253 terms start with “m

Mouth

ɨ́m; mɨk̓áak̓a ‘roof of mouth, uvula’; páwaapaat ‘mouth of creek’.

Mouth

čápaynač ‘put inside the mouth’; ɨ́mčayaƛ̓pi ‘wet with the mouth’; káwaaluuk ‘pick up with the mouth’; čáč̓wik ‘twist mouth, cause stroke’.

Move

wɨšána ‘move’; amúnayč ‘move in with in-laws’ (said of a man); ámtayk ‘move in with in-laws’ (said of a woman)’; náyti ‘move along, go along’ (bound root); wiyáat̓a ‘move over, move from one vehicle to another, start going’; wɨšáčič ‘move further on’; wɨšáynač ‘move in’; wɨšáyt ‘move out’; wɨšínwɨšin ‘move around here and there’; wɨšyípx̣n ‘move downstream’; wɨšiyát̓a ‘move camp’; wɨštúx̣n ‘move back’; wɨšx̣ʷáami ‘move up into the high country’; yát̓a ‘move from one place to another’.

Move

ítalx̣i ‘move things out of the way’; nákyat̓a ‘move to another camp’; súˀyuuk ‘move with a stick’; tkʷápwaaku ‘move the hand’; wɨsk̓úk ‘pack up to move’.

Moving

wɨš- ‘camping, moving camp’.

Mowed

q̓ʷláapš ‘bare, empty; sheared (sheep), mowed (grass)’.

Much

x̣lák ‘many, much, lots’; x̣lákma ‘lots of people’. čɨ́ł ‘this many, this much’; kʷɨ́ł ‘that many, that much’; tamawɨ́n ‘too much, in excess’.

Much

mɨ́ł ‘how many? how much?’.

Mucus

łíitk ‘nasal mucus, snot’.

Mud

mɨƛ̓ɨ́ƛ̓k.

Mud

tinúp̓ip̓i ‘make mud with the feet’.

Mudbath

tamášɨmluut ‘medicinal bath with hot mud’.

Mudbath

tamášɨmluun ‘take mudbath’.

Muddy

k̓ʷɨ́š ‘mucky, soft’.

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).