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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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~Kal-ak-a-láh-ma~, _n._ Chinook, OKALAKALAMA. _A goose._ Used on the lower
Columbia river.

~Kal-a-kwáh-tie~, _n._ Chinook, KALAKWATI; Clatsop, KL'WHELATL. _The inner
bark of the cedar_ (thuja); _the petticoat, or skirt, formerly worn by
women, and often made of strands of bark._ Kalakwahtie stick, _the
cedar-tree._

~Ka-li'-tan~, _n._ Chinook, TKLAITAN. _An arrow; shot; a bullet._ Kalitan
le sac, _a quiver; a shot-pouch._

~Kal-lak'-a-la~, or ~Kul-luk'-ul-la~, _n._ Chinook, KALÁKALA. _A bird._

~Kám-ass~, or ~Lá-kam-ass~, _n._ Nootka. _The Scilla esculenta,_--a
bulbous root used for food by the Indians. Jewitt gives CHAMASS as the
Nootka for _fruit,_ also for _sweet, or pleasant to the taste._

~Kám-ooks~, _n._ Chinook, KLKÁBOKES. _A dog._ Kahkwa kamooks, _like a dog;
beastly._

~Ka-mo'-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _Beads._ Tyee kamosuk (chief beads),
_the large blue glass beads._

~Kap-su-ál-la~. Quære u. d. _To steal._ Kapsualla klatawa, _to steal
away;_ kapsualla mamook, _to do secretly._

~Kát-suk~, or ~Kót-suk~, _n._ Chinook, idem. _The middle or centre of any
thing._

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