Kah.
Where; whither, whence.
Kah mika mitlite? where do you live?
konaway kah, everywhere;
hahkah, here and there.
Kah-kah.
A crow.
Kah-kwa, _adv._
Like, similar to; equal with.
Ex. Kahkwa nika tumtum, so I think;
kahkwa hyas nika, as large as I;
kahkwa spose, as if;
kloshe kahkwa, that is right; good so.
Kah-na-way, _n._
Acorns.
Kahnaway stick, the oak.
Kahp-ho.
Brother, sister, or cousin.
Kah-ta.
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-lah-ma, _n._
Goose.
Kal-a-kwah-tie, _n._
The inner bark of the cedar;
the petticoat or shirt formerly worn by women and often made
of strands of bark.
Kalakwahtie stick, the cedar tree.
Ka-li-tan, _n._
An arrow shot; a bullet.
Kalitan la sac, a quiver; a shot pouch.
Kal-lak-a-la.
A bird.
Kamas.
A bulbous root used for food.
Kam-ooks, _n._
A dog.
Kahkwa kamooks, like a dog; beastly.
Ka-mo-suk, _n._
Beads.
Tyee kamosuk, (chief beads), the large blue glass beads.
Kap-swal-la.
To steal.
Kapswalla klatawa, to steal away;
kapswalla mamook; to do secretly.
Kat-suk.
The middle or center of anything.
Kau-py.
Coffee.
Ka-wak, _v._
To fly.
Kaw-ka-wak.
Yellow or pale green.
Keek-wil-lie.
Low, below, under, beneath, down.
Mamook keekwillie, to lower.
Mitlite kee kwillie, to set down; put under.
Keep-woot.
A needle;
the sting of an insect;
a thorn.
Shoes keepwoot, an awl.
Keh-loke, _n._
A swan.
Keh-see.
An apron.
Keh-wa.
Because.
Kel-a-pie, _v._
To turn; return; overturn; upset.
Kalapie canim, to upset a canoe;
hyak kelapie, come back quickly;
kelapie kopa house, go back to the house;
mamook kelapie, to bring, send or carry back;
kelapie tumtum, to change one's mind.
Kes-chi.
Notwithstanding; although.
Ket-lin.
A kettle, can, basin, etc.
Kil-it-sut, _n._
Flint, a bottle, glass.
Kimtah.
Behind, after, afterwards, last, since.
Klatawa kimta, go behind;
nika elip pe yahka kimtah, I first and he afterwards;
okook kimtah, the one behind;
kimtah nika nannitsh mika, since I saw you.
King George.
English.
King George man, an Englishman.
Ki-nootl.
Tobacco.
Kish-kish, _v._
To drive as cattle or horses.
Kiu-a-tan, _n._
A horse.
Stone kiuatan, a stallion.
Ki-wa.
Crooked.
Ki-yah, _n._
Entrails.
Klah, _adj._
Free or clean from; in sight.
Ex. Chee yahka klah, now he is in sight.
Klatawa klah, to escape.
Chahko klah, (of seed) to come up;
(of the woods) to open out;
(of the weather) to clear up.
Mamook klah, to uncover.
Klah-hanie.
Out of doors; out; without.
Ex. Mamook klahhanie okook, put that out;
klatawa klahhanie, to go out.
Kla-how-ya.
How do you? good bye.
Ex. Klahowya sikhs, good bye, friend.
Kla-how-yum.
Poor; miserable; wretched; compassion.
Hyas klahowyum nika, I am very poor;
mamook klahowyum, to take pity on; give alms; be generous.
Klah-wa, _adv._
Slow; slowly.
Klahwa klatawa, go slowly.
Klak, _adv._
Off.
Ex. Mamook klak stone kiuatan, to castrate a horse;
mamook klak l'assiette, take off the plates;
klak kopo wayhut, get out of the road.
Klaks-ta.
Who.
Klaksta mamook okook? who made or did that?
Halo klaksta, no one.
Klak-wun or Kleh-kwan.
To wipe; to lick.
Klakwun l'assiette, to wipe a plate.
Klale or T'kale.
Black or dark blue or green.
Klap, _v._
To find.
Ex. Mika na klap mika kiuatan? did you find your horse?
klap tenas, to be with child.
Kla-pite, _n._
Thread; twine.
Klas-ka or Kluska.
They; thine; them.
Klat-a-wa, _v._
To go.
Klatawa teahwhit, to walk; go on foot.
Klatawa kopa kiuatan, to ride.
Klatawa kopa boat, to sail.
Mamook klatawa, to send.
