K li m b a t k 11 i — K d - a k a m t c h . 161 



kushkusha, d. kukushkusha to rustle, crackle, as hay, straw, dry bul- 

 rushes. Of. tiishtusha, 



kushlaksh, d. kakushlaksh 5fej?/a^7«er; said by stepson or stepdaughter. 

 Cf. kukui, kushAltko 



k u s h 1 X a t k o , d. kukiishlp^atko stepson or stepdaughter; said by stepfather. 



k u t a k s h , k li t a s h , k u t ;^ a k s ; see kotaksh, k6tash, giit^aksh. 



k u t 6 1 a , d. kukt6Ia to squeeze out, pinch out; to squeeze, press doivn Cf. kii'-i. 



Kut61itko, nom. pr fem. Kl: ''Pimple- Squeezer." 



ku'tchala; see (1) giitchala; Der. kudtcha. (2) kudshala. 



kwu'ldsha, Mod. kavu'ldsha, ka-xVldslia, d. kakuAldsha, Mod. kakowal- 

 dsha to erode, to gnaiv ; to gnatu through. Cf. kdta. 



k w vi s h k a , kvushka to bite off a piece, portion or particle. 



K- 



The hngual-guttural sound h alternates with the other gutturals in the 

 following order of frequency: %, h, g, g; in a few instances also with the 

 spirant h ('A-, lih-). Modocs pronounce it more forcibly than Klamath 

 Lake Indians, but often elide it altogether when initial, and then substitute 

 the "arrested sound" for it: -6ke for k6ke river. The sound k occurs at 

 the end of words; when it begins words or stands in the middle of them, it 

 is either pronounced ke-, k'-, or is followed by a vowel Terms with initial 

 h %i g not found here to be looked for under G or K. Some of the voca- 

 bles below contain the negative particle ka-i as initial syllable. Cf intro- 

 ductory words to letters Gr and K. 



k;i-ak, ka-ag, ka'k, pi tiimi k., raven: Corvus carnivorus, mentioned 177; 

 16. This bird's cry, especially when heard just after sunset, is regarded 

 as ominous, not only on account of its peculiar sound, approaching the 

 voice of man, but also because the raven was seen to devour dead men ; 

 cf 134, 1. 2. The raven therefore became personified in Ka-akamtch, 

 q. v.; also called simply KA-ak Cf iwam. Ouomatop. 

 K 4 - a k a m t c h , or Ka-ak " Old Baven" ; personification of the raven with 

 his oracular powers. In three of our mythic stories the cry or "laugh- 

 ing" of "Old Raven" changes men into rocks, a transformation performed 

 by order of K'mukamtch. Cf pp. 131. 132 with 134, 1. 2. K. wetanta 



shash Old Haven laughed at them, 131, 2. 14. Kd-ag, 132, 7. Cf kd-ak 

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