k̓ʷaawí ‘cougar, Felis concolor‘.
Mountain mahogany
č̓ɨšiwáakuł ‘curlleaf mountain mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius‘.
Mountain willow
pɨt̓x̣anupamá ttɨ́x̣š ‘Salix monticola‘.
Mouse
lákas ‘Great Basin pocket mouse, Perognathus parvus‘; yáamas ‘western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps‘.
Mouth
ɨ́m; mɨk̓áak̓a ‘roof of mouth, uvula’; páwaapaat ‘mouth of creek’.
Mucus
łíitk ‘nasal mucus, snot’.
Mud
mɨƛ̓ɨ́ƛ̓k.
Mudbath
tamášɨmluut ‘medicinal bath with hot mud’.
Mugger
pačakukłá (horsemanship word).
Mugwort
puˀúx̣puˀux̣ ‘Douglas’ wormwood, Artemisia douglasiana‘; ‘silver wormwood or gray sagewort, A. ludoviciana‘. Also, q̓tuní.
Mule
limíil ‘mule, donkey’. Also, mulá.
Mule deer
áswan ‘boy; mule deer spike buck, Odocoileus hemionus‘; yáamaš ‘mule deer doe, generic deer’.
Mule’s ears
pípi ‘stem of mule’s ears, Wyethia amplexicaulis‘.
Mullein
waasikaykłá ‘great mullein, Verbascum thapsus‘ (introduced).
Murderer
iƛ̓iyawíłam.
Mush
šíš ‘thick soup, porriage, gravy’; šíši ‘cereal, cracked wheat’; máš ‘cereal, oatmeal’.
Mushroom
ksksá ‘generic mushroom’ (also, ‘oyster mushroom’ = híp̓aw); híp̓aw ‘oyster mushroom, cottonwood tree mushroom, elephant ear mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus‘; apán ‘edible mushroom, Agaricus sp.’; łɨntɨ́t ‘an edible mushroom species, grows on the ground, Polyporus sp. (?)’; suspanwáakuł ‘morel mushroom, Morchella spp.’; tiyax̣ʷalílat ‘poisonous mushrooms’ (generic)’.