4,791 terms are nouns

Mask

tamáƛ̓ɨmux̣t ‘covering, face covering, mask’; mɨsámsa tpɨ́š ‘funny face’.

Master

k̓úłi ‘master; pet’.

Mat

q̓ɨx̣lí ‘tule mat’; lakʷátit ~ saptklikí ‘twisted tule mat’; áwšnitš ‘something such as a mat to spread down’; saptklikí ‘twisted tule mat’; tamátačay ‘eating mat, tablecloth, drying mat’; tk̓unmí tamátačay ‘tule mat table cloth’.

Match

pawx̣áwit ‘wrestling match’; tunís ‘match to start fire, ancient fire drill’.

Material

síil ‘cloth’; šátay ‘rag, cloth’; x̣ʷšx̣ʷšlí ‘stretchy material, underwear that stretches’.

Maternal

tíla ‘maternal grandfather; man’s daughter’s child’; káła ‘maternal grandmother; woman’s daughter’s child’; pítx̣ ‘maternal uncle; man’s sister’s child’; pax̣áx̣ ‘maternal aunt; woman’s sister’s child’.

Matter

aqɨ́š ‘eye matter, pus’.

Mattress

nč̓utpamá áwšnitš.

Maul

tamaq̓ptpamá ‘splitting maul (for splitting wood)’.

May

xawit̓álxawit̓al ‘April-May’; k̓ʷáyk̓ʷaymi ‘April-May’; xawíyi álxayx ‘May, June’.

McKay Creek

Háwtmi ‘McKay Creek, on Umatilla reservation’; Hawtmiłáma ‘McKay Creek people’.

q̓ʷláwi

Douglas’ onion (Alium douglasii), manyflower onion (A. pleianthum), fragile onion, A. scilloides. This is the onion that is obtained in the mountains. See also šáak. [Y q̓lúwi; NP /seek/.]

Meacham

Qalámqalam ‘Meacham, Oregon’.

Meadow

táy ~ táay.

Meadowlark

x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł ‘western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta‘.

Meal

kʷláawit tkʷátat ‘dinner’.

Meanness

pačíwit.

Measles

łáyłayit ‘measles, sores, pox, small pox’.

Measure

šapiinawitpamá ‘measuring tape, ruler, yard stick’.

Measurement

šapíinawit ‘measurement of length, inch, foot, yard, mile’.