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ive,_ as cattle or horses. ~Kiu'-a-tan~, _n._ Chinook, IKIUATAN. Cooley kiuatan, _a race-horse;_ stone kiuatan, _a stallion._ ~Ki'-wa~, _adj._ Wasco, KAIWA (Shaw). _Crooked._ Of only local use. ~Ki'-yah~, _n._ Chihalis, KAIYAKH. _Entrails._ ~Klah~, _adj._ Chinook, KLAKH. _Free or clear from; in sight._ Ex. Chee yakka klah, _now he is in sight;_ klatawa klah, _to escape, as a prisoner;_ chahko klah (of seed), _to come up;_ (of the woods), _to open out;_ (of the weather), _to clear up;_ mamook klah, _to uncover._ Mr. Anderson gives as the original meaning, _to open out or appear._ ~Klah-hanie'~, or ~Klagh-anie'~, _adv._ Chinook, KLAKHANI. _Out of doors; out; without._ Ex. Mamook klaghanie okook, _put that out;_ klatawa klaghanie, _to go out._ ~Kla'-how-ya.~ The ordinary salutation at meeting or parting. _How do you do? good-bye;_ as, klahowya sikhs, _good-bye, friend._ ~Kla-how-yum~, _adj., n._ Chinook, KLAHAUIA. _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. ~Klah-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._ ~Klak-sta~, or ~Kluk'-sta~, _pron._ Chinook, T'KLUKSTA. Ex. Klaksta mamook okook? _who made or did that?_ halo klaksta, _no one._ ~Klak-wun~, or ~Kleh-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._ ~Klas-ka~, or ~Klus'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, KLUSKA. _They; thine; them._ ~Klat'-a-wa~, _v._ Nootka, KLATTUNWAH (Jewitt); Nittinat, KLATOeUKH. _To go._ Klatawa teahwit, _to walk; go on foot;_ klatawa kopa kiuatan, _to ride;_ klatawa kopa boat, _to sail;_ mamook klatawa, _to send._ ~Kla-whap~, _n._ Chinook, KLHUAP. _A hole._ Mamook klawhap, _to dig a hole._ ~Klem'-a-hun~, _v._ C
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