253 terms start with “m

Me

=naš ‘I, me, mine, my’.

Me

ína / ináy (accusative singular).

Meacham

Qalámqalam ‘Meacham, Oregon’.

Meadow

táy ~ táay.

Meadowlark

x̣ʷɨ́łx̣ʷł ‘western meadowlark, Sturnella neglecta‘.

Meal

kʷláawit tkʷátat ‘dinner’.

Mean

hawɨ́liš ‘nasty, ornery’; páči ‘ornery, disrespectful’.

Mean

pačíwi ‘be nasty, ornery’.

Meanness

pačíwit.

Measles

łáyłayit ‘measles, sores, pox, small pox’.

Measles

łáyłayi ‘have measles, sores, chickenpox, pox, small pox’.

Measure

šapiinawitpamá ‘measuring tape, ruler, yard stick’.

Measure

šapíinawi ‘mark out, survey’; tamšinawi ‘measure out (as on a scale), apportion’.

Measurement

šapíinawit ‘measurement of length, inch, foot, yard, mile’.

Meat

nɨkʷɨ́t ‘meat, flesh’; ɨwínat ‘deer or elk, red meat’; at̓iyáł nɨkʷɨ́t ‘uncooked meat’.

Mechanic

nawnɨmx̣łá.

Mechanic

náwnɨmx̣ ‘fix, do mechanic work’.

Medicine

płɨ́x̣ (also tawtnúk) ‘herb’; aq̓uwitpamá (płɨ́x̣) ‘cough medicine’; awtašpamá ‘wound medicine’; ɨstúyaytas ‘love medicine, aphrodisiac’; tawc̓xtpamá tawtnúk ‘diarrhea medicine’; šuyapunmí płɨ́x̣ ‘the whiteman’s medicine’.

Medicine man

twáti ‘Indian doctor, shaman’; twátima ‘Indian doctors’.

Medicine sing

wánp; wánptˀuyi ‘begin to medicine sing’; wánptnaq̓i ‘finish medicine singing’.