means a custom or habit. It is used by some in this sense as _tamed_ or
_broken,_ as of a horse (McCormick). KWAL is Nisqually for _tame._

~Kwass~, _adj._ Chinook, idem. _Fear; afraid; tame._ Mamook kwass, _to
frighten; to tame._

~Kwates~, or ~Kwehts~, _adj._ Chihalis, KWETS. _Sour._

~Kwéh-kweh~, _n._ Chinook, OKWÉKWE (by onoma). _A mallard duck._ Used
chiefly at mouth of the Columbia.

~Kwék-wi-ens~, _n._ Chihalis, idem. _A pin._ Of limited use.

~Kwéo-kwéo~, _n._ Chinook, T'KWEO-KWEO. _A ring; a circle._

~Kwetlh~, _adj._ Chihalis, idem. (Anderson). _Proud._ Not in general use.

~Kwin'-num~, _adj._ Chinook, KWENEM. _Five._

~Kwish~, or ~Kweesh~, _interj._ Refusing any thing contemptuously.
Equivalent to "_No you don't._" Used on the lower Columbia.

~Kwit'-shad-ie~, _n._ Nisqually, KWUTSHDIE. _The hare or rabbit._ Confined
to Puget Sound.

~Kwo-lann'~, or ~Kwo-lah'-nie~, _n._ Chihalis, KWOLÁN; Nisqually, KWILANI.
_The ear._ Halo kwolann, or, ikpooie kwolann, _deaf._

~Kwulh~, or ~Kwult~, _v._ Chinook, KWULT'H. _To hit; to wound with an
arrow or gun; to strike with a slick or stone; or in any manner without