Terms starting with “m” – Page 5 – Umatilla Language Online Dictionary

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English:

Meet

wiyáˀiip ‘come into view, encounter’; c̓áa ‘draw near, join, arrive’.

k̓ʷałanáwštayma ‘be glad to meet; receive ceremonially, welcome with a gift’; pák̓un ‘have a meeting, hold council’; páwiyak̓uk ‘call a meeting’; tk̓ʷáwštayma ‘meet someone walking the other way’; wiyáˀiip ‘come into view, meet’; wiyápniyawa ‘go out to meet’; wiyáwštayma ‘meet on the way’; wɨštáyma ‘meet on the way, meet the newborn (foods, year, person)’; wɨštúutwaa ‘sit with a person who is not expected to live, meet the person’s spirit’.

Meeting

pák̓u ‘council, gathering, conference, advice’.

Melancholy

wiyáčiyawt ‘loneliness, sadness’.

Melon

málals ‘watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris‘.

Melt

láwala ~ láyawak ~ cc̓úupn ~ lácc̓uup ‘melt, thaw’; wináwayn ‘Chinook, blow a warm wind which causes thawing, melt (snow), thaw, melt off’.

Melt

ílacc̓uup; ílac̓upc̓upn ‘melt fat’.

Melted

ílac̓upc̓upni; ílac̓upc̓upni yápaš ‘melted grease’.

Memorial

šilkʷštíkt ‘memorial held a year after a death’; nákpnit wináanakʷt ‘memorial ending a period of mourning where the belongings of the deceased are brought out’.

Memorial

čwáwˀawx̣n ‘have memorial dinner’; nákpni ‘bring out something that was put away for a memorial’; šilkʷštík ‘release feelings, have the memorial a year after a death’.