253 terms start with “m

Milky Way

ɨščɨ́t ‘trail, path, road; the Milky Way’.

Mill

šapawaak̓ʷlkáwas ‘grinder’; tutnipamá šapawaak̓ʷlkáwas ‘flour mill’; saxaapáwas ‘sawmill’; .

Millipede

páx̣at pútaaptit wɨx̣aní saysáy ‘centipede, millipede’; wɨx̣aputaaptitní ‘millipede, centipede (Chilopoda)’.

Millwright

šax̣aapłá ‘sawyer, millwright’.

Milton Freewater

tamalám ‘Milton Freewater, Oregon’.

Mimic

Spilyáywi ‘act like Coyote’.

Mimic

sapúukasi ‘mimic the words of another, echo’; wálɨmsik̓ʷa ‘copy, watch and do the same thing’; wakáši ‘mock, imitate’.

Mimic

púun ‘repeat someone’s words or singing, reiterate, echo at medicine singing, overpower, come over’.

Minam

Imáynima ‘campsite at confluence of Wallowa and Grande Ronde rivers’.

Mince

páx̣ɨmk ‘grind with mortar and pestle’.

Mind

px̣ʷí ‘thought, idea, psyche, feelings’.

Mine

=naš ‘I, me, mine, my’.

Mine

inmí ‘mine, my’ (genitive singular).

Miner’s lettuce

anipašwáakuł ‘Indian lettuce, Montia perfoliata‘.

Minimize

čáksksi ‘make small’.

Mink

kuucpúu ~ ptyáwMartes vison‘.

Minnow

xúlxul ‘generic fish, small salmon, fingerlings’.

Mint

šux̣ašúx̣a ‘wild mint, Mentha arvensis‘.

Minutes

pawanaq̓itmí tímaš ‘treaty minutes’.

Mirror

pinawštaymatpamá; pinaq̓inut̓áwas ‘window, glass’.