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PROCEEDINGS OP' THE ACADEMY OF 



[April, 



mandible : 



a'rriipa; a'rmp. 

 mantis, pi-a\dng : 

 u'na dzi ta. 



[u, probably wood + na'dzi- 

 ta, cane, etc.] 

 marrow : 

 du'hu. 

 marten (Mustela americana) : 

 an'go sail wa; aii'go sail. 



[an'go, timber + sau'wa. Cf . 

 mink.] 

 mastoid process or region : 



nM'go sa. 

 meadow lark (Sturnella negleda) : 



Via,. 

 merganser {Mergus merganser) : 

 p2,n'gwi di ka. 



[pdh'gwi, from jpan gicitc, fish 

 + cU'ka, eater, etc.] 

 pS.n'gwi di ka ko kwa jo. 



['pan'gwidika, as above + 

 ko'kwa jo, crest, head ap- 

 pendage, etc.] 

 mesentery : 



sa'si ga (Goship). 

 o'sa ni pwiip (Goshiite). 

 milk: 



bi'ji. 

 millipede (juloid forms) : 

 tim'pin wu a bi. 



[tim'pm, pertaining to rocks, 

 etc. + wu'a hi, worm; thus, 

 rock-worm.] 

 mink {Putorius vison) : 



pa'saii wa. 

 minnow : 



sai'pSii gwitc. 



[sai, probably from sciip, bul- 

 rush + pdn'gwitc, fish.] 



mosquito (var. kinds) : 



mo'po. 

 mole: 



ta'kiim go urn bite (Goship). 

 [ta'ka, snow + m -\- go'um. 

 possibly cutting or burrow- 

 ing about + bite; hence, 

 snow-burrowing animal.] 

 ta'ka mu di wants (Goshute). 

 ta'ka mo di bo iin (Goshute). 

 [ta'ka in each, snow, as in the 

 Goship.] 

 moose (Alces americana) : 

 kwi'pa rri a (Goship). 



[kwi, probably from root of 

 kwi'ump, lazy, slow + 

 pa'rri a, elk, etc.] 

 The name is given in refer- 

 ence to the animal's lack of 

 great speed, 

 tu'pa rri a (Goshute). 



[tu' , black + pa'rri a, elk.] 

 moth, general term (as Samia, 

 etc.): 

 i'pai bi. 

 moth, pupa of: 

 i'pai bi tin kar ni. 



[i'paibi, moth + un + kar'ni, 

 house, nest.] 

 mons pubis : 

 ga'rri. 



mountain sheep {Ovis montana) : 

 (a) female: muts'em bi a. 

 (6) male: dii'ku. 



mourning dove {Zenaidura caro- 

 linensis) : 



ai'wi. 

 moth, sphinx (Deilephila) : 



a'ka mo go ru itc. 



