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kfida^ni.— Mdem'' (p. 125: 5), kiifdHni 

 (28: 92,102,111; 29: 31), inferior, ugly. 

 Mida^nixti, inferior, superfluous (=what 

 is left) (11:8). hMa^nik, not the best. 



kiideska^, kude'sk, (rarely, ktldeski'), 

 a bird; birds. — JcudupV sanhi^^ya'"' kude- 

 ska^ o'di, shoot (at) the bird on the 

 other side of the ditch! kudeskV 

 yukpe^, the legs of a bird, kud^sk ki- 

 yo^wo, another bird. kude^sk ax^ 

 (cf. a.re), the wings of a bird, kudutskaf 

 'ka1iko''^mf , a bird trap, kudtfsk mja''^' ^ 

 birds' tracks, kude^ska atcutka^, a red 

 bird. Kudeska' tcutkana^, Ancient of 

 Red Birds (20: 15; 31: 32). Kudes- 

 ka^ atcv/tkana', Ancient of Red Birds 

 (31: 38). kudeska^ atcv/t xohV, "an- 

 cient red bird," the cardinal bird (G.), 

 probably the cardinal grosbeak ( Car- 

 dinalis virginianus) . kudeska'^ dahayV, 

 the "blue darter" of Louisiana, given 

 as a hawk, but it may be the American 

 snake bird, or Plotus anhinga (20: 28, 

 33, 50). KMe^ska daha^yina, Ancient 

 of Blue Darters (20: 6). kudeska^ 

 xoJiV, the "ancient bird": (1) a long- 

 legged red bird, with a white bill; (2) 

 a parrot, kudeska^ xoliV ptcu'"' kahudV, 

 a necklace made of bills of the birds 

 called ' ' kud^ska^ xohV. ' ' kude^ska sidV, 

 a yellowbird, or yellow warbler, ku- 

 d&ska' si''^^ psoHV, "sharp-tailed bird," 

 the swallow, kud^'sk pa tctV, "red- 

 headed bird," the red-headed wood- 

 pecker, ku'desk supV, a blackbird: 

 generic. ku^desk tohV, a bluebird. 

 {Also 15: 6; 20: 13, 32, 49; 28: 60, 61, 

 64, 72, 76, 92, 102, 157, 158, 159, 251.) 



kudo. — kudotcV, kiJido^tc^ku' dotc{2Q: 54), 

 wet, muddy. HuW kudotcV, because it 

 is wet. ama^ kudotcV or hama^ M- 

 dotdf, "wet earth," mud, a little mud; 

 but, hama^ kudo^tcixtV, much mud, deep 

 mud. kudo^tcixiV, very wet. kudo^tci 

 tkV, "a sort of wet," damp, moist. — 

 kiJidiXpV, kudupi\ kudo^, a ditch. klldH- 

 pV ndosan^hin slHo^ ni n^ yido^hV, I see 

 (or, saw) the boy walking on this side 

 of the ditch, kudupi' sanhi^^yan kud^- 

 ska^ o'di, shoot (at) the bird on the 

 other side of the ditch! ayVx kudo^ 

 tai^yan^ " Big Ditch," Louisiana, du^- 

 kukildupi^, to cut a trench with an ax 

 or hoe {VdukukildupV, ndvfkHMd'ApV). 



kfidiiksa^ crack ("a trench broken") 

 (10: 8, 9). — a'kM'Akm'ye, peeping 

 through a crack (10: 8). Mi'duksa^- 

 ye, through a crack (28: 7). iya'Mi- 

 d{iksa^yanka na, beware lest you peep at 

 me! (p. 146: 15). ka'kMlxksa'hmyMV , 

 I did not peep at you (p. 146: 16). 

 {Also 16:8.) 



kuhi. — klkuhV {=sisV), a wrinkle, wrin- 

 kles ; to be wrinkled {i'kl kuhV, 

 i'/nktkuJiV). 



kiik. — okuki, to fish, ayo^kuki, nWkiiki 

 o'kiik de^dl, he went fishing, to go fish- 

 ing (6: 4). okMtu', they went fishing 

 (6: 14). 'd'nkogo'^ni^ a hook, fishhook 

 (Bk.). ■fm^o^o"^ sitdt', a fishhook. (Bj., 

 M.). {tnkokon^ inkan', a fishing line. 

 'dnkoko'"'' udV, a fishing rod. 



kuka'pi.— f?u'A;Ma>', pulled off (17: 8). 



kuxwi', coffee. — MixvtV ne'di, is there 

 any coffee? kixximf nVki, there is no 

 coffee. kixxwV o''>'(nV), to make coffee. 



kCneki^, (1) to bend any inanimate 

 object; (2) a single bend or curve 

 {Vkii,neki\ iinhu^kunSki^) (?). — pudiyan' 

 kiiriSkV, to bend the point of an ob- 

 ject. psdehV kiinikV, the knife (edge) 

 is turned, kun^kiye^, to cause an inani- 

 mate object to bend or be turned. 

 psdehV ku^n^kiyi^, to turn the edge of 

 a knife blade {psdehV kun^kVhaye^ 

 psdehV kunekVhilnW). kwiegni^ki, hav- 

 ing a series of curves or bends 

 (-^^^--v^N^N^). — kunuxka^ or kanaxktV, 

 circular, nahiHe^ kunuxka', full moon. 

 kiXna'xka kldu^nanahV, to go round and 

 round, as the hands of a clock (?). 



kiini. — kH'ninV to ford a stream, to wade 

 {VkHnini^, iAnkukA'nini' ; k{mVtu, i^kA- 

 nVtu, {I'nkuktinVtu). kunV dande^, he 

 will wade. 



kiini'ski hayi^, a gnat. 



kus. — akiiskusVnlci ( =ak'(jisk'Cise-\-yinki), 

 he nibbled a little now and then, he ate 

 in a mincing manner. Tcetkana^ so'^'^^sa 

 ak('/skusVn-\-ki na^xka^ O^ti a'nde 

 o'xpa, when the Rabbit sat (there) 

 nibbling now and then at one piece, 

 the Bear devoured all the rest. — aMV 

 kuse, archaic word for above. 



kfitci'^cka'', the red-winged blackbird. — 

 Ktdci'"^ ckana' , Ancient of Red-winged 

 Blackbirds (23:16). Kd'tcincka'a, An- 

 cient of Red-winged Blackbirds (23: 

 21). 



