106 terms start with “k̓”

k̓pɨ́pn

Definition:

To feel texture, fondle.

Examples:

  1. ik̓pɨ́pša wapčíyašna watx̣ɨ́n iwá q̓tɨ́t wísxtay ‘she’s feeling the buckskin, is it hard to sew?’;
  2. táaminwa ik̓pɨ́pɨnx̣a x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘he always fondles his money’.

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[NP /k̓´ppn/ ‘be round, spherical, lumpy’.]

k̓pɨ́s

Cold. Of water or something you touch. tq̓íx̣šaaš k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘I want cold water’; k̓pɨ́s iwá čúuš ‘the water is cold’; ana kú iwačá kúušx̣i k̓pɨ́s ‘when it was similarly cold’; wáawɨnpayitam k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘fetch me cold water!’; k̓pɨ́snam pániya ‘you gave it (coffee) to me cold’; k̓pɨ́s iwačá watím ‘it was cold yesterday’; k̓pɨ́s iwá tkʷátat ‘the food is cold’; k̓pɨ́s čúuš ‘cold water’; k̓pɨ́s waanáytt ‘cold spring’; k̓pɨ́s táat ‘cold packing’ (huckleberries wouldn’t mush up that way); sapák̓psni lúlukaš ‘ice cream’; sapak̓pstpamá ‘refrigerator, freezer, locker’. See also k̓sɨ́t. [NP /ˀcwey̓is/.]

K̓pɨ́sk̓pɨs

Cold Springs, a campground on the way down from Watámtulikacat near the berryfields northwest of Trout Lake, Washington. There is an old trail that comes up from Trout Lake to Cold Springs. Also called K̓pɨ́s. míimi pačúux̣ana k̓pɨ́s čúuš waanáyttkni K̓pɨ́sk̓pɨspa ‘long ago they would drink cold water from a spring at Cold Springs’; wáwtukšanaataš K̓pɨ́spa ‘we camped overnight at Cold Springs’.

k̓pɨ́t

Bead. iwíˀaniša k̓pɨ́tki ‘she is beading’; k̓pɨ́tki aníša ‘she is doing beadwork’; tílaakima pawíˀaniša k̓pɨ́tki ‘the women are doing beadwork’; inákpaaša luc̓áan k̓pɨ́tna ‘she is separating out the red beads’; k̓pɨ́tna isáp̓awisa ‘she is separating beads’; áwyaskawimšnaš k̓pɨ́tna ‘I have picked up some beads as I came along’; k̓pɨ́tki anít ‘beadwork’; k̓pɨtłimá ‘beaded’; čák̓ptk ‘ball up’; šapáq̓ɨptk ‘make a fist’. Ablaut: k̓páat ’round, spherical’; k̓píit ‘ball’. [NP /q̓l´wn/.]

k̓pɨtłimá

Beaded. k̓pɨtłimápa aníša ‘she is beading a bag’; ku paˀaníx̣ana k̓ptłimá patún ‘and they would make beaded things’; k̓pɨtłimá wápas ‘beaded bag’; k̓pɨtłimá šɨ́mx̣ ‘beaded dress’; k̓ptłimá tamánwičanwit ‘beaded sidedrops’; k̓ptłimá wɨłq̓ám ilaplaykɨ́li ‘high top beaded moccasin’. [NE k̓pɨtní; NP /q̓lwniins/.]

k̓púł

Mortar. A small hollowed out bowl generally made of wood for pounding roots, meat, etc. Usually made of oak. paˀaníx̣ana k̓púł ilukasmí u k̓ʷáyk̓a áw pšwanmí ‘they used to make their mortar out of wood or stone’; ápax̣ɨmkɨnk k̓púłpa ‘grind it in the mortar!’. Also called tutt̓áwas. See also t̓alúš; pnáy; tútn. [NP /k̓poy/.]

k̓sáat

Cooled off (such as something that was cooked).

k̓skáwas

Molar.

