Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 7

for food by the Indians. Jewitt gives CHAMASS as the Nootka for _fruit,_ also for _sweet, or pleasant to the taste._
~K��m-ooks~, _n._ Chinook, KLK��BOKES. _A dog._ Kahkwa kamooks, _like a dog; beastly._
~Ka-mo'-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _Beads._ Tyee kamosuk (chief beads), _the large blue glass beads._
~Kap-su-��l-la~. Qu?re u. d. _To steal._ Kapsualla klatawa, _to steal away;_ kapsualla mamook, _to do secretly._
~K��t-suk~, or ~K��t-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The middle or centre of any thing._
~Kau'-py~, _n._ English. _Coffee._
~Ka-w��k~, _v._ Chihalis, KAUAK. _To fly._ Not in general use.
~K��w-ka-wak~, _adj._ Chinook, K?KAWAK. _Yellow, or pale green._
~Ke��-kwil-lie~, _prep._ Chinook, KIK'HWILI. _Low; below; under; beneath; down._ Mamook keekwillie, _to lower;_ mitlite keekwillie, _to set down; put under._ Not used in the sense of "down stream."
~Keep'-wot~, _n._ Chinook, OKW��POWA; Yakama, KAPUS, a pin (Pandosy). _A needle; the sting of an insect; a thorn._ Shoes keepwot, _an awl._
~Keh'-loke~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _A swan._ Of local use only.
~Keh'-see~, or ~Ki'-su~, _n._ Chinook, EK��SO. _An apron._
~K��h-wa~, _adv._ Qu?re u. d. _Because._ Not in common use.
~Kel'-a-pi~, or ~K��-la-pi~, _v._ Chinook, KELAPAI. _To turn; return; overturn; upset._ Kelapi canim, _to upset a canoe;_ hyak kelapi, _come back quickly;_ kelapi kopa house, _go back to the house;_ mamook kelapi, _to bring, send, or carry back;_ kelapi tumtum, _to change one's mind._
~Kes'-chi~, or ~K��h-tsie~. Chinook, KUKHTSI (Anderson). _Notwithstanding; although._ Keschi yakka mamook kahkwa, _although he did so._ Not in common use.
~Ket'-ling~, or ~Kit'-ling~, _n._ English. _A kettle; can; basin, &c._
~Kil-it'-sut~, _n._ Chinook, OKWILIKTSHUT. _Flint; a bottle; glass._
~Kim'-ta~, or ~Kim-tah'~, _prep._ Chinook, KIMTA. _Behind; after; afterwards; last; since._ Klatawa kimtah, _go behind;_ nika elip, pe yakka kimtah, _I first, and he afterwards;_ okook kimtah, _the one behind;_ kimtah nika nannitsh mika, _since I saw you._
King Chautsh, _adj._ English, KING GEORGE. _English._ King chautshman, _an Englishman._
~Ki'-nootl~, or ~Ki'-noos~, _n._ Chinook, EKAINUTL. _Tobacco._
~Kish-kish~, _v._ Chinook, idem. _To drive,_ as cattle or horses.
~Kiu'-a-tan~, _n._ Chinook, IKIUATAN. Cooley kiuatan, _a race-horse;_ stone kiuatan, _a stallion._
~Ki'-wa~, _adj._ Wasco, KAIWA (Shaw). _Crooked._ Of only local use.
