122 KLAMATH -ENGLISH DICTIONARY. 



K uwa, Kaiia, noiu. pr. of a camp at Yiineks inhabited by Modoc Indians. 

 Apocopated from K4wam, q. v. 



k a w a k d g a , d. kakaukdga, kawakaukiiga to rip up tvith the teeth ; to tear 

 to pieces ivith the teeth, 127, 5. Cf kako. 



k a warn, kuwiam, d. kdkuam (supply ampu, or kokedga) spring or water 

 peopled with eels; some of these springs in the KLamath country are con- 

 sidered sacred, since bathers derive from their use miraculous effects on 

 character and bravery. 17"; 4. and Note. Poss. case of kiiwe. 



K a w a m or K;ivviam K6ke, (1) nom. pr. of Columbia River of Oregon; also 

 called Tuma=Kawe=^Gitko, "many lamprey-eels". (2) nom. pr. of Eel River 

 in Northern California. Poss. case of kdwe. 



K;'i w amkshlksh , nom. pr. of a fishing place and camp-on Sprague 

 River; lit. "Eels'-Place". Cf kawam. 



K a w a m ;ij e' n i , nom. pr. of a spring and camp on Sprague River, where 

 eels are caught; lit. "Eels'-Home". Cf kawam. 



kdwantko, d. kak;iwantko j)oor, indigent, 182; 10.: k. papAtalish poor 

 and begging. Der. k<i-i, wA. See kdmpka. 



kdwe, kd-ui, d. kakui (1) eel (2) lamprey eel, 93, 5. Forms the name 

 of several springs and rivers; cf. kdwam and its derivates 



k d w i a g a , d. kakuydga (1 ) young eel, 177; 30. (2) a species of small eel 

 or eel-like fish. Dim. kdwe 



k a w u t a , d. kakwuta to catch, to get hold of; to catch ivhat is thrown, 80, 9- 



kil'batxa, d keka'bat%a to cover, as with straw, earth, mud. 



kiibat^ole d ke^^iihntx^^Q to uncover, disinter: wetta hissuaks kiibat^o'l- 

 sham the man laughed when they disinterred him, 4, 14. 



k a 1 1 a , kil'la, ke'la, obj., kiiila and kiii'lash, loc. kailatat, kiiilant, kjifla, (d. 

 kakaila), pi. tumi k., (1) earthy matter, mud, dirt; soil, ground: k. spiamna 

 to d/rag out dirt, 1G3; 14., cf 157; 42.; k. sliiita to work tmderground, to be 

 a miner; kailant skdt;tipeli to carry down to the ground in a basket, 95, 22. 

 (2) place, section ov piece of land, farm: "Tchcwam Stii'", tchiludv sii'satk 

 k. a place called the " Antelope! s Pathtvay," 29, 11.; Fairchildam k. 

 gtshi'kni coming from Fairchild^s farm, 55, 11.; Tuli'sh k., Tu'kua kii'la the 

 place Tulish, Tukua, 142, 2-5., cf 11. (3) district, country, land, region: 

 kailatat m'lidlani in their rrspccfire districts, or lands; gi'-u k. my own 



