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~Mel'-ass~, _n._ French, MELASSE. _Molasses._
~Mem'-a-loost~, _v., n., part._ Chinook, M�MALUST. _To die; dead._ Mamook
memaloost, _to kill._
~Me-s�h-chie~, _adj._ Chinook, MAS�CHI. _Bad; wicked._
~Me-si'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MES�IKA. _You; your; yours._
~Mi'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, M�IKA. _Thou; thy; thine._
~Mi'-mie~, _adv._ Chinook, M�IAMI. _Down stream._
~Mist-chi'-mas~, _n._ Qu�re u. d. _A slave._ Dr. Scouler gives this word
as Nootka and Columbian. Mr. Hale makes it Chinook. It is certainly,
however, neither Chinook nor Chihalis; and Jewitt gives _kakoelth_ as
Nootka, while I find the Makah word _kotlo,_ and the Nittinat _kotl._
~Mit-�ss~, _n._ Cree, MITAS. (Anderson.) _Leggings._ A word imported by
the Canadian French.
~Mit'-lite~, _v._ Chinook, MITLAIT. _To sit; sit down; stay at; reside;
remain._ It is also used in place of _to have_ and _to be._ Ex. Mitlite
kopa house, _he is in the house;_ mitlite hyiu salmon kopa mika? _have you
plenty of salmon?_ mitlite (_imp._), _sit down;_ cultus mitlite, _to stop
anywhere without particular object;_ mitlite tenas, _to be with child;_
mitlite keekwillie, _to put down._
~Mit'-whit~, _v._ Chinook, AMETWHET. _To stand; stand up._ Mitwhit stick,
_a standing tree; a mast._
~Mokst~, _adj._ Chinook, MAKST. _Two; twice._
~Moo'-la~, _n._ French, MOULIN. _A mill._ Stick moola, _a saw-mill._
~Moo'-lock~, _n._ Chinook, EM�LUK. _An elk._ This word, strangely enough,
occurs also in the Koquilth of Humboldt Bay.
~Moon~, _n._ English, idem. _The moon._ Ikt moon, _a month;_ sick moon,
_the wane or old moon._
~Moos'-moos~, _n._ Klikatat, M�SMUS; Chinook, EM�SMUS. _Buffalo; horned
cattle._ The word, slightly varied, is common to several languages. Mr.
Anderson derives it from the Cree word _moostoos,_ a buffalo, and supposes
it to have been imported by the Canadians; but Father Pandosy makes
_musmus_ Yakama.
~Moo'-Sum~, _v., n._ Chihalis, M�SAM. _To sleep; sleep._ Tikegh moosum,
_or_ olo moosum, _to be sleepy_ (literally, _to want, or be hungry for
sleep_); nika hyas moosum, _I slept very sound._
~M�w-itsh~, or ~Mah'-witsh~, _n._ Nootka, MAUITSH (Hale); Nittinat,
MOITSH, _a deer;_ Nootka, MOOWATSH, a _bear_ (Jewitt). _A deer; venison._
Frequently used to signify a wild animal; as, huloima mowitch, _a strange
or different kind of beast._ The meaning given in Jewitt's book is
probably a misprint. Like _moolock,_ an elk, the word is found in the
Koquilth of Humboldt Bay.
~M�ck-a-muck~, _n., v._ Qu�re u. d. MAKAMAK (Hale). _To eat; to bite;
food._ Muckamuck chuck, &c., _to drink water, or other liquid._ Neither
Chinook nor Chihalis. Mr. Anderson considers it an invented word.
~Mus'-ket~, _n._ English, idem. _A gun or musket._ Stick musket, _a bow._
~N.~
~Na.~ The interrogative particle. Ex. Mika na klatawa okook sun? _do you
go to-day?_ Interrogation is, however, often conveyed by intonation only.
~Na-�h, _n._ Chinook, TLKAN�A. _A mother._ (Hale.) Peculiar to the
Columbia, and now in fact obsolete, the Euglish MA'MA being used instead.
~Nah~, _interj._ Common to several languages. _Look here! I say!_ Nah
sikhs! _halloo, friend!_ Also used in common conversation to call
attention to some point not thoroughly understood. In the Yakama language,
it is the sign of the vocative; as, nah tehn! _O man._
~Nan'-itsh~, _v._ Qu�re u. d. _To see; look; look for; seek._ Nanitsh!
_look there!_ kloshe nanitsh! _look out! take care!_ cultus nanitsh, _to
look round idly, or from curiosity only._ Mamook nanitsh, _to show._ The
word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis. Dr. Scouler gives _nannanitch_ as
Nootka and Columbian. It is possibly tbe former.
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