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mEkotalya^t', mole (m-, prefix; -^V, nomen actoris). 



mEku'mk", sea-otter 92.18; 98.12; see kumku-. 



(mEkumkuH', runner; see kumku-; -^t', nomen actoris.) 



mEk'ais-, to hit, to strike (with rock) 218.29. 



mEk'e'ltsitu, cattle. 



mEk'iLa^t', crane 46.22, 23; 134.1; see sil-; -H', nomen actoris.) 



mEk'i^lhutT, kinnikinnic berries 82.11, 16. 



mEk'ai^nik'slaii, little orphan 150.20, 22; 152.10, 11 (-au, diminutive). 



mEk'ai'k"ist, liar. 



mEku'dust, bird (species wn^nou)ri) 102.39; 104.13. 



niEkMin-, mEkMen-, to hit, to spear 46.6; 94.10. 



mEqaai^t, pregnant 24.11; 124.5 (-t, adjectival). 



mEqa^yatu, head-band made of woodpecker feathers. 



(qamint, much q. v.) 



mEqamin-, to multiply, to increase 108.25; 110.35. 



mEqami'nt, many, much 26.3; 36.9 (-t, adjectival). 



mEqami^ntis, number, amount 108.10; 164.33 (-s, nominal). 



mEqami^nta, much, a great deal 138.23; 220.17 (-a, adverbial). 

 (mEqalpa^t', cougar 52.3, 6; 214.15; see qalp-; -^t', nomen actoris.) 

 mEqau'tsqauts, Chinook salmon . 



(mEqu^tlisalisla, one who abstains from drinking, teetotaller; seeqo°t!-; -sla, nominal.) 

 mEqaii^t, sturgeon 84.10, 12. 



(mExai-, max-, to paddle 94.3, 4; 108.2; see xwe^xwe.) 

 mExii'n, salmon-trap 210.8. 

 mEla'i, jealous. 



mEla'hatii, mELa'hatu, robin 58.4; 62.10 (see La'ha). 

 mEla'tint, eel. 



mElana^stiyu, mELana^stiyu, mElana'tstiyu, chief, leader 38.2; 160.6; 168.38. 

 mElant-, mELant-, niElanat-, to hide, to secrete 72.6; 128.24. 

 inEla^iqlatxusk'ink', October (-k'ink', season). 

 mElan-, mELan-, to know 38.22; 40.5. 

 mEla^nt, thick (-t, adjectival). 

 mEla'ntELi, particle really 122.33; 176.10. 

 (mEli^utst, enjoyable 38.4; 48.25; see lot-.) 

 mElilk'st- ... -u is hai°^, to fare badly^to have misfortune, to fail 172.8, 9- 173.37 



(-U, verbal suffix, by origin designating first person demonstrative) . 

 mElqa^lqautxusk'ink", August (-k"ink', season). 



(mELxamniya^f, murderer, pelican 122.6; seeLxamn-; m-, prefix: -^t', nomen actoris.) 

 maai"tsit, nice, pretty, beautiful JL 74.9 (-t, adjectival). 

 ma^aiu, particle perhaps 170.39. 

 mayEx-, to say, to speak 58.22; 66.16. 

 mayu^s, cap (-g, nominal). 

 ma'- . . . -auk- is hai°s, to think 176.13, 14; 178.30 (-auk", inside). 



mahayai's-auk' is hai°^, thought, opinion 178.5. 



mahai^xasxam-auk' is hai'^^, thought, opinion 178.30. 

 ma^hats, cliild, young boy 66.18; 76.26. 

 maha^laitu, deer. 



ma''mkusli, women, female beings (pi. stem) 134.24; singvlar, mukwa^stELi. 

 ma^tun, daughter-in-law 76.27; 144.34. 

 ma^n-, min-, to fall short, to fail 132.14; 200.2. 

 matso^kus, salmon-berries (-s, nominal). 



matso^kustxusk'ink', May, April (-k'ink', season), 

 ma^kuts, ma^lkwits, whale 120.16; 122.19. 

 makl, parent-in-law. 



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