ish;_ mahsh maika capo, _take off
your coat;_ mahsh! (to a dog) _get out!_ mahsh tenas, _to have a child; to
be delivered;_ yakka mahsh tum-tum kopa nika, _he has given me his orders,
or told me his wishes;_ mahsh kow, _to untie;_ mahsh stone, _to castrate._

~Mah-sie~, _v._ French, MERCIE. _Thank you._

~Maht-lin-nie~, _adv._ Chinook, MATLINI. _Off shore._ (In boating), _keep
off!_ (if on land), _towards the water._

~Maht-wil-lie~, _adv._Chinook, MATHWILI. _In shore; shoreward._ (As a
command), _keep in;_ (on land), _towards the woods, or the interior._

~Ma-lah, _n._ Chinook, MALAGH. _Tinware; crockery; earthenware._

~Mal-i-eh, _v._ French, MARIER. _To marry._

~Ma'-ma~, _n._ English, MAMMA. _A mother._

~Mam'-ook~, _v. a._ Nootka, MAMUK. _To make; to do; to work._ It is the
general active verb, and is used largely in combination with nouns and
other verbs; as, mamook chahko, _make to come, fetch;_ mamook kelipai,
_bring or send back;_ mamook isick, _to paddle;_ mamook illahee, _to dig._

~Man~, _n._ English, idem. _A man; the male of any animal._ Ex. Man
moolock, a _buck elk;_ tenas man, _a young man or boy._

~Mel-a-kwa~, or ~Mal-a-kwa~, _n._ French, MARANGOUIN. (Anderson.) _A
mosquito._

~Mel'-ass~, _n._ French, MELASSE. _Molasses._

~Mem'-a-loost~, _v., n., part._ Chinook, MEMALUST. _To die; dead._ Mamook
memaloost, _to kill._

~Me-sah-chie~, _adj._ Chinook, MASACHI. _Bad; wicked._

~Me-si'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MESAIKA. _You; your; yours._

~Mi'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MAIKA. _Thou; thy; thine._

~Mi'-mie~, _adv._ Chinook, MAIAMI. _Down stream._

~Mist-chi'-mas~, _n._ Quaere u. d. _A slave._ Dr. Scouler gives this word
as Nootka and Columbian. Mr. Hale makes it Chinook. It is certainly,
however, neither Chinook nor Chihalis; and Jewitt gives _kakoelth_ as
Nootka, while I find the Makah word _kotlo,_ and the Nittinat _kotl._

~Mit-ass~, _n._ Cree, MITAS. (Anderson.) _Leggings._ A word imported by
the Canadian French.

~Mit'-lite~, _v._ Chinook, MITLAIT. _To sit; sit down; stay at; reside;
remain._ It is also used in place of _to have_ and _to be._ Ex. Mitlite
kopa house, _he is in the house;_ mitlite hyiu salmon kopa mika? _have you
plenty of salmon?_ mitlite (_imp._), _sit down;_ cultus mitlite, _to stop
anywhere without particular object;_ mitlite tenas, _to be with child;_
mitlite keekwillie, _to put down._

~Mit'-whit~, _v._ Chinook, AMETWHET. _To stand; stand up._ Mitwhit stick,
_a stand