Cliff, canyon with bluffs on both sides. q̓mɨ́łq̓mɨł ‘cliffs’. Ablaut: q̓áamł ‘crack’; q̓míił ‘crevice’. [NP /tlel/.]
Q̓mɨ́ł
Rock Creek, an Indian village on the Washington side of the Columbia River. Next place upriver from T̓at̓ałíya. ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iwá waníči Q̓mɨ́ł ‘that which is named Rock Creek’; kʷná pawačá x̣lákma tanánma Q̓mɨ́łpa ‘there were many Indians at Rock Creek’; Q̓mɨłłáma ‘people from Rock Creek’. [NP /q̓m̓ł/.]
q̓púłq̓puł
Small black species of bug. It is harmful if swallowed.
Kick-stick
łtúwitas ‘kick stick in the bone game’.
Kidney
ak̓páyak̓pay.
Kill
tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘first kill, first kill ceremony’.
Killdeer
tawyíit ‘Charadrius vociferus‘ (also tíit ~ tiitíit).
Kin
c̓áa náymu ‘close relative’.
Kind
kʷtɨ́n ‘species, variety, that kind’.
Kindling
stkʷláwaycas.
King
tkʷínat ‘Chinook or king salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha‘; miyuux̣yáy ‘king in cards’.
Kingbird
twíc̓awałc̓awał ‘western kingbird, Tyrannus verticalis‘; ‘eastern kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus‘.
Kingfisher
t̓úlulx̣ʷ ~ wáat̓unux̣ ~ šáx̣šax̣ ‘belted kingfisher, Megaceryle alcyon‘.
Kingsnake
kímkaš ‘California mountain kingsnake, Lampropeltis zonatus‘.
Kinnikinnick
ɨlɨ́k ~ hutuhútu ~ sapátwa ‘Indian tobacco, pinemat manzanita, Arctostaphylos nevadensis‘; also ‘bearberry, A. uva-ursi‘.