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VOCABULARY 



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killer whale max^enox". 

 kinqalalEla (a dancer). k-inqalalEla. 

 kingfisher klidElawe. 



k'lEdawe (Kos.). 



kneel down, to Llax^wa^la. 

 knife, mussel shell gElts'.Em. 



crooked xElxwala. 



knit, to — net yEq-. 



knot in wood tlEmx- (?), tiEnx- (?). 

 know, to q!al-. 



qlaLEla. 



Kwakiutl Kwag-ut. 



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ladder tlEXLe^. 

 lance qwagwilbe. 

 land, to Lelx'^id. 



^nEmsa. 



stern first aL-. 



land otter xumde. 



large «walas (Kwag), o^mas (New) sing., 



pi. awa. 

 lash, to malaq-. 



t'.Ema-. 



lashing nByEnxsalas. 

 last al, ElxLala. 

 laugh, to daWd. 



aloud xal^id. 



laughing dance hamanxola). 

 lay down, to L!a-. 



before guests tIaqEnililEla. 



layer, outer — of bark lelEgweg'e^. 

 lazy qlamsa. 



Leader Klesx'a^lis (name), 

 leaf mamama. 

 leaky LExa. 



gilxa 



lean ts!ena. 



(stomach) k'o^ies. 



lean on, to haqwa. 



against sEk'ala. 



tES-. 



leataer k!ots!e«. 

 leave, to bo. 



lowaLa. 



off LlElgEmx'^id. 



standing guLlEsa. 



husband xael. 



left (side) gEnix-. 

 legs of tongs XEwele^. 

 lehal alaxwa. 



length, see size ^wa, 3,wa. 

 lengthwise, close together aodzaqala. 



less- gwas-. 



let go, to mEx-. 



let out line, to Llaq-. 



level ^nEma. 



levirate k!wal6%. 



liberal awaqlas. 



lick, to k'ElgElEg'ind. 



lie on ground (tree), to t!a(g:il). 



on back t!ek'-. 



nELala. 



edge klotEla. 



across a canoe geklodExste. 



sick qElkwa. 



face down haqw(ala). 



. face down on top of one another. 



haqwenek'ata. (See haqwala.) 



dead yaqwa. 



lie, to pi. kul-. 



lie, to tell a Lelk'.wala. 



life qlula. 



lift a copper, to wawedzElaqwa. 



lift, to waia. 



stick on shoulder wek-. 



clothes worn mosa-. 



stones t !aq- . 



gElqa. 



. LlElg'ostod. 



lifter, bark- L!6k!"-. 



light of weight k!us-, klwaklwayaak". 



light (of day) ^naqiila. 



light fire, to anqa-. 



mEla-. 



mexa. 



tsexa. 



also: bright light qlwuqala. 



lightning LlEneqwa. 



like gwex's. 



lily-bulb (Fritillaria) x'okum. 



limp (soft) lEnt-. 



line is taken out by hair-seal mcx=id. 



listen, to hoLela. 



waLaqala, 



little, a xaLl, xaLe-. 



holala. 



live, to qlflla. 



liver tiewana, dewana. 



g'omaga. 



lizard gwalas . 

 load, to mo. 



canoe raoxs. 



loan, to bEk'6. 



loan at 100 per cent deida. 



g'ala. 



gwela. 



