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p!a-'ye halibut. R 122.53. 

 pla^ya hungry (pa^ya?) C 314.31. 

 p!6k!un white-spotted body. 

 p!6qw(a) to pick off, break off (leaves, to 



break dog salmon). R 325.34. 

 p!6q!tls an edible plant. 



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mEdElqw(a) to boil. R 108.87. (mEdEl- 



qOla.) 

 mEt-, mEt'.ane^ horseclam. R 91.8. 

 met(a) to twitch. 

 mEdBns to push spear under water. R 



414.13. 

 mEtlos kidney fat. C 12.8; R 429.11. 

 mEs-, niESEla greedy for food. C 146.20. 

 niEdzes cannibal's whistle (=greedy 



inside). Ill 421.24. 

 mEskwa greedy one. C 212.16 



(New). 

 mEsbe^s k' lilEmasa gwa^wina greedy 

 pointed tongue of raven, used as 

 charm on halibut hook. 

 niEse niEsek" cry of hawk. C 154.9. 

 niEseq" sea egg. R154.il. 

 mESLEq!una insect. X 13.35. 

 mEts(a) mink. C 176.10. 

 smun one (Hel^dza^q")- 



^mEntsIaqe^yo one-horn-on-forehead 

 (a fabulous mountain goat). C 

 8.15. 

 mEn(a) to pick up. R 218.7; asmall pot- 

 latch at which girl's clothing is thrown 

 away to be picked up by the people. 

 ^mEnala fish jumps. Ill 167.11; R 



350.45. 

 mEneqw(a). 



mEuex^wid to return a favor. C 54.22. 

 £mEns(a) to measure. R 63.63. 



^mEnek" measured. R 121.36. 

 niEnyayo measure. R 64.85. 

 mEndzEx-^id to split. C 290.10. 

 mang'aLaxstalisEla. M 682.2. 

 mEnk'- excrement. 



mEnax' excrement. C 224.12 (New). 

 mEngEdeq slime. Ill 147.4; clotted 



blood. Ill 198.19. 

 mEngas anus. C 144.1; R 133.23. 

 mEnkasEla to throw excrements. 

 X 67.8. 

 mEnga war canoe. C 340.14 (Kos). 

 (mEng'a ?). 



mEnxwala to smile. M 667.2. 

 mEnl- satiated. 



niEnlmEnlalil satiated in house. 



M 692.3. 

 meniEnltsEm stones white hot 

 (=enough on surface). V 408.26; 

 R 94.3. 

 mEg'is inside of i>lant (LatEn). 

 mEk'(a) to swallow. R 458.71. 

 ^mEkw(a) a round thing is somewhere, 

 to choke. R 341.69. 

 EmEklExa to choke. 11311,28. 

 ^mEkwayind to put (stone) on top. 



R 314.8. 

 ^niEgutala knob at end. R 149.22. 

 -mEkala III 242.2; ^maamk'alap^ 



island. M 675.19. 

 ^mEkiila moon. C 70.1. 

 fmEklilba^ye heart. R 454.70. 

 ^mEkw(a) to smooth. 

 mEgu- to put on, several objects. Ill 

 126.29. 



niEgiig'it covered over. R 156.36. 

 fmEq(a) to let go from hand. Ill 127..33. 

 niamaqla trying to let go, ceremo- 

 nial in wliich the performer lets go 

 from his hands an object represent- 

 ing supernatural power. 

 mEq!wats!e Allium recurvatum Rydb. 

 mEqEm a person rubbed with wolf's 



dtmg, blind for everything. 

 mEX- hollow things are somewhere. 



mE^xei (boxes) are in house. C 

 360.23. 

 mEmx'baltslane^ branches. R 439.6. 

 mtx-(a) to strike with fist. C 262.31. 

 mE^nala noise of .striking with fist. 



Ill 250.5. 

 mE^natsIe drum. 

 mEx"- to desire. 



niExilla M 674.7. 

 moi thing desired. 

 £mEl(a) white. C 290.17. 



^mElxLO^ mountain goat ( =white 



haired). R 102.2. 

 ^mElk'laes k!6ma white-bellied cop 

 (Leptocottus armatus). 

 ^mEl(a) to plait arope. Ill 78.31; to take 

 a turn on a trail, 

 ^msleg'ind to twist thin strand into 

 a rope. V 388.4. 



