253 terms start with “m

Mortar

k̓púł ~ k̓pk̓púł ‘bowl for pounding’; tutt̓áwas ‘stone mortar; mortal and pestle’.

Mosquito

wawá; k̓ask̓aspałá ‘mosquito larva; water skipper’.

Moss

k̓ʷɨ́nč ‘wila, edible pine lichen, Bryoria fremontii‘; aluq̓atmí útpas ‘green fresh water algae’.

Most

=tx̣aw ‘all the way, ultimate’.

Motel

wawtukáwas ~ wawtuktpamá.

Moth

ilkʷšwɨnpat̓ałá.

Mother

pčá; pčáłk̓ʷi ‘Mother’s Day’.

Mount Adams

pátu.

Mount Hood

Waˀíist; pátu.

Mount St. Helens

láwaalaytt ~ lɨwít.

Mountain

pátu ‘snow capped mountain’; pɨ́t̓x̣anu ‘forested mountain’.

Mountain-ash

kʷalkʷála ‘rowan, Greene mountain-ash, Sorbus scopulina‘; ‘Sitka Mountain-ash, S. sitchensis‘; kʷalkʷálayaaš ‘mountain-ash tree’.

Mountain beaver

šq̓ʷlá ‘mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa‘.

Mountain lion

k̓ʷaawí ‘cougar, Felis concolor‘.

Mountain mahogany

č̓ɨšiwáakuł ‘curlleaf mountain mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius‘.

Mountain willow

pɨt̓x̣anupamá ttɨ́x̣šSalix monticola‘.

Mourn

haywáa ‘come out of mourning, be able to go to celebratory functions’; tk̓anúun ‘complete the mourning period’.

Mourn

q̓úmn ‘remember, cherish, prize, value, consider precious; hate to lose, mourn the loss’.

Mouse

lákas ‘Great Basin pocket mouse, Perognathus parvus‘; yáamas ‘western jumping mouse, Zapus princeps‘.

Mouth

  1. čá- ‘with the teeth or mouth, in eating; pulling, transitive’;
  2. ɨ́mča- ‘with the teeth or mouth’;
  3. ká- ‘with the teeth or mouth, in eating’;
  4. wa- ‘with the mouth, with voice, vocalizing’.