k̓sɨ́t

Cold. Especially of weather. k̓sɨ́t iwá ‘it’s cold out’; ku iwačá k̓sɨ́t ‘and it was cold’; k̓sɨ́t ihulíša ‘it is blowing cold’; k̓sɨ́t iwá tkʷátat ‘the food is cold’; k̓sɨ́t iwá pšwá ‘the rocks are cold’; ƛ̓áax̣ʷ pawá k̓sɨ́t ‘they’re all cold’; iwá ataak̓sɨ́t ‘it’s very cold’; ača kú iwačá tamawɨ́n k̓sɨ́t wáyx̣titay ‘because it was too cold for driving’; k̓sɨ́t iwá ámčni ‘it’s cold outside’; k̓sɨ́tnaš wá ‘I am cold’; k̓sɨ́t čúuš ‘cold water’; sapák̓stn ‘cool down, freeze’. See also k̓pɨ́s. [NP /ˀcwey̓c/; cf. /k̓ssn/ ‘have frostbite’.]

k̓sɨ́taas

North. [NP /yw̓íckn̓ikaay/.]

k̓sɨ́ti

Be cold. kúuš ik̓sɨ́ti čná čí čɨ́nči anwíčtki ‘in that way it has gotten cold here with this year’; waak̓ɨsɨtitpamá ‘electric cooling fan’.

k̓sɨ́t̓al

Origin:

Comes from wiyáˀuyi “to go first”, referring to December as marking the year’s beginning.

Definition:

January.

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[NE k̓sɨ́t álxayx; NP /wlúupup/.]

k̓súyas

Lamprey, eel, Lampetra tridentata. ku kʷná inmí pšɨ́t iwɨ́npɨnx̣ana k̓súyasna ‘and my father used to get the eels there’; ku naˀíłas ku naxáxas paˀílax̣yawix̣ana k̓súyas ‘and my mother and aunt used to dry eels’; išúwaša k̓súyasna ‘he is cutting eels’; k̓suyasmí yápaš ‘eel oil’ (used for ear ache). Also asúm, asɨ́m. [NP /hesu/.]

k̓súyaspat̓a

Be hungry for eels, wish for eels. k̓súyaspat̓anaas ‘I wished for eels’.

k̓ɨswí

Turn back. ik̓swíša ‘he is turning back’; pak̓swíya ‘they turned back’; čák̓swik ‘bend’; tamák̓swik ‘turn’; wáak̓swik ‘pause and turn back’. See also c̓swín. [Cf. NP /k̓cwín/ ‘be curved, crooked, warped, bent’.]

k̓ɨštɨ́n

Tooth. ƛ̓áax̣ʷmaš k̓štɨ́n qáax̣aytta ‘all your teeth will fall out (said when one used dirty words)’; k̓ɨštɨ́n čanptpamá ‘incisor tooth’; wawukyanmí k̓ɨštɨ́n ‘elk tooth’; k̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá ‘tooth brush’; wisxáwas k̓ɨštɨ́n ikiiktpamá ‘dental floss’. [N ɨtɨ́t; NP /tt/; cf. NP tink̓áˀc ‘jawbone’ (Aoki 1994:269).]

k̓štɨ́nnaq̓it

Gums.

k̓ɨ́tn

Break, split. Bound. šáq̓tč ‘plough’; wapák̓tk ‘kneed, make into dough’; k̓ɨ́tt ‘steep’. Ablaut: k̓áatn ‘shave’; k̓áat ‘kneeded’. [NP /k̓´tn/ ‘break, split, be decided’; /k̓´tk̓t/ ‘clipping, snipping’; /ˀck̓´tk̓tn/ ‘make fringe’; /táq̓tk/ ‘hew’; cf. also NP /k̓´t/ ‘be pointed’.]

k̓tɨ́t

Hard. See q̓tɨ́t.

k̓ɨ́tt

Steep. k̓ɨ́tt iwá ‘it is steep’.