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Kamchatkan

      tschawytscha n • [Russ < Kamchatkan..]

Kansas

      antelope horn(s) n • chiefly KS, OK, TX

      bandy n1 • chiefly KS

      broomweed n • chiefly KS, OK, TX

      buffalo sod n • KS

      choc n2 • chiefly OK, TX, KS

      doodinkus n • chiefly KS, NE

      dugout n 1 • chiefly OK, KS, NE

      eversharp n • scattered, but esp N Cent, Upper MW, KS, MO (MAP)

      hedge ball n • IL, KS, KY

      last couple out n • esp Upper MW, KS (MAP)

      Mexican sandburr n • chiefly KS, OK

      rock pink n 1 • esp KS, MO

      short grass n • esp KS

      side line n • esp TX, KS

      snake n 3b • chiefly Missip-Ohio Valleys, KS, OK (MAP)

      soddy n 1 • chiefly Cent, esp KS, NE

      timber squirrel n • esp Upper MW, KS, NE

      topsy stove n • chiefly KS, NE

Kentucky

      absolute auction n • KY

      barking exercise n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      barn martin n • esp KY, MO, TN

      bean stringing n • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eKY

      beaten biscuit n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)

      betsy bug n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp AR, KY

      bettywood n • esp KY

      black waterite n • chiefly eKY

      bluetail hawk n • esp KY, sIN, NC

      bois d’arc n • chiefly TX, LA, OK, AR, TN, KY (MAP)

      bourbon ball n • chiefly KY

      brier hopper n • OH, TN, KY

      bulldog gravy n • KY

      burgoo n 2 • esp KY

      candy stew n • KY, NC, VA

      catalpa n A • esp IL, IN, KY

      chicken fight n 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, MD

      chughole n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)

      city sparrow n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, SC

      coffee sack n • chiefly KY

      corn drill n • esp KY

      corn pudding n • scattered, but esp PA, VA, KY (MAP)

      country ham n • chiefly KY, NC, VA

      court day n • KY

      cowsucker n 2 • esp KY, Delmarva

      drat n • esp KY, TN

      dry-land fish n • chiefly KY, TN

      exercise n B • chiefly KY, TN

      fall bean n • eKY, wVA

      falling exercise n • chiefly KY

      feedway n • KY, VA

      fever worm n • chiefly KY

      fiddle spider n 1 • scattered, but esp freq KY

      funeralizing n • S Midl, esp KY

      funk v • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      gaum v1 3 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      gopher n1 2c • chiefly N Cent, esp KY

      gopher n1 6 • KY

      go-to-mill n • chiefly IL, KY

      grave house n • KY

      grocery mix n • esp KY, TN

      handkerchief n B • esp KY, TN

      hardboot n • esp KY

      hate v • KY, TN, Ozarks

      hazenut n • esp KY

      hedge ball n • IL, KS, KY

      hedge orange n • esp KY, OH

      hobby n 1 • chiefly eKY, seOH, sWV

      hoecake turner n • esp KY

      hogback n 3 • eKY

      hog jaw n • chiefly TN, KY, AR

      homebreaker n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      hope to my die, I exclam • WV, KY

      house n B1a • sAppalachians, esp KY, TN

      hover n • chiefly sMD, nVA, KY, TN

      hunk n1 2 • esp KY, TN

      jam cake n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)

      joeboat n • chiefly Ohio Valley, esp KY (MAP)

      jolt wagon n • S Midl, esp KY (MAP)

      jump jacket n • S Midl, esp KY

      June apple n 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      Kentucky breakfast n • esp KY

      Kentucky oysters n pl • esp KY

      kitty n 3 • esp KY, MD, VA (MAP)

      landside plow n • esp NEng, TN, KY

      laying-off plow n • esp KY, TN

      leaf n1 B2 • KY

      leak n • esp KY

      lonesome water(s) n • esp KY

      lug n2 1 • chiefly KY, VA

      misput v 2 • esp KY

      mockingbird n 5 • esp KY

      mud martin n • esp KY

      nettleweed n • esp KY

      newlight n • esp KY

      nit fly n • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY (MAP)

      nubbin n 1 • esp eKY

      Old Billy n 2 • KY

      oodlins n pl • S Midl, esp KY, TN (MAP)

      ooze n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      pike n2 • scattered, but esp OH, PA, KY

      plunder n 2b • esp KY, NC

      point-blank adv, adj A4 • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eKY

      point-blank adv, adj A3 (pronc) • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eKY

      post-and-rail fence n • chiefly NJ, Delmarva, WV, KY, OH, scattered NEng (MAP)

      pretty-by-night n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY, sOH

      rastus n2 • esp KY (MAP)

      ridy-bob n • esp KY

      rolly-holey n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY rolly-hole

      rooster fight n 1 • S Midl, esp KY

      round-town n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      seven-year onion n • chiefly KY

      Shawnee n • esp KY

      sheep mustard n • esp KY

      shooting cracker n • PA, OH, MD, KY

      skimmings hole n • KY

      slip n3 1 • esp KY, OH (MAP)

      snatch burr n • KY

      snollygoster n 1 • esp MD, KY

      splo n • Sth, S Midl, esp KY, TN

      spodge v 2 • KY

      sprouting hoe n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      stir-off n • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eKY

      suck n 2 • esp VA, KY

      take v B5 • chiefly Appalachians, esp KY

      talpa n • esp KY, TN

      tough jack n • esp KY

      transparent pudding n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      trash n • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      *turn v B1 • widespread, but less freq Lower Missip Valley, nTX, OK, KY (MAP)

      turned adj 1 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      uptrip v • chiefly S Midl, esp KY

      wahoo n1 3 • NC, TN, KY, VA

      wallink n 2 • S Midl, esp KY

      water gap n 1 • chiefly Sth, S Midl, esp KY

      water guinea (hen) n • Inland Sth, esp KY

      water maple n c • esp KY, WV

      wheedle-dee n • KY

      white-eye v 1 • chiefly sAppalachians, esp eKY

      white poplar n 2 • chiefly S Midl, esp KY (MAP)

      yagger v • esp KY

Kickapoo

      wickiup n • [In var AmInd langs, e.g., Sac, Fox, and Kickapoo, wikiyap..]

Kongo

      biddy n3 • [Prob coalescence of biddy n1 and beedie of Afr origin, akin to Kongo bidibidi a bird]

      pinder n • [Kongo mpinda..] (MAP)

Korean

      abuji n • [Korean]

      ajusi n • [Korean]

      alphabet n • [Calque from Japanese or Korean..]

      chun n • [Korean]

      Yobo n • [Korean yobo used as a familiar, second-person form of address, esp among married couples]