q̓úx̣ł; klíyaas ‘area behind the knee’; táama ‘lap, area above the knees’.
Knick-knack
amúˀmuwit ‘something small and pretty, sugar bowl’.
Knife
x̣apiłmí; q̓ɨ́mkas ‘shoulder; draw knife (for scraping hides, made out of rib)’.
Knob
čax̣ɨlptpamá ‘door knob’.
Knoll
ayáam ‘small knoll’; šám ‘rocky knoll, shallow soil, lithosol’.
Knot
nɨkáštkt ‘tying’; k̓púlk ‘tree knot, burl’.
Knotweed
tamax̣płá ‘alpine knotweed, Polygonium phytolaccaefolium‘.
Knowhow
nɨkunɨ́ku ~ nukúnuku ‘skill, understanding, comprehension, ambition’.
Knowledge
šúkʷat ‘knowing, understanding, technology, teaching, spirit, spirit power, guardian spirit, tutelary spirit’.
q̓ɨšpalí
Buzzard, turkey vulture, Cathartes aura. [NP q̓ispaˀláya /q̓spaˀl´ya/.]
q̓šɨšlí
Early blueberry, blue huckleberry, oval-leaf huckleberry, Vaccinium ovalifolium. Also huˀušlí. [NE q̓ɨx̣ɨšlí.]
q̓tuní
Douglas’ wormwood, Artemisia douglasiana; silver wormwood or gray sagewort, Artemisia ludoviciana. Also called puˀúx̣puˀux̣.
q̓úx̣ł
Knee. itútananp̓ašaaš q̓úx̣łpa ‘he laid his head on my knee’; k̓uxsk̓úxs ‘ankle’. [NP ˀíimn /ˀimin/.]
q̓úy
Colon. [Cf. NP /q̓ʷ´yn/ ‘have diarrhea’.]
q̓ɨwíit
Plain, in the clean. q̓ɨwíitpa iwá ‘he is in a plain’; q̓ɨwíitnaš wačá páyuumpa ‘I was in the clean at the celebration’.
q̓ɨx̣lí
Tule mat. ičɨčípna q̓ɨx̣lí ‘she is sewing her tule mat’; x̣áam ikʷíya q̓ɨx̣lí ‘the tule mat got smashed up’. [NP captaklaykaˀí /captklykaˀí/.]
q̓ɨx̣línaq̓it
The stick used to finish or tie off the tule mat.
q̓ɨ́x̣nu
Sharp-tailed grouse, Tympanuchus phasianellus. [NP /q̓x̣no/.]
q̓ɨx̣nuwáakuł
Chukar, Alectoris chukar. Introduced.
Labor
kútkut ‘work’; at̓úk kútkut ‘hard work’.