K̓alapúya (the native people of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon).
55 terms start with “k”
Keep
naknúwi ‘retain, take care of, look after’; tánawič ‘hold, lay away for; wish, transform, hex’; sápqitwa ‘take care of’; tananáwi ‘keep the traditions, recapture the Indian way.
Keep time
wáwaatkʷapani ‘move the right hand keeping time’.
Keeper
naknuwiłá ‘care taker, God’.
Keepsake
wináanakʷi wapáwat ‘keepsake clothes (from the deceased)’.
Kestrel
yítyit ‘American kestrel, Falco sparverius‘.
Kettle
twašat̓áwas ‘boiling-vessel’.
Key
laklí; waxʷłkáwas; čax̣ʷłkáwas ‘opener, can opener’.
Kick
tunápt̓a; túpt̓a (distributive); tunáwaaluuk ‘kick up in the air’; tunáwaanaynač ‘kick inside, put the foot inside’; tunáwaanayt ‘kick out, put the foot out’; tunáwaawayč ‘kick across’; tunáwšp ‘kick unconscious’; tunáx̣ʷaami ‘kick up, put the foot up’; wátkʷtunapt̓a ‘rush after and kick, play kick ball’; wiyátunapt̓a ‘kick along, play socker’.
Kick-stick
łtúwitas ‘kick stick in the bone game’.
Kicking
tuná- ‘with the foot’.
Kidney
ak̓páyak̓pay.
Kill
tɨ́x̣ˀuyit ‘first kill, first kill ceremony’.
Kill
íƛ̓iyawi; káƛ̓iyawi ‘kill with food, poison’; páƛ̓ič ‘kill with the hand’; tunáƛ̓ič ‘step on and kill’; tútaƛ̓ič ‘kill by butting with the head’; tɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘make first kill, feast on first kill’; wapáƛ̓ič ‘kill with the hand’; watáyi ‘curse, cast a spell, kill with one’s spirit power’; wáwƛ̓ik ‘club to death’.
Killdeer
tawyíit ‘Charadrius vociferus‘ (also tíit ~ tiitíit).
Kin
c̓áa náymu ‘close relative’.
Kind
ɨmɨnɨwáy ‘compassionate, humble’.
Kind
kʷtɨ́n ‘species, variety, that kind’.
Kind
ɨmɨnɨwáyn ‘be kind, compassionate’.
Kindle
íluk ‘build fire’; tánšk ‘build fire, burn’.