kuliiiish — kpg'l. 143 



ko's h , ku'sb, obj. koshash and ko'sh, d. kokosb, %6;{osb (1) pine tree, pine. 

 The species most generally met with in the settled parts of the reserve is 

 Pinus ponderosa, growing from eighty to one hundred feet high and 

 branching out at a distance of thirty feet from the soil; kosbash at the 

 pine tree, 162; 2. (2) pine trees being the only conspicuous trees near 

 the settlements of the Klamath Lake natives, they use k. as generic term 

 for every kind of tree, 145, 21.; the k4pka-pine is called so, 148, 21,: 

 kteleam k. sugar pine. The Mod. term for tree is anku, q. v. 



k 6 s h a p a s b , d. k6ksbapash clasping -hnife, pocket-knife. 



k6shpaksb, ku'shpaksh, d. kokoshpaksb father-in-law, mother-in-law; 

 said by or in reference to husband of elder or younger daughter. 



Ko's=Tue'ts, nom. pr of an encampment of Snake Indians ten miles 

 above Ydneks; lit. "where pine trees stand." Der. ko'sh, tiiya. 



k 6 1 a k s h , kiitagsh, ku'toks minnow, a species of fish of the genus Phoxi- 

 nus, occurring in Upper Klamath Lake, long 3-5 inches, 180; 14.: 

 ku'tagsh stu'ka to gig minnow-fish, 122, 6. 



k 6 1 a s h , gu'tasb, pi. tiimi k., head louse, 71, 9. 119, 3. 6. 8.: gu'tash kshlkla' 

 to catch a louse on another^s head. Der. guta. Cf gapnedga. 



K(5tingsh, nom. pr. fem. Kl. : ^^Dragon-flg," nickname for a woman with 

 a slender waist. Eegular form k6ktingsh, q v. 



koto, kii'to, d. k6kto, ku'kto (1) waist, loin of man. (2) the part of quad- 

 rupeds where the hind legs join the body; middle portion of hack, ^^horse- 

 lump". Der. giita. 



kowAktcha, d kokuaktcha to bite through, to tear off by biting: k. ni'sh 

 she bit through the neck, 119, 9. 



k p a , d. kpdkpa fire-poker of wood or iron. C£ kpe'l. 



k p a d s li a , d. kpAkptcha to extinguish a light or candle by hand. 



k p a p s h a , d. kpakpapsha to taste, degustate, as food, liquids. Cf. kjx'to. 



kpapshash, d. kpakpdpshash sense of taste, taste of tongue and palate: 

 luiluyatk k. sweet to the taste, 148, 7. 



k p a t a k a n k a , d. kpdptakanka to hold between one's legs or knees. 



kpatia, d. kpakpatia ^o ^oA'e in the fire: illa'ludsh kpatiank luloksh ^re- 

 pincers. Cf illol6tkish. Der. kpa. 



kpe'l, kpel, Mod. kpe'l, d. kpekpal (1) tail, caudal appendage, 144, 9.: 



