FOOTNOTES:
[253] Written from the pronunciation of a Krih Indian.—Maximilian.
KUTANÄ, or Kutnehä̍[254]
Arm, achkusóttis (indistinct; ach guttural).
Arrow, a̍hk (k prolonged as a guttural).
Black, kamokoch-kukossni (ch guttural; the whole very short and indistinct).
Blood, uann-muh (short and run together).
Blue, confused by most tribes with green and given the same name.
Bow, zü̍pil (i very short, indistinct, and almost like e).
Child, skámmu (low and soft, guttural).
Cold (adj), uanéht.
Day, kiukiet (indistinct).
Dead, epinih.
Ear, akochkuates (ch guttural).
Earth, a̍m-ma.
Eye, akaksisches (es distinctly pronounced).
Fire, akingkóko (indistinct).
Foot, achksikkis (ch guttural; k clicked with the tongue; final i like e).
God, núma.
Green, kekochmacha (ch guttural; e ½).
Hair, akuksammus (k lisped with the tongue).
Hand, achkehs (low and guttural).
Head, achksemnis (k lisped; indistinct, short).
Heart, achkissuehs (ch guttural).
Hot, jaehsukket.
Ice, a̍chkuitt.
Leg, akesokkes (e barely audible).
Man, aks-macki (a slight pause after aks).
Moon, same word as for sun.
Mouth, achkesmaës (ach guttural; s lisped).
Night, zesmuiet (indistinct; iet like et, distinctly pronounced but short).
Nose, achkúnes (es distinct; ch guttural).
Pipe (tobacco), achkússa (ch and the whole guttural and low).
Rain, esuch-kukuttunn (very short and indistinct; guttural).
Red, kanóhs (a almost like e; short and low).
Snow, achksoh (ks like sch with a clicking of the tongue).
Star, akisnohs (s with a peculiar clicking sound).
Sun, natánnik (k barely audible, only a slight guttural sound).
Tomahawk, achkensä (ks with a clicking of the tongue, like sch).
Water, woh (short and abruptly ended).
White, kamonuckso (so with a clicking of the tongue).
Woman, páski (ki low and short).
Yellow, kemacktze (first e ½; final e distinctly pronounced).
Names of Animals
Antelope, nestukp.
Bear (black), népke.
Bear (grizzly), ksaus (German; s with a clicking of the tongue, like sch).
Beaver, si̍nna.
Bighorn, kuisskussä (kus short and indistinct).
Buffalo, jiámmo (first i barely audible).
Deer, zupka (u between u and o).
Deer (black-tailed), aknesni̍nk (s like schw).
Dog, cháhtsin (ch guttural; a almost as if with umlaut).
Elk, keskásse (sk with a clicking of the tongue).
Mountain goat (white), zenúchcho (ch guttural; the whole run together).
Wolf, kachki, or kachkin (ch guttural).[255]