55 terms start with “k

Kalapuya

K̓alapúya (the native people of the Willamette Valley in western Oregon).

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

tawyíitCharadrius 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’.