143 terms start with “k

kac̓áx

Recalling, remembering, come to think of it; or else. kac̓áxata kʷná pawá Wawatáwyama ‘I indeed remember the Antelopes are there’; kac̓áxnaš áp̓x̣ša ‘so I remember it’; kac̓áxnašta áp̓x̣ša ‘so indeed I remember it’; kac̓áxata watím kúuš ináwača ‘just recalling she said that yesterday’. [K kayac̓áax̣ (Jacobs 1937:32.2.2, pg. 80).]

kák

Maternal uncle; man’s sister’s child. káka ‘uncle!’; nakákas ‘my uncle’; ɨkák ‘your uncle’; pítx̣ ‘(his/her) uncle’; kákaama ‘uncles’; áykɨnx̣anaaš naamína nč̓ína nakákasan ‘I used to hear our elder uncle’. See pítx̣. [NP /t´q/.]

kaks

Man’s younger brother. Form found only in ínkaks ‘my younger brother’. See ɨsx̣ɨ́p. [NP /ˀnm̓´sqap/.]

kákya

Definition:

Bird, animal.

The prototype animal is a bird, typically a magpie (áč̓ay).


Examples:

  1. tál iwá kskɨ́s kákya ‘black bug is a small insect’;
  2. áswan iwačá kákya ‘the bird was a boy’;
  3. paˀínɨmša kákyama ‘the birds are singing’;
  4. ƛ̓áax̣ʷna kákya pašúkayiša waníčt ‘all the animals know our names (especially the meadowlark [ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł])’;
  5. kuna paˀáwx̣ta kákya ana kú pawiyánawita ánč̓ax̣i ‘and the birds will miss us when they come back again’;
  6. ƛ̓áax̣ʷ ana tún pawá kákyama ‘all whatever are the animals’;
  7. tunx̣túnx̣ kákyama ‘different animals’;
  8. kákyama pawá ƛ̓áax̣ʷ – wawúkya x̣átx̣at spílya ‘they’re all animals – elk, duck, coyote…’;
  9. sapx̣ʷninłá kákyama ‘crawling animals’ (saysáy ‘worms’, pyúš ‘snakes’, ámuš ‘snails’);
  10. waynałá kákyama ‘flying creatures’ (ʷaamá ‘eagle’, č̓átaqš ‘bat’, atníwa ‘bee’);
  11. ánakʷi kákya ‘the thrown back creatures (from the Legend Time)’;
  12. tawyanaktpamá kákyama ‘farm animals’;
  13. tkʷátat kakyamaamíyay tkʷátataš ‘food for the animals to eat’;
  14. kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bird bath’;
  15. támšɨlpi kákya ‘ladybug’.

kášk̓ululapn

Eat too much fat or greasy food, satiate oneself. ákašk̓ululapnaaš yápašna ‘I ate too much fat’; pinákašk̓ululapšaaš ‘I’m getting dizzy from overeating’; pinákašk̓ululaptanam ‘you’ll eat too much fatty food (Coyote said to the monster when threw a big rock into his mouth to fix it open – the rocks had deer fat on them)’. [NP /saˀáyn/.]

kálaamk

Be hungry for fruit. ikálaamkša wíwnuki ‘he is hungry for huckleberries’. [Cf. NE kálaˀamk ‘eat up, devour’; NP /kál̓amk/

kalamát

Yellow water-lily, Indian pond lily, spatterdock, wokas, Nuphar polysepala. [NP /sáslaqs/ ~ /saslaqs/, also means ‘moose’.]

kalámkalam

Lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta. Also pronounced qalámqalam. Also called tap̓áštap̓aš, tap̓ašwáakuł. [NW x̣anɨmx̣ánɨm; Y k̓aláam; NP /ql´mqlm/.]

kalú-

In weaving. kalúlak̓i ‘finish weaving’; kanútk ‘unfinished’.

