be) old • kallo — (to be) hard; tough • chohmi/chihmi — to be like or act like; be kind of • hashshok — grass • ahooba — to seem, look like • kolli — to dig • ilhko'chi — to shake (something) • lokfi' — dirt • bíyyi'ka — to have all over • wilili — to fall (inanimate plural subject) • bashli — to cut • alhchifa — to be washed clean

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Gathering Wild Onions

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