192 terms start with “m

mayknɨ́č̓i

Bigger, larger. mayknɨ́č̓iipa paˀaníya ‘they are enlarging it’. [NE maklɨčí; NW mayníic̓i; NP /qtu himeq̓is/.]

maykníix̣

Better. maykníix̣ iwáta paamiyawáy ‘it will be better for them’. [NE makšiˀíx̣; NP /qtu taˀc/.]

maykx̣ɨ́lak

Many more, much more, even more. kumataš páyš ánč̓ax̣i níta maykx̣ɨ́lak ‘and maybe again I will give you even more’.

maykʷáanik

Further, all the more. maykʷáaniknam pášapakʷyamta imíin tamánwit ’cause me to believe your law the more’; kunata áwaƛ̓awiša paanáy maykʷáanik ‘and we are asking him further’. [NE makkʷáanik; NP /ˀúykn̓ik/.]

mayní

In what direction? for what reason? in whatever direction, in some way. kuna čáw šúkʷaša mayní wíˀanit tún taxʷɨsmí ‘and we do not know how to make things out of dogbane’; kuš mayní aw kú čáw átx̣uta imikíin ‘and in that way I won’t worry about you’; mayníki ‘in what direction? in whatever direction’.

máysx

Tomorrow. áx̣ʷaymaš q̓ínuta máysx ‘I’ll see you tomorrow’; páyš máysx iwáta níix̣ łk̓ʷí ‘maybe tomorrow will be a good day’; máysxk̓atya kú aw kú iwínana ‘the next day then he went’; máysxtaš pamáwšuwata ‘tomorrow we will get ourselves ready’; máysxnas pináwx̣ita ‘tomorrow I will lie down’; pamáwšuwataataš máysx ‘we will get ourselves ready tomorrow’; máysx kʷláawit ‘tomorrow evening, the next evening’; maysxpamá ‘day after tomorrow’. [NP /watísk/ ‘yesterday, tomorrow’.]

maysxmáysx

Every day, day after day. maysxmáysxna áwaƛ̓awiša naamína aniłáan ‘every day we pray to our Maker’; kutaš kʷɨ́nki łq̓íwix̣ana maysxmáysx šapáwilawiix̣ɨnx̣ana k̓úsi ‘and with that one we would play every day racing our horse’. [NP /pémmey/.]

maysxpamá

Day after tomorrow. pák̓u áwata maysxpamá ‘they’re going to have a meeting day after tomorrow’; maysxpamápa ‘on the day after tomorrow’. [NP /kumkun̓ík/ ‘day before yesterday, day after tomorrow’.]

máytaax̣ʷa

Announce in the morning, announce early. [NP /méytew̓yelen/.]

máytamawawštaymat

Throwing food to the morning. Said by Coyote when he misunderstood some word in a myth.

máytkʷata

Eat in the morning, eat breakfast. máytkʷatašaaš ‘I’m eating breakfast’; imáytkʷataša tamámna ‘he is eating the egg for breakfast’. [NP /méyhp/.]

máytkʷatat

Breakfast. [NP /méytpt/.]

máytwawina

Go in the rain early. imáytwawinana ‘he went in the rain early’. [NP /méytw̓elawihnen/.]

máywaqitn

Look for in the morning. pamáywaqitna x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘they looked for their money in the morning’. [NP /méy̓pew̓i/.]

máywina

Go in the morning. čáw imáywinana ‘he didn’t go in the morning’. [NP /méywihnen/.]

máywinanuun

Bathe or swim in the morning. [NE máyšmuun; NP /méytq̓eluu/.]

mɨ́cq̓ɨl

Earwax. [WS mɨłt̓x̣ú; Y łɨmx̣át; NP /mcq̓l/.]

mɨ́c̓ay

Root, tree root, any plant or tree root. mɨ́c̓ay áwa ‘it has a root’; paˀaníx̣ana tíi mɨc̓aynmí ‘they used to make a tea out of the root’; ittáwax̣ɨnx̣a pɨ́taat mɨ́c̓aykni ‘trees grow from the root’; nankmí mɨ́c̓ay ‘cedar roots’; šk̓apašwaynmí mɨ́c̓ay ‘rosebush root’. For edible or medicinal roots see x̣nít. [NP /ˀ´x̣s/; /sqʷt/ ‘tree root, stump’.]

mɨc̓aymɨ́c̓ay

Roots, little roots. q̓tɨ́t mɨc̓aymɨ́c̓ay ‘alumroot, Heuchera sp.’ The root was boiled and given to those who had consumed too much alcohol; also used for quitting smoking.

mɨc̓c̓íip

Scary, creepy. Also mɨc̓ɨc̓íip.