Kdwa — kaka'kli. 123 



country, mtj native land; Boshtinam k. the land of the whites, the United 

 States; Yaniatkni'sham k. in the country of the Oregonians, in Oregon, 54, 1.; 

 k.=nakant all over the country, 157; 40.; k. sayufikta to he acquainted ivith 

 the country, 16, 15. Cf. 36, 19. 20. 39, 5-7. (4) the earth or world as far 

 as known to these Indians: kailash shut61an having made the earth, 125, 

 1., cf. 103, 5. 142, 1.; gdnta kiiilatat ahoid this tvorld, 94, 2.; nanukashni 

 k. the universe. Several telluric phenomena gave rise to superstitious 

 fears expressed in "earth songs," a most remarkable class of song lines: 

 158; 48. 175; 16. 176; 3. 192; 3. 9. In some other incantations the 

 earth is simply made mention of; 162; 5. 173; 2. 174; 9. 10. 175; 19. 

 192; 8. On the meaning of k. in creation myths, see Note to 96, 23. 

 kaflala, ka'lala, d. kiikailala (1) fo haul earth, dirt, or mud; to carry off 

 earth. (2) to make, procure a country, or world; to create the earth or world. 

 k a i 1 a 1 1 a to make or create a country or world for somebody, 103, 5. 

 k a f 1 a n t i , d. kiikailanti yellow ground snake, a species of the genus Pityo- 



phis. Der. kaila (1). 

 k ii 1 1 a p t c h i , d. kakailaptchi earth-colored, gray, the color shade of many 



woolen blankets. Cf luashptchi, mii'kmakli. Der. kaila, -ptchi. 

 kaflash, gelash, d. kakailash semen, seminal fluid, 186; 58.; kailash 

 shtdni ! an opprobrious epithet in use among the Mdklaks. Der. kafla (1). 

 kaila = shushatish, pi. tumi k. (1) excavator, miner. (2) mole; lit. 



" ground- worker," 1,34, 17. Der. kaila, shiita. 

 kiif la = shutesh, d. kaila=shiishtesh ploughed land, cultivated area; corn- 

 field, agricultural land. Der. kaila, shiita. 

 kii'katilsh, pi. tumi k. (1) hair under armpits. (2) Kji'katilsh, nom. pr. 

 of an Indian tribe inhabiting the Dalles of the Columbia River, Oregon. 

 On their origin, see 143, 3. and Note. This name, "the Armpit-Hairy", 

 is a contemptuous nickname bearing analogy to Ka'kakilsh and to Sma'k, 

 q. V. Cf vuyukiaks. 

 kakii'kli, kakii'kh, d. kakaka'kli (1) green, the common word for this 

 color; said of leaves, grass, etc. (2) yellow, copper colored; of a reddish, 

 yellowish metallic shine: k. watiti copper, brass, bronze; k. tdla, k. tchikemal. 

 Mod., gold coin, metallic gold; k. yamnash or I'mnaks yelloto beads of a 

 rounded shape, Kl.; k. lu'loks yellow fire-flame, 99, 3. Original form: 

 kiikka'kli. Cf kedsha, tolaliiptchi. 



