Dictionary of the Chinook gon | Page 8

find your horse?_ klap tenas, _to be with child._
~Kla'-pite~, _n._ Chinook, KLIPAIT. _Thread; twine._
~Klás-ka~, or ~Klus'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, KLUSKA. _They; thine;
them._
~Klat'-a-wa~, _v._ Nootka, KLATTUNWAH (Jewitt); Nittinat,
KLATÖUKH. _To go._ Klatawa teáhwit, _to walk; go on foot;_
klatawa kopa kiuatan, _to ride;_ klatawa kopa boat, _to sail;_ mamook
klatawa, _to send._
~Kla-wháp~, _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._
~Klógh-klogh~, _n._ Chinook, OKLÓKHKLO. _Oysters._ The word is
common to the Puget Sound tribes, as well as to the Chinooks.
~Klo-náss~, _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 teáhwit, _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, KWÁCHITL. In
the original, _dead._ _To break; broken; to beat._ Hyas kokshut,
_broken to pieces._
~Kon'-a-way~, _adj._ Chinook, KÁNAWÉ. _All; every._ Klaska
konaway klatawa, _they have all gone;_ konaway tilikum,
_everybody;_ konaway kah, _everywhere._
~Koo'-sah~, or ~Kó-sah~, _n._ Chinook, EKÓSAKH. _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) Kopáh.
~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 ~Káme-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,
KUNSÉUKH. _How many; when; ever._