PART I. CHINOOK ENGLISH. 



K. 



Kah., a<Jv. Chinook, Kakh. Where; ivluther ; whence. Kah mika 



mitlite? where do you live? konaway kah, everywhere; kah-kah, 



here and there, 

 Kah'-kah, n. Chinook and' Nisqually (by onoma.), Skaka. A 



crow. 

 Kah-kwa, adv. Nootka; Tokwaht, Achko. Like; similar to; 



equal with; as. Kahkwa nika iwxniwm, so I think [WtavaWy, such 



\is~\ my Jieart) ; kahkwa hyias nika, as large as I ; kahkwa spose, 



as if; kloshe kahkwa, that is right ; good so. 

 Kah'-na-way, n. Chinook, T'kanawe. Acorns. Kahnaway stick, 



the oak. Used only on the Columbia river. 

 Kahp-ho, 11. Chinook, idem. An elder brother, sister, or cousin. 

 Kah-ta, at/r;. Chinook, K AT A. How; why. Kah ta 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 



rvhy so ? 

 Kal-ak-a-lah-ma, n. Chinook, Okalakalama. A goose. Used 



on the lower Columbia river. 

 Kal-a-kwah-tie, n. Chinook, Kalakwati ; Clatsop, Kl'whelatl. 



The i)tner bark of the cedar (thuja) ; the j^etticoat, 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-leik'-a-la, or Kul luk'-ul-la, n. Chinook, Kalakala. A 



bird. 



Kam-ass, or La-kam-ass, n. Nootka. The Scilla esculenta, — a 

 bulbous root used tor food by the Indians. Jewitt gives Ch amass" 

 as the Nootka for frtiit, also for sweet, or pleasant to the taste. 



Kam-ooks, n. Chinook, Klkabokes. A dog. Kahkwa kamooks, 

 like a dog ; beastly. 



Ka-mo'-suk, n. Chinook, idem. Beads. Tyee karaosuk (chiet 

 l)ea<:ls), the large blue glass beads. 



Kap-su-al-la. Quaere u. d. To steal. Kapsualla klatawa, to steal 

 away ; kapsualla mamook, to do secretly. 



Kat-suk, or Kot-suk, n. Chinook, idem. The midelle or centre 

 of any thing. 



Kau'-py, n. English. Coffee. 



