k e' k t c h a — K d - u t c h i a m t c h . 127 



k ^ n a , d. Mkna it snows, snotv falls: k^ntak d-ati deep snow Ms fallen, Kl.; 

 k(ikna much snowfalls; it is snowing all over the country; mu kii'na there is 

 a heavy snowfall, 75, 17. Cf. kt^kiiish. 

 k e n d w a t , Mod. kandwat, d. kakndwat horse-sorrel, a vegetable growing 

 to the height of 1 to 2 feet; the leaves are eaten when young and soft. 

 Found in the Shasti country, around the Siskiyou mountain ridge. In 

 warmer climates this lettuce-shaped plant grows very fast, but in the Kla- 

 math Highlands it is of a stunted growth. Leaves lanceolate or obo- 

 vate, 3 inches long. A species of Bumex, or "dock" is called horse-sorrel 

 in the east of the United States. 94, 9. and Note; 146, 12. 

 k e' n e k a n , Mod. kii'nkan, d. kekdnkan, species of tree-squirrel, long and 



of grayish hue: Sciurus fossor. Cf kenkatilatuash. 

 kenkatllatuash, one of the popular names given to the wandka or 



young silver fox. Cf kdnekan. 



k e n 6 1 a , d. kekn61a to cease snowing: kenolasht after snowing. Der. kdna. 



k e' s h , k^-ish, pi. tumi k., snow: k. ka'gi the snow is gone; k. mulua tlie snow 



is ready (to arrive), 170; 60.; keliAnta ke-ishtat tvhen no snow covered the 



ground, 37, 21. 



k e' s h a 1 a to produce snoivfall, to make snow This artifice is attributed to 



several birds, as to the tchiutchiwiish, 180; 7., the wihuash, 180; 8. 

 k d 1 1 a s h , gt^tlash, d. gegdtlash hlock of wood on which the fire-drill sage- 

 bmsh stick (ga't) is turned. These wood-blocks are usually taken from 

 the cedar-tree (vuluandsham). 

 k(^tcha, k(^dsha, kddsa; ketchkani; see Idtcha; kitchkdni. 

 k e - u k d - u 1 i , kevkt^vli ; see ka-ukd-uli. 

 ke-uldla, d. kekulala to push into, to push towards, as with a stick: ke- 



ulalapka to push away into, to make go further, 96, 17. 

 kd-una, g(^-una, kt^-uni, d. keku'na, gege^-una, adv., (1) slowly, at an easy 

 pace; nat gii'-una g(ina we proceeded slowly, §4, 6. (2) loosely : k. shlitchlka 

 to tie loosely. (3) lightly, not heavily. 

 kd-uni, d. keku'ni, gegd-uni, adj., (1) slow, gentle. (2) loose, easy, slight 



(3) light, not heavy. 

 Kc-utchiamtch, abbr. from K(^-utchi=amtchiksh, uom. pr of ''the Gray 

 Wolf of the Ancients", a personified mythic animal, the prototype of the 

 present race of the gray wolf ; 112, 15. 17. 19. 113, 9. 131, 8. 10. He is 



