206 EXAMATU-ENGJ.iaU DIGTlONAliY. 



M. 



Initial m does not alternate with any other sound. Mb and mp repre- 

 sent the nasalized forms of h and p and alternate with them in a few terms. 



m a , abbr. from mat, adverbial oral particle, q. v. 



miidna, d. mdmgdna sunflower; a species oi Helianthus, probably lenticu- 

 laris. Mod.; unknown to Kl. Cf matn^sham. 



mil hi ash, mdhiesh, d. mdmhiash, m4mhiesh (1) shadow; shade: shl(ja m. 

 Afshisham it saw AishisKs shadow, 96, 2.; B6shtinash mdhieshtat i'l^a he 

 deposited the white people in the shade, 103, 4. (2) shed, shelter erected for 

 cattle, horses, haystacks etc.: mu'ni nAlam m. we have a spacious shed. 



md-i, mai, pi. tiimi m., (1) a tall and very common species of bulrush or 

 lacustrine grass serving for the manufacture of mats, baskets, for cover- 

 ing lodges; a portion of the stem is eaten raw when just sprouted up; 

 Scirpus validus, 148, 1-4. Western people commonly call it tule, from 

 Aztec tolin, 24, 5. The largest of these scirpus sometimes extend six feet 

 under and ten feet above the water's surface. (2) generic term for the 

 larger species of bulrushes. (3) mat made of tule or hidrush. 



maidfktak, pi. tumi m., black-headed snow bird; a bird-species of spar- 

 row's size, black head and neck, white bill; Junco oregonus Scl. 



m 4 y a 1 s h a , d. mdmialsha to collect, to gather tule-grass annually or habitu- 

 ally, 148, 1. Der. md-i. 



mdyaltko, d. mdmialtko overgrown with tule-grass, studded or filled with 

 bulrush. Der. mdyala. 



Mdyaltko lil-ush, nom. pr. of ^'Tule Lake^', also called Modoc Lake 

 and Rhett Lake, extending from California into Oregon. Cf M6atak. 



Mdkash, nom. pr. masc. KL; interpreted by "Snorer". 



ma'kash, d. mama'kash; see mukash. 



m a k 1 a k t c h a , d. mamdklaktcha to encamp- at different places while on one 

 and the same trip, hunt or journey: hu'masht i tchi-uapk mdklaktsuk 

 yalnatat kankanktsuk tclid-u thus you will live ivhen camping out on the 

 heights and hunting the antelope; at g(^mpele nat mak'ldktsuk, at tl'nniiga, 

 and when the sun was setting we returned to encamp for the night, 30, 20. 



m a k m a k 1 i , ma'kmakli, d. mamdkmakli ; same as miikmukli, q. v. 



