KKeepKeep,Grasp, orRemember. Hold out flat right hand, back to right, fingers level; hold up left G hand, back to left; swing them together; grasp left index in closedright hand and move the hands slightly to right and left. CompareHoldandRemember.Fr.tenir,retenir; Ger.halten,behalten.Keep close.SignGoodandNear. (C)Keep quiet.SignStopandSit down, or simplyStop. SeeHush.Fr.taisez vous,tenez vous tranquille!Ger.ruhig sein!schweigen!KettleKettle.Indicate the shape of the mouth with both L hands; then, holding left unchanged, pass the right G into it; then, with right, lift as if by a handle. Some omit the “handle.” CompareBasketandCook.Fr.le chaudron,la chaudière; Ger.der Kessel.Kidney.Hold up the two compressed hands, then swing them back against the kidneys.Fr.le rein, (d’animal)le rognon; Ger.die Niere.KillKill,Overcome,Win, orBe victor(Striking with a club). Hold the right A hand, back nearly up, in front of shoulder, back of hand making a slight angle with wrist; strike to the front, downward and little to left, stopping hand suddenly and giving it slight rebound. ForKill meorBeat me, make the sign toward one’s self.Fr.tuer,vaincre; Ger.tot schlagen,siegen.Kin,Kinsman, orKinship. SignBrotherandDistantorNear, as the case may be.Fr.le parent; Ger.der Verwandte.KindorGentle. SignHeartandGood.Fr.aimable; Ger.freundlich,sanft.King’s X.SeeFins.KnifeKnife(Penknife or Jack-knife). (Whittling a stick.) With right A hand make motion of whittling the index finger of the left G hand. (Blackfoot and Pop.) The Cheyennes signCutandBend.Fr.le canif,le couteau; Ger.das Messer,das Taschenmesser.KnifeorDagger. Thumb up straight, rest of fingers closed, hand at side. (Pop.) CompareHe,Turn down, andOpossum.Knife.Hold left hand near mouth, then with lower edge of flat right make as though cutting off a piece of meat held between the left hand and the teeth. Understood but not used by Cheyennes. They indicate length with right G on flat left back and addCut.Fr.le couteau,le poignard; Ger.das Messer,der Dolch.KnoworBe acquainted with. SignKnow, as below.Fr.connaître; Ger.kennen.KnowKnoworUnderstand(See, it is in my heart). Lay the right L hand, back up, on heart; swing it out, up in a slight curve, and down a little, palm up.Fr.comprendre,savoir; Ger.wissen,verstehen.Know, I don’t.Shrug the shoulders and shake the head and raise the right hand open, palm up, to level of shoulder, inclining the head to the side. (Pop.) CompareDon’t care.Know,I know what I’m doing(Perhaps “I smell a rat” is the verbal form of the sign). Lay the right index on right side of nose. (Pop.)Fr.je ne suis pas aveugle; Ger.ich weiss was ich mache.KnowledgeorIntelligence. Tap the forehead and addBig. CompareConceit.Fr.le savoir,l’intelligence; Ger.die Kenntnis,das Wissen.
Keep
Keep,Grasp, orRemember. Hold out flat right hand, back to right, fingers level; hold up left G hand, back to left; swing them together; grasp left index in closedright hand and move the hands slightly to right and left. CompareHoldandRemember.
Fr.tenir,retenir; Ger.halten,behalten.
Keep close.SignGoodandNear. (C)
Keep quiet.SignStopandSit down, or simplyStop. SeeHush.
Fr.taisez vous,tenez vous tranquille!Ger.ruhig sein!schweigen!
Kettle
Kettle.Indicate the shape of the mouth with both L hands; then, holding left unchanged, pass the right G into it; then, with right, lift as if by a handle. Some omit the “handle.” CompareBasketandCook.
Fr.le chaudron,la chaudière; Ger.der Kessel.
Kidney.Hold up the two compressed hands, then swing them back against the kidneys.
Fr.le rein, (d’animal)le rognon; Ger.die Niere.
Kill
Kill,Overcome,Win, orBe victor(Striking with a club). Hold the right A hand, back nearly up, in front of shoulder, back of hand making a slight angle with wrist; strike to the front, downward and little to left, stopping hand suddenly and giving it slight rebound. ForKill meorBeat me, make the sign toward one’s self.
Fr.tuer,vaincre; Ger.tot schlagen,siegen.
Kin,Kinsman, orKinship. SignBrotherandDistantorNear, as the case may be.
Fr.le parent; Ger.der Verwandte.
KindorGentle. SignHeartandGood.
Fr.aimable; Ger.freundlich,sanft.
King’s X.SeeFins.
Knife
Knife(Penknife or Jack-knife). (Whittling a stick.) With right A hand make motion of whittling the index finger of the left G hand. (Blackfoot and Pop.) The Cheyennes signCutandBend.
Fr.le canif,le couteau; Ger.das Messer,das Taschenmesser.
KnifeorDagger. Thumb up straight, rest of fingers closed, hand at side. (Pop.) CompareHe,Turn down, andOpossum.
Knife.Hold left hand near mouth, then with lower edge of flat right make as though cutting off a piece of meat held between the left hand and the teeth. Understood but not used by Cheyennes. They indicate length with right G on flat left back and addCut.
Fr.le couteau,le poignard; Ger.das Messer,der Dolch.
KnoworBe acquainted with. SignKnow, as below.
Fr.connaître; Ger.kennen.
Know
KnoworUnderstand(See, it is in my heart). Lay the right L hand, back up, on heart; swing it out, up in a slight curve, and down a little, palm up.
Fr.comprendre,savoir; Ger.wissen,verstehen.
Know, I don’t.Shrug the shoulders and shake the head and raise the right hand open, palm up, to level of shoulder, inclining the head to the side. (Pop.) CompareDon’t care.
Know,I know what I’m doing(Perhaps “I smell a rat” is the verbal form of the sign). Lay the right index on right side of nose. (Pop.)
Fr.je ne suis pas aveugle; Ger.ich weiss was ich mache.
KnowledgeorIntelligence. Tap the forehead and addBig. CompareConceit.
Fr.le savoir,l’intelligence; Ger.die Kenntnis,das Wissen.