Klootch-man, n. Nootka and Tokwaht, KLUTSMA. A woman; a female of any animal.  Tenas klootshman, a girl; klootchman kiuatan, a mare.

Klose, or Kloshe, adj., adv. Nootka; Tokwaht, KLOHTL; Makah, KLOTELO; Nisqually, KLOB. Good; well; well enough. Kloshe nannitsh, look out; take care; hyas kloshe, very well.

Klose-spose.  Nootka, KLOHTL; English, SUPPOSE. Shall or may I; let me. Ex.  Klose-spose nika mamook pia okook? shall I cook that? (literally, [is it] good that I make cook that?).

Klugh, or Klugh-klugh.  Chinook, KLUKH. To tear. Mamook klugh illahie, to plough (literally, to tear the ground).

Kluk-ulh’, or Klak-alh’, adj. Chihalis, TLUKUTLH. Broad or wide, as of a plank.

Ko, v. Chinook, idem. To reach; arrive at. Chee klaska ko, they have just come; kansih nesika ko kopa Nisqually? when shall we reach Nisqually.

Ko’-ko, v. Chinook (by onoma). To knock. Koko stick, a wood-pecker.

Kok’-shut, v. Nootka, KAKHSHETL; Klaokwat, KWACHITL.  In the original, dead. To break; broken; to beat. Hyas kokshut, broken to pieces.

Kon’-a-way, adj. Chinook, KANAWE. All; every. Klaska konaway klatawa, they have all gone; konaway tilikum, everybody; konaway kah, everywhere.

Koo’-sah, or Ko-sah, n. Chinook, EKOSAKH. The sky. Only used on the Columbia.

Ko’-pa, adv., prep. Chinook, idem. To; in; at; with; towards; of; about; concerning; there or in that place. Ex.  Kopa nika house, at my house; lolo okook kopa mika, take that home with you (equivalent to the French chez vous); cultus kopa nika, it is nothing to me.  Q. Kah okook lope? where is that rope?  A. (motioning with the chin towards the place) Kopah.

Ko-pet’, v., adv. Chinook, idem. To stop; leave off; enough. Kopet wau-wau, stop talking; kopet ikt, only one; kopet okook, that’s all; wake siah kopet, nearly finished; kopet tomalla, day after to-morrow.

Kow, v. Chinook, KAU-KAU. To tie; to fasten. Kow mika kiuatan, tie your horse; ikt kow, a bundle.

Kull, adj. Chinook, K’HUL-K’HUL. Hard in substance; difficult. Chahko kull, to become hard; mamook kull, to harden; to cause to become hard; hyas kull spose mamook, it is very hard to do so; kull stick, oak or any hard wood.

Kul-lagh’, or Kul-lagh’-an, n. Chihalis, KULLAKH; Lummi, KULLUKHAN. A fence; a corral, or inclosure. Kullagh stick, fence rails. In the original, it meant the stockade with which Indian houses are often surrounded.