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~Kla'-how-ya.~ The ordinary salutation at meeting or parting. _How do you
do? good-bye;_ as, klahowya sikhs, _good-bye, friend._
~Kla-h�w-yum~, _adj., n._ Chinook, KLAH�UIA. _Poor; miserable; wretched;
compassion._ Ex. Hyas klahowyum nika, _I am very poor;_ mamook klahowyum,
_to take pity on; give alms; be generous._
The salutation above given probably originated in some whining reply to
the first whites, and a distinction has since arisen between the two modes
of spelling, which is, however, purely arbitrary.
~Kl�h-wa~, _adv._ Chinook, KLAWAKH. _Slow; slowly._ Ex. Klatawa klahwa,
_go slowly._
~Klak~, _adv._ Chinook, KLAKW. _[To take] off._ Ex. Mamook klak stone
kiuatan, _to castrate a horse;_ mamook klak l'assiette, _take off the
plates;_ klak kopa wayhut, _get out of the road._
~Kl�k-sta~, or ~Kluk'-sta~, _pron._ Chinook, T'KLUKSTA. Ex. Klaksta mamook
okook? _who made or did that?_ halo klaksta, _no one._
~Kl�k-wun~, or ~Kl�h-kwan~, _v._ Chihalis, KLAKWUN._To wipe, or lick._
Klakwun l'assiette, _to wipe a plate._
~Klale~, or ~T'klale~, _adj._ Chinook, TLEHL. _Black, or dark blue, or
green._
~Klap~, _v._ Chinook, KLAP. _To find._ Ex. Mika na klap mika kiuatan? _did
you find your horse?_ klap tenas, _to be with child._
~Kla'-pite~, _n._ Chinook, KLIPAIT. _Thread; twine._
~Kl�s-ka~, or ~Klus'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, KLUSKA. _They; thine; them._
~Klat'-a-wa~, _v._ Nootka, KLATTUNWAH (Jewitt); Nittinat, KLAT�UKH. _To
go._ Klatawa te�hwit, _to walk; go on foot;_ klatawa kopa kiuatan, _to
ride;_ klatawa kopa boat, _to sail;_ mamook klatawa, _to send._
~Kla-wh�p~, _n._ Chinook, KLHUAP. _A hole._ Mamook klawhap, _to dig a
hole._
~Klem'-a-hun~, _v._ Chihalis, idem. _To stab; to wound; to dart; to cast
as a spear; to hook or gore as an ox._ Nika klemahun samun, _I spear
salmon._
~Klihl~, or ~Klilt~, _adj._ Chinook, KLIHL. _Bitter._ Not of universal
use. Mr. Hale makes it KLITL, _sour._
~Klik'-a-muks~, _n._ Chinook, KLIKABUKS. _Blackberries,_ or more properly
_dewberries._
~Klik'-wal-lie~, or ~Kloke'-wal-lie~. Chinook, KLIKWALI. _Brass wire; an
armlet or bracelet of brass wire._ Mr. Anderson gives the original meaning
as simply _brass._
~Klim-in'-a-whit~, _n., v._ Chinook, KLIMINAWHUT. _A lie; to lie._ Hyas
kumtuks kliminawhit, _he is a great liar_ (literally, _he knows well how
to lie_).
~Klim'-min~, or ~Klimmin-klimmin~, _adj._ Chinook, TKLEMIN-TKLEMIN. _Soft;
fine in substance._ The reduplication denotes the diminutive, but in
jargon it is generally used singly. Ex. Klimmin sapoleel, _flour;_ klimmin
illahie, _mud; marshy ground;_ mamook klimmin, _to soften as by dressing a
skin._
~Klip~, _adj._ Chinook, KELIPE; Chihalis, KLUPUTL; Nisqually, KLEP. _Deep;
sunken._ Klip chuck, _deep water;_ klip sun, _sunset._
~Klis'-kwiss~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _A mat._
~Kl�gh-klogh~, _n._ Chinook, OKL�KHKLO. _Oysters._ The word is common to
the Puget Sound tribes, as well as to the Chinooks.
~Klo-n�ss~, _adv._ Chinook, idem. Expression of uncertainty or doubt.
_Perhaps; I don't know; may be so; who knows?_ Equivalent to the Spanish
_quien sabe._ Ex. Klonass nika klatawa, _perhaps I shall go. Q._ Kah mika
kahpho? _where is your brother? A._ Klonass, _I don't know._
~Klone~, _adj._ Chinook, TKLON. _Three._
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