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is the general active verb, and is used largely in combination with 

 nouns and other verbs; as, mamook chahko, make to come, fetch; 

 luamook kelipai, bring or send back; mamook isick, to paddle; 

 mamook illahee, to dig. 



lyCan, 11. English, idem. A man; the male of any animal. Ex. 

 Man moolock, a buck elk ; tcnas man, a young man or boy. 



Mel-a-kwa, or Mal-a-kwa, n. French, Marangouin. (Ander- 

 son.) A mosquito. 



Mel'-ass, n. French, Melasse. Molasses. 



Mem'-a-loost, v., n., part. Chinook, Memalust. To die; dead. 

 INIamook memaloost, to kill, 



IVEe-sah-chie, adj. Chinook, Masachi. Bad ; wicked. 



Ble-si -ka, /»ro?i. Chinook, Mesaika. You; your; yours. 



Bli'-ka, ^>iro?«. Chinook, Maika. Thou; thy; thine. 



!M!i'-inie, adv. Chinook, Maiami. Down stream. 



Mist'-Chi-maS, n. Nootka or Tokwnht, idem. A slave. Mr. 

 James G. Swan explains this word as signifying in the original 

 pimply a common person or one of low origin, not a slave. It 

 has, however, obtained this last meaning in the Jargon. 



IVEit-ass, n. Cree, Mitas. (Anderson.) Leggings. A word im- 

 ported by the Canadian French. 



Mit'-lite, V. Chinook, MiTLAiT. To sit; sit down; stay at; re- 

 side; 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 2')lenty 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. 



IVIit'-whit, V. Chinook, Ametwhet. To stand; stand uj). Mit- 

 whit stick, a standing tree ; a mast. 



IVEokst, adj. Chinook, Makst.. Two; tivice. 



Moo '-la, n. French, Moulin. A mill. Stick moola, a saio-mill. 



KEoo'-lock, n. Chinook, Emdluk. An elk. This word, strangely 

 enough, occurs also in the Koquilth of Humboldt Bay. 



IVEoon, n. English, idem. The moon. Ikt moon, a month; sick 

 moon, the wane or old moon. 



!Moos'-luooS, n. Klikatat, MtrsMus ; Chinook, Emusmus. Buffalo , 

 horned cattle. The word, slightly varied, is common to several lan- 

 guages. Mr. Anderson derives it from the Cree word moo.stnns, a 

 buftalo, and supposes it to have been imported by the Canadians ; 

 but Father Pandosy makes musmus Yakama. 

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