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-kaam big, large
Dictionary Entry
lexicon ID #3668 | revised Nov 17 2014
-kaam • ADJ • big, large
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achvívkaam "California condor"
akoorákaam "axe (as opposed to hatchet)"
araraxúskaamhar "bow"
asákaam "Big Rock"
askáamha "to be lots of water"
asvutanámkaam "wood-ant"
axakiichkarúkaam "a size of dentalium, larger than axákiichkaru"
axnatsinvanahíchkaam "rose sp."
axratarakávaras "a plant, the prickly sow-thistle"
fathipríhkaam "placename near Hoopa"
fithíhkaam "big toe"
ikfukráakaam "steep"
ikshaprivákaam "steep"
iktaktakakávaras "a plant, alum root"
ikxariyákaam "firewood carrier, i.e. a cord for tying up a bundle of wood"
ikxurarakámxara "late night; late at night"
ikyáakaam "difficult"
ikyavarahákaamha "to gather many acorns"
ipchimakananáchkaam "bandanna"
ishkêesh "river, the Klamath River"
ishkéesh'aachip "placename, a fishery"
itheethvákaam "one big load"
ithyurákaam "truck, bus"
kafíchkaamsa "a plant, coltsfoot"
kêech "big, large"
kêechas "big, large (plural)"
kêechha "to be big"
kêechich "bigger"
keechíkyav "sweetheart, friend"
kéechriik "big place"
kêeshich "bigger"
kêeshichasaha "to be bigger"
keech'íihyan "Preston Peak"
kuphákaam "Ghost Dance, Round Dance"
sikíhkaam "big spoon"
tarupákaam "roof-hole of an Indian house"
taxyeemákaam "placename at ameekyáaraam rancheria"
taxyeemákaam "name of a woman, Mary, George Wilder's mother"
tikánkaam "thumb"
tikankampîimach "forefinger"
tishrámkaam "Bald Hills (those just north of Hoopa)"
ukrámkaam "pond near Katimin"
vishvánkaam "big-bellied"
vuhanámkaam "molar tooth; tusk of hog"
vuhvuhákaam "jump dance"
xahákaam "type of large spider"
xanvátkaam "a big type of clam, Pismo clam"
xavishxúskaamhar "arrowwood bow"
xúskaam "stubborn (person)"
xuskáamha "be skittish, wild (as a horse)"
xuskáamhar "bow (for shooting arrows); gun"
xuskamhaná'anamahach "pistol"
xuskamhareekxúrikar "painted bow"
yuhsahrímkaam "near Clear Creek"
yusahrímkaam "placename, near Clear Creek"
yuxtharánkaam "an entire abalone shell used as pendant"
Source: WB 846, p.359
Note: Plural -kaamsa. Bound stem; occurs only in combinations, such as asákaam 'big rock'. The corresponding independent form is kêech, plural kêechas.
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xavish'úhraam uum vúra puvaaramákaamhara. An arrowwood pipe is not very long. [Reference: TK 158.34]
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asípkaam "big soup basket" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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pufíchkaam "big deer" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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yukukúhkaam "big shoe" (spoken by Vina Smith)
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