253 terms start with “m

Mash

šapák̓ʷiišk ‘squeeze, mush, cause to spread out’; pák̓ʷɨlk ‘mash with mortar (k̓púł) and pestle (pnáy)’; páwqulik ‘pound, mash up’; tunák̓ʷɨlk ‘mash with the foot’.

Mashed

q̓ʷáan ‘mashed up, smashed’; k̓ʷáal ‘finely mashed’; k̓ʷlɨ́l ‘very finely mashed’.

Mask

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

Master

k̓úłi ‘master; pet’.

Masticate

čák̓ʷɨlk ‘chew’.

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’.

Mat

k̓mɨ́sn ‘roll up, curl up, mat up’.

Mat

šapák̓mɨsk ‘twist, roll up, mat up’.

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’.

Mattered

aqɨ́ši; aqɨ́ši áčaš ‘mattered eyes’.

Mattress

nč̓utpamá áwšnitš.

Mature

xawíyi ‘ripened, ripe, matured (of roots)’.

Mature

tax̣núnaq̓i ‘grow up, die back (of root tops)’; át̓i ‘cook, ripen’; xawí ‘ripen (berries), mature (roots)’.

Maul

tamaq̓ptpamá ‘splitting maul (for splitting wood)’.

May

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

Maybe

laˀák ‘maybe, perhaps’; páyš ‘maybe, perhaps, if’.

McKay Creek

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