Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 7

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~Kah'-kah~, _n._ Chinook and Nisqually (by onoma.), SKAKA. _A
crow._

~Káh-kwa~, _adv._ Nootka; Tokwaht, ACHKO. _Like; similar to;
equal with; as._ Kahkwa nika tumtum, so I think (literally, _such [is]
my heart_); kahkwa hyas nika, _as large as I;_ kahkwa spose, _as if;_
kloshe kahkwa, _that is right; good so._
~Kah'-na-way~, _n._ Chinook, T'KANAWÉ. _Acorns._ Kahnaway
stick, _the oak._ Used only on the Columbia river.
~Káhp-ho~, _n._Chinook, idem. _An elder brother, sister, or cousin._
~Káh-ta~, _adv._ Chinook, KÁTA. _How; why._ Kahta mika mamook
okook? _why do you do that?_ kahta mika chahko? _how did you
come?_ kahta mika? _what is the matter with you?_ pe kahta? _and
why so?_
~Kal-ak-a-láh-ma~, _n._ Chinook, OKALAKALAMA. _A goose._
Used on the lower Columbia river.
~Kal-a-kwáh-tie~, _n._ Chinook, KALAKWATI; Clatsop,
KL'WHELATL. The inner bark of the cedar (thuja); _the petticoat, or
skirt, formerly worn by women, and often made of strands of bark._
Kalakwahtie stick, _the cedar-tree._
~Ka-li'-tan~, _n._ Chinook, TKLAITAN. _An arrow; shot; a bullet._
Kalitan le sac, _a quiver; a shot-pouch._
~Kal-lak'-a-la~, or ~Kul-luk'-ul-la~, _n._ Chinook, KALÁKALA. _A
bird._
~Kám-ass~, or ~Lá-kam-ass~, _n._ Nootka. _The Scilla esculenta,_--a
bulbous root used for food by the Indians. Jewitt gives CHAMASS as
the Nootka for _fruit,_ also for _sweet, or pleasant to the taste._
~Kám-ooks~, _n._ Chinook, KLKÁBOKES. _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-ál-la~. Quære u. d. _To steal._ Kapsualla klatawa, _to steal
away;_ kapsualla mamook, _to do secretly._
~Kát-suk~, or ~Kót-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The middle or centre
of any thing._
~Kau'-py~, _n._ English. _Coffee._
~Ka-wák~, _v._ Chihalis, KAUAK. _To fly._ Not in general use.
~Káw-ka-wak~, _adj._ Chinook, KÂKAWAK. _Yellow, or pale
green._
~Keé-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, OKWÉPOWA; 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, EKÉSO. _An apron._
~Kéh-wa~, _adv._ Quære u. d. _Because._ Not in common use.
~Kel'-a-pi~, or ~Ká-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 ~Kéh-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-hów-yum~, _adj., n._ Chinook, KLAHÁUIA. _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.
~Kláh-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._
~Klák-sta~, or ~Kluk'-sta~, _pron._ Chinook, T'KLUKSTA. Ex.
Klaksta mamook okook? _who made or did that?_ halo klaksta, _no
one._
~Klák-wun~, or ~Kléh-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