116 KLAMATH - ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



k41ksh, d. kdkalksh, a peculiar fishing-implement or scoop not unlike 

 the meat- or flesh-hooks used by the Romans, called creagra. Der. ki^lkali. 



kalktch61a, d. kakalktch61a to catch fish by means of the Mlksh. 



K A 1 p s h i , nom. pi*, oi Silver Lake; a water basin about seventy miles north- 

 east of the outlet of the Williamson River, bordered by rocks inclosing 

 petrifactions. Cf kalapsh. 



kdltchitchiks, d. kak/dtchitchiks (1) spider; its incantation: 175; 15. 

 (2) the magic song called ^^spider", sung by the conjurer during the 

 treatment of relapsed patients, 72, 4. 73, t. 3. Der. kdlkali, tchi'dsha. 



kaltchuyiiga, d. kakaltchuyiiga to be red hot or incandescent, Kl. Cf 

 ktchuil6ka, tchiiitchiga. 



kAluish, d kakdluish anterior dorsal fin, above the gills, 177; 31. 



kam, k4m, particle expressing desire, hope, probability; corresponds 

 somewhat to our adverb ^^fain": hu'ktkam gAtpant, i kam gdtpant, I hope 

 he, you will come : nil' kam hi'tksh telu'lTt / would like to look doivn (upon 

 it), 192; 4. From ak, am. 



k d m a 1 s h , gdmalsh, d. kdkmalsh dried fish reduced to powder. The vai'i- 

 ous species of fish, caught by the Maklaks, are hung on limbs of trees 

 to be dried by sunheat, then pounded and filled into sacks holding 50 

 to 70 pounds, to be stored in caches and kept for winter. They often buy 

 this kind of provisions from Warm Spring Indians, who call the sacks 

 tgfllak. Kdmals pahd they dry and prepare the fish, 74, 3. Der. gama. 



kdmpka to he deprived of, to stand in need of, the object missed being 

 usually added to the verb; lap tat4kiash (or simply: Mp) k. to lose two 

 children by death; kdmp'kuk k^liak pasli tia'ma the indigent man is hungry 

 when he lacks food, 136, 8. — Contr. from kdwampka; cf kdwantko. 



kdmtilaga, species of black snake of the genus Bascanium: its incanta- 

 tion: 165; 8. Cf 180; 16. 



k d n , d. kdkan urine-bladder. Cf shufdshash. 



kdndan fonns (1) oblique cases of the sing, of kat, pron. rel., q. v.; or (2) 

 stands for kanitani and kanitant, q. v. 



kanl, kdni, abbr. kan, ka, obj. kdnash, kdnsh, kdnts, poss. kdlam. Mod. ka- 

 nam; d. kdka, obj kdkiash (1) pron. interr., whof tvhatf tvhich? referring to 

 persons and animals as well as to inanimate things: k. hu? k hu't gi? tvho is 



