k̓púł ~ k̓pk̓púł ‘bowl for pounding’; tutt̓áwas ‘stone mortar; mortal and pestle’.
253 terms start with “m”
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 ttɨ́x̣š ‘Salix 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‘.