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kahodshilis; see kadshilis. 



ka-igi, ka'-igi Jiole^ pit^ excavation; yak'ni; ka-igi ^'rc^z/t/- 

 pit 23, 27. 



kaya, kayap'hu, in vol. i. 79; see suta. 



-kayus, -;i^ayus, particle of gradation forming superlatives: nak- 

 nosa;fayus the oldest uf all 22, 19 ; lit. "it is the oldest one." 

 Cf. apiktcha/ayus, vol. i. 81. Verbified from -kani, q.v. 



kalifkalis I gnaiv^ erode; kalifkak having gnawed through 



22, 33- , 



ka'lali and ka'lali/tchi -c'c'.s-/ ; ka'lali 'lada/un toxvards the tvest 



20, 20. 23; ka'lall/tchim linti/tchut co/ning from the ivest 



21, 19. Der. ka'lalilis. 



ka'lalilis I fall into; d fall into the zvater. 



-kan, -/an, obj. case of the verbal -ki, sometimes equivalent 

 to our ivhen^ while, sometimes to after: ho'iokan when 

 boiled; nohadshokan zvhen baked, cooked 22, 10 ; yi'lilo- 

 /an after burning; hidshahiidshikan zvhen exhibiting 24^ 

 19 ; imisikan after conquering 25, 5 ; itunayakan when 

 going forth and back 22, 26. 



-kani, -/ani, suffixed particle pointing to preference, priority ; 

 Kasi/ta'lo/anut the Kasiyta people frst 22., 16; hantu/anut 

 whichever first, for hantuntun ; /anut ; hatga/antut the 

 white in preference to others; Kasi/ta'lu s kanut the K. 

 people being the frst to see 25, 27. 



Kasi/ta, nom. pr. of KasVhta, a Lovv^er Creek town and tribe 

 of high renown and very ancient ; called Cussetaw by 

 Americans. 



Kasi/ta'li, nom. pr., KasT hta or ^' Cussetaxu'" India )i 25,13. 

 20, 12; Kasi/ta'lu;kanut the Cnssitaws at frst 25, 27. 



kitistchadshilis I redden., tnake red, paint red ; gitistcha- 

 'htchut ummiti as it (the fire) makes it (the yellow clay) 

 red 22, II ; kitistchadshik after pai/iti?ig them, red 24, 18. 

 Der. kitistchi. 



kitistchi, gitistchi, pi. kitiskotchi red 20, 31 ; u'tski gitistchs 

 aka the red smoke 25, 27; iti kitistchaksaka the red fire 

 also (-ka also, -aka and) 25, 27 ; gitistchuti as they (the 

 arrows) are red 24, 22 ; iti gitistchukma laknii't a fire, 

 although red, yellow — which means, "a fire which was 

 yellow, though it was red also," 21, 21. kitistcha/at 



