Kah’-na-way, n. Chinook, T’KANAWE. Acorns. Kahnaway stick, the oak. Used only on the Columbia river.

Kahp-ho, n.Chinook, idem. An elder brother, sister, or cousin.

Kah-ta, adv. Chinook, KATA. How; why. Kahta mika mamook okook? why do you do that? kahta mika chahko? how did you come? kahta mika? what is the matter with you? pe kahta? and why so?

Kal-ak-a-lah-ma, n. Chinook, OKALAKALAMA. A goose. Used on the lower Columbia river.

Kal-a-kwah-tie, n. Chinook, KALAKWATI; Clatsop, KL’WHELATL. The inner bark of the cedar (thuja); the petticoat, or skirt, formerly worn by women, and often made of strands of bark. Kalakwahtie stick, the cedar-tree.

Ka-li’-tan, n. Chinook, TKLAITAN. An arrow; shot; a bullet. Kalitan le sac, a quiver; a shot-pouch.

Kal-lak’-a-la, or Kul-luk’-ul-la, n. Chinook, KALAKALA. A bird.

Kam-ass, or La-kam-ass, n. Nootka. The Scilla esculenta,—­a bulbous root used for food by the Indians.  Jewitt gives CHAMASS as the Nootka for fruit, also for sweet, or pleasant to the taste.

Kam-ooks, n. Chinook, KLKABOKES. A dog. Kahkwa kamooks, like a dog; beastly.

Ka-mo’-suk, n. Chinook, idem. Beads. Tyee kamosuk (chief beads), the large blue glass beads.

Kap-su-al-la.  Quaere u. d. To steal. Kapsualla klatawa, to steal away; kapsualla mamook, to do secretly.

Kat-suk, or Kot-suk, n. Chinook, idem. The middle or centre of any thing.

Kau’-py, n. English. Coffee.

Ka-wak, v. Chihalis, KAUAK. To fly. Not in general use.

Kaw-ka-wak, adj. Chinook, KAKAWAK. Yellow, or pale green.

Kee-kwil-lie, prep. Chinook, KIK’HWILI. Low; below; under; beneath; down. Mamook keekwillie, to lower; mitlite keekwillie, to set down; put under. Not used in the sense of “down stream.”

Keep’-wot, n. Chinook, OKWEPOWA; Yakama, KAPUS, a pin (Pandosy). A needle; the sting of an insect; a thorn. Shoes keepwot, an awl.

Keh’-loke, n. Chinook, idem. A swan. Of local use only.

Keh’-see, or Ki’-su, n. Chinook, EKESO. An apron.

Keh-wa, adv. Quaere u. d. Because. Not in common use.

Kel’-a-pi, or Ka-la-pi, v. Chinook, KELAPAI. To turn; return; overturn; upset. Kelapi canim, to upset a canoe; hyak kelapi, come back quickly; kelapi kopa house, go back to the house; mamook kelapi, to bring, send, or carry back; kelapi tumtum, to change one’s mind.