Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 8

OKL��KHKLO. _Oysters._ The word is common to the Puget Sound tribes, as well as to the Chinooks.
~Klo-n��ss~, _adv._ Chinook, idem. Expression of uncertainty or doubt. _Perhaps; I don't know; may be so; who knows?_ Equivalent to the Spanish _quien sabe._ Ex. Klonass nika klatawa, _perhaps I shall go. Q._ Kah mika kahpho? _where is your brother? A._ Klonass, _I don't know._
Klone, _adj._ Chinook, TKLON. _Three._
Klook, _adj._ English. _Crooked._ Klook te��hwit, _broken legged; lame._
~Klootch-man~, _n._ Nootka and Tokwaht, KLUTSMA. _A woman;_ a female of any animal. Tenas klootshman, _a girl;_ klootchman kiuatan, _a mare._
Klose, or Kloshe, _adj., adv._ Nootka; Tokwaht, KLOHTL; Makah, KLOTELO; Nisqually, KLOB. _Good; well; well enough._ Kloshe nannitsh, _look out; take care;_ hyas kloshe, _very well._
~Klose-spose~. Nootka, KLOHTL; English, SUPPOSE. _Shall or may I; let me._ Ex. Klose-spose nika mamook pia okook? _shall I cook that?_ (literally, _[is it] good that I make cook that?_).
Klugh, or ~Klugh-klugh~. Chinook, KLUKH. _To tear._ Mamook klugh illahie, to plough (literally, _to tear the ground_).
~Kluk-ulh'~, or ~Klak-alh'~, _adj._ Chihalis, TLUKUTLH. _Broad or wide,_ as of a plank.
Ko, _v._ Chinook, idem. _To reach; arrive at._ Chee klaska ko, _they have just come;_ kansih nesika ko kopa Nisqually? _when shall we reach Nisqually._
~Ko'-ko~, _v._ Chinook (by onoma). _To knock._ Koko stick, _a wood-pecker._
~Kok'-shut~, _v._ Nootka, KAKHSHETL; Klaokwat, KW��CHITL. In the original, _dead._ _To break; broken; to beat._ Hyas kokshut, _broken to pieces._
~Kon'-a-way~, _adj._ Chinook, K��NAW��. _All; every._ Klaska konaway klatawa, _they have all gone;_ konaway tilikum, _everybody;_ konaway kah, _everywhere._
~Koo'-sah~, or ~K��-sah~, _n._ Chinook, EK��SAKH. _The sky._ Only used on the Columbia.
~Ko'-pa~, _adv., prep._ Chinook, idem. _To; in; at; with; towards; of; about; concerning; there or in that place._ Ex. Kopa nika house, _at my house;_ lolo okook kopa mika, take that home with you (equivalent to the French _chez vous_); cultus kopa nika, _it is nothing to me. Q._ Kah okook lope? _where is that rope? A._ (motioning with the chin towards the place) Kop��h.
~Ko-pet'~, _v., adv._ Chinook, idem. _To stop; leave off; enough._ Kopet wau-wau, _stop talking;_ kopet ikt, _only one;_ kopet okook, _that's all;_ wake siah kopet, _nearly finished;_ kopet tomalla, _day after to-morrow._
Kow, _v._ Chinook, KAU-KAU. _To tie; to fasten._ Kow mika kiuatan, _tie your horse;_ ikt kow, _a bundle._
Kull, _adj._ Chinook, K'HUL-K'HUL. _Hard in substance; difficult._ Chahko kull, _to become hard;_ mamook kull, _to harden; to cause to become hard;_ hyas kull spose mamook, _it is very hard to do so;_ kull stick, _oak or any hard wood._
~Kul-lagh'~, or ~Kul-lagh'-an~, _n._ Chihalis, KULLAKH; Lummi, KULLUKHAN. _A fence; a corral, or inclosure._ Kullagh stick, _fence rails._ In the original, it meant the stockade with which Indian houses are often surrounded.
~Kum'-tuks~, or ~K��me-taks~, _v._ Nootka, KOMMETAK (Jewitt); Tokwaht, KUMITUKS; Clayoquot, KEMITAK. _To know; understand; be acquainted with; imagine; believe._ Mamook kumtuks, _to explain; teach;_ hyas kumtuks solleks (literally, _well to understand anger), to be passionate;_ kopet kumtuks, _to forget;_ halo kumtuks, _stupid; without understanding;_ (of a horse) hyas yakka kumtuks cooley, he can run fast (literally, _he knows well to run_); kumtuks kliminawhit, _to be a liar; to understand lying;_ nika kumtuks okook tyee, _I know that chief;_ nika kumtuks Klikatat wau-wau, _I understand the Klikatat language._
~Kun'-a-moxt~, _adj._ Chinook, KONAWAY MOXT. _Both; together_ (literally, _all two_). Kunamoxt kahkwa, _both alike._
~Kun'-sih, Kan'-sih, Kun'-juk, Kun'-jie~, _adv._ Chinook, KUNS��UKH. _How many; when; ever._ Kunsih tilikum mitlite? _how many people are there?_ kunsih mika klatawa? _when do you go?_ wake kunsih, _never;_ mamook kunsih, _to count._
~Kush'-is~, _n._ Chihalis, KOSHIS. _Stockings._ In the original, any elastic article of dress. Not in general use.
~Kwah'-ne-sum~, _adv._ Chinook, KW��NISUM; Yakama, KW��LISIM. _Always; forever._
~Kw��h'-nioe~, _n._ Klikatat, KWADDIS. _A whale._
~Kw��hta~, _n._ English. _The quarter of a dollar._ The quarter of any number is usually expressed in Jargon by _tenas sitku,_ i.e., _a small half._
~Kwah'-tin~. See YAKWAHTIN.
Kwaist, or Kweest, _adj._ Chinook, KWAITST. _Nine._
~Kwa-lal'-kwa-lal'~, _v._ Chinook, KWULLIL-KWULLIL. _To gallop._
~Kwal'h~, _n._ Chihalis, KWATLH. _An aunt._
Kwann, _adj._ Chinook, KWAN-KWAN. _Glad._ According to Mr. Anderson, it means a custom or habit. It is used by some in this sense as tamed or _broken,_ as of a horse (McCormick). KWAL is Nisqually for _tame._
Kwass, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Fear; afraid; tame._ Mamook kwass, _to frighten; to tame._
Kwates, or Kwehts, _adj._ Chihalis, KWETS. _Sour._
~Kw��h-kweh~, _n._ Chinook, OKW��KWE (by onoma). _A mallard duck._ Used chiefly at mouth of the Columbia.
~Kw��k-wi-ens~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A pin._ Of limited use.
~Kw��o-kw��o~, _n._ Chinook, T'KWEO-KWEO. _A ring; a circle._
Kwetlh, _adj._ Chihalis, idem. (Anderson). _Proud._ Not in general use.
~Kwin'-num~, _adj._ Chinook, KWENEM. _Five._
Kwish, or Kweesh, _interj._ Refusing any thing contemptuously. Equivalent to "_No you don't._" Used on the lower Columbia.
~Kwit'-shad-ie~, _n._ Nisqually, KWUTSHDIE. _The hare or rabbit._ Confined to Puget Sound.
~Kwo-lann'~, or ~Kwo-lah'-nie~, _n._ Chihalis, KWOL��N; Nisqually, KWILANI. _The ear._ Halo kwolann, or, ikpooie kwolann, _deaf._
Kwulh, or Kwult, _v._ Chinook, KWULT'H. _To hit; to wound with an arrow or gun; to strike with a slick