Calf, elk calf, colt. See also q̓ayík. [NP /qeˀeyik/.]
106 terms start with “k̓”
k̓áykn
Appear, come out. áw ik̓áykšamš án ‘now the sun is coming up’. [Cf. NP /k̓´y̓kn/ ‘be free from obstructions or obstacles’.
k̓áykt
Week. áx̣ʷaymaš q̓ínuta náx̣špa k̓áyktpa ‘I’ll see you in one week’; nápt k̓áykt ‘two weeks’. See also pačwáywit. [NP /k̓´y̓kn/.]
k̓aylásk̓aylas
Seagull, California gull, Larus californicus. Umatilla prefers k̓ayák̓aya. [NE caspúla; Y sasp̓úla; NP muqúycimun.]
k̓áywa
Short, lacking, deficient. Also k̓aywá. k̓áywaš wá x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘I am lacking money’; k̓áywaš iníya ‘he short changed me’; patkʷáywayčɨnx̣ana kk̓aywáki twáki ‘they used to lay short poles across’; čák̓aywak ‘shorten’; ík̓aywak ‘shorten, diminish, outdo’. [NP /kahát̓o/; /k̓umck̓úmc/ ‘short, missing’; /k̓úmcniˀns/ ‘bobbed’.]
k̓áywa
Be short, be lacking. Also k̓aywá. łk̓ʷí ik̓aywášamš ‘the days are getting shorter’; k̓áywašaaš x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘I am short of money’. [NP /lamtn/ ‘lack, need’.]
k̓aywálala
Short person. [NP /waqimál̓ac/.]
k̓aywawanáša
Have an accident (of a child who does not get to the bathroom in time). pinák̓aywawanašaša miyánaš ‘the child had an accident’.
k̓í
Presently, soon. Reduced from mak̓í.
k̓íin
Peek in, peer in. ik̓íinaaš ‘he peeked in at me’; ik̓íik̓iiša ‘he is peeking around’. [NP /k̓eˀíin/.]
k̓iix̣k̓íix̣
Dun colored horse.
k̓ikumsk̓íkums
Chief’s serpentine dance, dance where the chiefs all followed one another. They dance with their leggings and war bonnets but they don’t wear bustles and they dance slow. Earlier recorded as sk̓ikumsk̓íkums. [NP /k̓umckúmc/ ‘short, missing’; k̓ik̓umck̓ík̓umc (distributive); /k̓úmcniˀns/ ‘bobbed’.]
k̓ilá
Bend, bend over. ik̓iláša ‘it is bent over’; čák̓ilak ‘bend (wire, etc.)’.
k̓ilák̓ila
Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis.
k̓ilyák
Hook down limbs (such as for picking chokecherries or k̓ʷɨ́nč). ik̓ilyákša patíšna ‘he is hooking down the limb’.
k̓ilyakáwas
Hooked stick used to pull down limbs while picking chokecherries. Also called twawaaničanwit̓áwas.
k̓íyas
Bottom, rear end.
k̓lak̓lá
Canada goose, Branta canadensis. pawá x̣átx̣atma k̓lak̓láma ‘there are ducks, geese’ (Jacobs 1937:30.9.3, pg. 69). See ákak.
k̓líi
Bent, curved. k̓líipa Mulmulłá ‘Mulmulłá at the curve (of the river)’. [NP /k̓ll´y/.]
k̓líis
Dead deer. iyáwiiq̓ikša k̓líis ‘the dead deer is getting caught while floating’ (Jacobs 1937:31.28.1, pg. 76). Term used repeatedly in Jacobs 1937:31.28. [NP /muˀúy̓/ ‘killed, dead’.]