18 DicrroxART of the chixook jargon. 



Moo '-sum. v., n. Chihalis, Musam. To deep; sleep. Tikeo-li moo- 

 sum, or olo moosum, to be sleepy (lilerally, to want, or he humjri^ for 

 f<l(:('l))\ nika hyas moosum, I slept very sound. 



Mow-itsh, or Mah'-witsh, n. Nootka, Mauipsh (Plale) ; Nit- 

 tinat, MorrsH, a deer; Xootka, Moowatsh, a hear (Jewitt). A 

 deer; venison. Frequently used to signify a wild animal; as, hul- 

 oinia mowitch, a strange or different kind of beast. The meaninor 

 given in Jewitt's book is probably a misprint. Like moolocl; an 

 elk, the word is found in the Koquilth of Humboldt Bay. 



Muck'-a-mUCk, n., v. The word has been regarded as an in- 

 vented one, but is probably Ojibwa, as it is said to be in use at 

 the Sault St. Mary. Food; to eat, to Life. Muekamuck chuck, 

 &c., to drink water or other liquid. 



Mus'-ket, n. English, idem. A gun or musket. Stick musket, a 

 bow, 



Na. The interrogative particle. Ex. Mika na klatawa okook sun? 

 do you go to-day ? Interrogation is, however, often conveyed by 

 intonation only. 



Na-ah, n. Chinook, Tlkanaa. A mother. (Hale.) Peculiar to 

 the Columbia, and now in fact obsolete, the English Ma'ma being 

 used instead, 



ITah., interj. Common to several languages. Look here! I say ! 

 Nah sikhs ! halloo, friend ! Also used in common conversation to 

 call attention to some point not thoroughly understood. In the 

 Yakama language, it is the sign of the vocative ; as, nah tehn ! 

 man. 



Nan'-itsh, V. Quiere u. d. To see; look; look for ; seek. Nan- 

 itsh ! look there! kloshe nanitshj look out! take care! cultus nan- 

 itsh, to look round idly, or from ctiriosity only. Mamook nanitsh, to 

 show. The word is neither Chinook nor Chihalis. Dr. Scouler gives 

 nannanitch as Nootka and Columbian. It is possibly the former. 



Nau'-its, at^v. Chihalis, Noitsh. Mr. Hale gives this for o^sAore; 

 on the stream. It means, according to Mr. Anderson, the sea-beach, 

 and is not properly a Jargon word. 



Na-wit'-ka, adv. Chinook, idem ; Klikatat and Yakama, N'witka. 

 Yes; certainly; yes indeed ; to he sure. Nawitka wake nika kum- 

 tuks, indeed I donh know. In answer to a negative question, many 

 Indians use it as affirming the negative. Ex, Wake mika nanitsh ? 

 did you net see \it\ ? Nawitka, / did not. 