Kla-whap.
A hole.
Mamook klawhap, to dig a hole.
Kle-ma-hun, _v._
To stab; to wound; to dart; to cast as a spear;
to hook or gore as an ox.
Nika klemahun salmon, I spear salmon.
Klihl or Klilt, _adj._
Bitter.
Klik-a-muks, _n._
Blackberries or more properly dewberries.
Klik-wal-lie.
Brass.
Klim-in-a-whit, _n._, _v._
A lie; to lie.
Hyas kumtuks kliminawhit, he is a great liar.
Klim-min.
Soft; fine in substance.
Ex. Klimmin sapoleel, flour.
Klimmin illahie, mud; marshy ground.
Mamook klimmin, to soften as by dressing a skin.
Klip.
Deep; sunken.
Klip chuck, deep water.
Klip sun, sunset.
Klis-kwiss.
A mat.
Klogh-klogh.
Oysters.
Klo-nass.
Uncertainty; doubt; I don't know; may be so; who knows?
Ex. Klonass nika klatawa, perhaps I shall go.
_Q._ Kah mika kahpho? where is your brother?
_A._ Klonass, I don't know.
Klone.
Three.
Klook.
Crooked.
Klook teahwit, broken legged; lame.
Klootch-man.
A woman;
a female of any animal.
Tenas klootchman, a girl.
Klootchman kiuatan, a mare.
Kloshe.
Good; well; enough.
Kloshe nannitsh, look out; take care.
Hyas kloshe, very well.
Klose-spose.
Shall or may I; let me.
Ex. Klose-spose nika mamook pia okook? shall I cook that?
(literally, [is it] good that I may cook that?)
Klugh.
To tear.
Mamook klugh illahie, to plough.
Kluk-ulh.
Broad or wide, as of a plank.
Ko.
To reach; arrival at.
Chee klaska ko, they have just come.
Kansih nesika ko kopa Nisqually? when shall we reach Nisqually?
Ko-ko.
To knock.
Koko stick, a woodpecker.
Kok-shut.
To break; broken; to beat.
Hyas kokshut, broken to pieces.
Kon-a-way.
All; every.
Klaska konaway klatawa, they have all gone.
Konaway tilicum, everybody.
Konaway kah, everywhere.
Koo-sah.
The sky.
Ko-pa.
To; in; at; with; towards; of; about;
concerning; there or in that place.
Ex. Kopa nika house, at my house.
Lolo okook kopa nika, take that home with you.
Cultas kopa nika, it is nothing to me.
Ko-pet.
To stop; leave off; enough.
Kopet wauwau, stop talking.
Kopet ikt, only one.
Kopet okook, that's all.
Wake siah kopet, nearly finished.
Kopet tomalla, day after to-morrow.
Kow.
To tie; to fasten.
Kow mika kiuatan, tie your horse.
Ikt kow, a bundle.
Kul-lagh.
A fence; corrall or enclosure.
Kullagh stick, fence rails.
Kull.
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.
Kumtuks.
To know; understand; be acquainted with; imagine; believe.
Mamook kumtuks, to explain.
Kopet kumtuks, to forget.
Halo kumtuks, stupid; without understanding.
Kumtuks kliminawhit, to be a liar.
Nika kumtuks okook tyee, I know that chief.
Nika kumtuks Klickitat wauwau, I understand the Klickitat language.
Kun-sih.
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.
Konaway moxt.
Both; together.
Konaway moxt kahkwa, both alike.
Kush-is.
Stockings.
Kwah-ne-sum.
Always; forever.
Kwah-nice.
A whale.
Kwahta.
The quarter of a dollar.
Kwah-tin.
See Yakwahtin.
Kwaist.
Nine.
Kwa-lal.
To gallop.
Kwal'h.
An aunt.
Kwan-kwan.
Glad.
Kwash.
Fear; afraid; tame.
Mamook kwash, to frighten; to tame.
Kwates.
Sour.
Kweh-kweh.
A mallard duck.
Kwek-wi-ens.
A pin.
Kwek-kweo.
A ring; a circle.
Kwetlh.
Proud.
Kwin-num.
Five.
Kwish.
Refusing anything contemptuously.
Kwit-shad-ie.
The hare or rabbit.
Kwo-lann.
The ear.
Halo kwolann or ikpooie kwolann, deaf.
Kwult'h.
To hit; to wound with an arrow or gun.
Kwun-nun.
A count; numbers.
Ex. Mamook kwunnun, to count.
Kwutl.
Literally fast; to push or squeeze.
Hyas mamook kwutl, haul tight.