~Ki'-yah~, _n._ Chihalis, KAIYAKH. _Entrails._
Klah, _adj._ Chinook, KLAKH. _Free or clear from; in sight._ Ex. Chee yakka klah, _now he is in sight;_ klatawa klah, _to escape, as a prisoner;_ chahko klah (of seed), _to come up;_ (of the woods), _to open out;_ (of the weather), _to clear up;_ mamook klah, _to uncover._ Mr. Anderson gives as the original meaning, _to open out or appear._
~Klah-hanie'~, or ~Klagh-anie'~, _adv._ Chinook, KLAKHANI. _Out of doors; out; without._ Ex. Mamook klaghanie okook, _put that out;_ klatawa klaghanie, _to go out._
~Kla'-how-ya.~ The ordinary salutation at meeting or parting. _How do you do? good-bye;_ as, klahowya sikhs, _good-bye, friend._
~Kla-h��w-yum~, _adj., n._ Chinook, KLAH��UIA. _Poor; miserable; wretched; compassion._ Ex. Hyas klahowyum nika, _I am very poor;_ mamook klahowyum, _to take pity on; give alms; be generous._
The salutation above given probably originated in some whining reply to the first whites, and a distinction has since arisen between the two modes of spelling, which is, however, purely arbitrary.
~Kl��h-wa~, _adv._ Chinook, KLAWAKH. _Slow; slowly._ Ex. Klatawa klahwa, _go slowly._
Klak, _adv._ Chinook, KLAKW. _[To take] off._ Ex. Mamook klak stone kiuatan, _to castrate a horse;_ mamook klak l'assiette, _take off the plates;_ klak kopa wayhut, _get out of the road._
~Kl��k-sta~, or ~Kluk'-sta~, _pron._ Chinook, T'KLUKSTA. Ex. Klaksta mamook okook? _who made or did that?_ halo klaksta, _no one._
~Kl��k-wun~, or ~Kl��h-kwan~, _v._ Chihalis, KLAKWUN._To wipe, or lick._ Klakwun l'assiette, _to wipe a plate._
Klale, or ~T'klale~, _adj._ Chinook, TLEHL. _Black, or dark blue, or green._
Klap, _v._ Chinook, KLAP. _To find._ Ex. Mika na klap mika kiuatan? _did you find your horse?_ klap tenas, _to be with child._
~Kla'-pite~, _n._ Chinook, KLIPAIT. _Thread; twine._
~Kl��s-ka~, or ~Klus'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, KLUSKA. _They; thine; them._
~Klat'-a-wa~, _v._ Nootka, KLATTUNWAH (Jewitt); Nittinat, KLAT?UKH. _To go._ Klatawa te��hwit, _to walk; go on foot;_ klatawa kopa kiuatan, _to ride;_ klatawa kopa boat, _to sail;_ mamook klatawa, _to send._
~Kla-wh��p~, _n._ Chinook, KLHUAP. _A hole._ Mamook klawhap, _to dig a hole._
~Klem'-a-hun~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To stab; to wound; to dart; to cast as a spear; to hook or gore as an ox._ Nika klemahun samun, _I spear salmon._
Klihl, or Klilt, _adj._ Chinook, KLIHL. _Bitter._ Not of universal use. Mr. Hale makes it KLITL, _sour._
~Klik'-a-muks~, _n._ Chinook, KLIKABUKS. _Blackberries,_ or more properly _dewberries._
~Klik'-wal-lie~, or ~Kloke'-wal-lie~. Chinook, KLIKWALI. _Brass wire; an armlet or bracelet of brass wire._ Mr. Anderson gives the original meaning as simply _brass._
~Klim-in'-a-whit~, _n., v._ Chinook, KLIMINAWHUT. _A lie; to lie._ Hyas kumtuks kliminawhit, he is a great liar (literally, _he knows well how to lie_).
~Klim'-min~, or ~Klimmin-klimmin~, _adj._ Chinook, TKLEMIN-TKLEMIN. _Soft; fine in substance._ The reduplication denotes the diminutive, but in jargon it is generally used singly. Ex. Klimmin sapoleel, _flour;_ klimmin illahie, _mud; marshy ground;_ mamook klimmin, _to soften as by dressing a skin._
Klip, _adj._ Chinook, KELIPE; Chihalis, KLUPUTL; Nisqually, KLEP. _Deep; sunken._ Klip chuck, _deep water;_ klip sun, _sunset._
~Klis'-kwiss~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _A mat._
~Kl��gh-klogh~, _n._ Chinook,