kalúlak̓i

Finish weaving a basket. ákalulak̓išaaš ‘I’m finishing up a basket’; ákalulak̓ik ‘finish it up!’. Also čanúnaq̓i. [NP /kan̓winaq̓i/.]

kalúlak̓it

Weaving end, top of the basket, loops. c̓apx̣mí kalúlak̓it ‘cedar basket loops’. See čanúnaq̓it. [Y kalúwaas; NP /kan̓winaq̓it/.]

kálux

Sockeye or blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. Also pronounced kálxʷ. kaluxmí áčaš ‘evening primrose, Oenothera pallida‘. níix̣ iwá táani kálux ‘sockeye is good to can’. [NP q̓óyx̣c /q̓ʷ´yx̣c/.]

kaluxkálux

Jack blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka. paˀínaat̓ix̣a kaluxkáluxna ‘they barbecue the jacks’.

káła

Maternal grandmother; woman’s daughter’s child. káła ‘grandmother! grandchild!’; nakáłas ‘my grandmother’; ínkała ‘my grandchild’; ɨkáł ‘your grandmother’; ímkała ‘your grandchild’; káła ‘(his/her) grandmother; her daughter’s child’; nakáłasaanš ániya ‘I gave it to my grandmother’; nakáłasanɨmš iníya ‘my grandmother gave it to me’; káł iwinána ‘your grandmother went’; iq̓ínušanaaš kałáp ‘your grandmother saw me’; inmíyawx̣inam išapáwinama kałáp ‘your grandmother sent you to me’; áq̓inušanaaš kałáp ‘I saw your grandmother’; ku aw kú ápinawšuwana káła ‘and then his grandmother got herself ready’; áykɨnx̣anaaš inmína káłaan ‘I used to hear my grandmother’; k̓ʷáynaš kúuš itɨmnanáx̣nawax̣ana inmínɨm káłanɨm ‘my grandmother used to tell me stories like that’; ku ɨ́nna káłapa ‘and he said to his grandmother’; ku aw kú patáwyašana káłayin ‘and then he was living with his grandmother’; inmí kałanmí áwača mɨ́taw ƛ̓áksma ‘my grandmother had three sisters’; ínkałayin páq̓inuna ‘my grandchild saw him’; ínkałanɨmš iq̓inwatána ‘my grandchild went to see me’; ímkałanɨmš iq̓ínušana ‘your daughter’s child saw me’; ímkałaan ánik ‘give it to your daughter’s child!’; imkałanmí áwa ‘it’s your daughter’s child’s’. [NP /qása/.]

-kan

Versative case. Toward. ku pášapawinana Imatalamłáaman Háwtmikan ‘and he sent the Umatillas toward McKay Creek’; ana k̓ʷapɨ́n iwá čáan Athenakan tiičám ‘the aforementioned which is land toward Athena’; pawínana inmíkan ‘they went toward my place’; pawšánax̣ana kʷáan táp̓aškan ‘they used to move toward those mountains’; k̓ʷáy áw čaaní iwámš naamíkan ‘that one is coming toward us’; napiinamíkan iwáynana ‘he flew toward us two’; áx̣mikan ‘toward inland’; nɨwítkan ku wáqacalkan ‘toward the right and toward the left’. [NP /-kek/.]

kánaq̓i

Finish eating. pakánaq̓iya ‘they finished eating’; áwnam kánaq̓i ‘now you have finished eating’. [NP /hpnaq̓i/.]

-kaní

Versative case. Emphatic. pɨnmikaní iwínana ‘he went towards him’; imiinamikaní iwáynana ‘it flew toward you two’.

kantipát̓a

Like candy. ikantipát̓aša ‘he likes candy’.

kanútk

Unfinished. kanútknaš wá wápas ‘my bag is unfinished’; áx̣ʷaynaš wá kanútk ‘mine is still unfinished’. [NP /wapák̓im̓/.]

kápaničanwi

Tip over from an edge. ikápaničanwi ‘it has tipped over from the edge’. Probably the same as or related to qápaničanwi ‘cascade, spill over the falls’.