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ilbuk

[il-buk]

noun

LanguageChickasaw

Meaning
  1. Humes' spelling of ilbak
  2. hand
  3. This is a historical spelling variation for the Chickasaw word for hand. You will most often see it in older written documents.
Examples

Ilbuk iyyi akostinichi.

The hand knows the foot.

Ilbuk ilhtokola.

My hand is cold.

Pronunciationil-buk

Part of speechnoun

Registerarchaic

Usage noteThis is an archaic spelling of the word for hand; use 'ilbak' for modern standard writing.

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