=naš ‘I, me, mine, my’.
253 terms start with “m”
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’.