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PART I. CniXOOK KNGLTSET. 9 



Kla'-how-ya. The onlinary salutation at meeting or parting. 



How do ijoa do? (/ood-bye ; as, klahowya sikhs, good-bye, friend. 

 Kla-how-yum, adj., n. Chinook, Klahauia. Poor; iniserable ; 



icrctrlied ; comp((ss{o7i. Ex. Ilyas klabowyum nika, / am very 



2)00 r ; uiamook klahowyum, to take iiiiy on; give alms; be gen- 

 era) is. 



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. 

 Klah-wa, adv. Chinook, Klawakh. Slow; sloivly. Ex. Kla- 



tawa klahwa, go sloiuly. 

 Klak, adv. Chinook, Klakw. [To tahe'] off. Ex. Mamook klak 



stone kiuatan, to caatrate a horse ; mamook klak I'assiette, take off 



the plates ; klak kopa wayhut, get out of the road. 

 Klak-sta, or Kluk'-sta, proii. Chinook, T'kluksta. Ex. Klak- 



sta mamook okook ? who made or did that? halo klaksta, no one. 

 Klak-wun, or Kleh-kwan, v. Cliihalis, Klakwun. To wipe, or 



lick. Klakwun I'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 find your horse? klap tenas, to be with child, 

 Kla'-pite, n. Chinook, Klipait. Thread ; tu'ine, 

 E!las-ka, or Klus'-ka, pron. Chinook, Kluska. They; thine; 



them. 

 Klat'-a-wa, v, Nootka, Klatturwah (Jewitt) ; Nittinat, Klat- 



ouKH. To go. Klatawa teahwit, to walk; go on foot ; klatawa 



kopa kiuatan, to ride; klatawa kopa boat, to sail ; mamook klatawa, 



to send. 

 Kla-whap, 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, / spear salmon, 

 Klihl, or Klilt, adj. Chinook, Klifil. Bitter. Not of universal 



use. Mr. Hale makes it Klul, sour. 

 Klik'-a-muks, n. Chinook, Klikabuks, Blackberries, or mora 



properly dewberries. 

 Klik'-wal-lie, or Eloke'-wal-lie. Chinook, Klikwali. Brass 



wire; an armlet or bracdct of brass wire, Mr. Anderson gives the 



original meaning us simply bra.^s. 



