meydtkish — M6atak. 215 



m e - u t k i s li , d niemi'itkish, Mod. for mey6tkisli Kl. 



mcwa, d. meniu-ua, menu'ivva to mew, to miaul; ki'tti m. the cat is meicing. 

 Mod. Onomatop. Cf. hii'ma. 



m (J w a , d. me'mii, mt'mu to pitch camp, to encamp away from the lodge or 

 house, oil prairie etc. Cf. medslia. 



mhishetko, d. mhinishetko oily; of oily appearance; said of faces, e. g. 



mini, d. mluVmhu (u short) grouse, 135, 3. Mod. for tmu' Kl., q. v. 



mi, mi, pron. jjoss. of second person sing., usually procl.: thy, thine; your, 

 yours; mi p'gi'sliap thy, your mother; me weash (for mi wcasli) thy child, 

 mi snawedsh thy wife, 142, 7.; mitant 14tchashtat in thy lodge; mitak, 

 mitok just thine ; thy own ; mi tala thine alone. 



midsho, d. mimdsho ladle, spoon, 138, 5.: t6kiti mfdsii horn spoon. 



m i s h , misli, abbi-. m'sh, m's, procl. and end. obj. case of the pers. pron. i, 

 thee, to thee ; yon, to you : ko-idshdwa mish nu gu tpisht / am- glad that you 

 came; nu niish shdwal/uapk / tvill revenge m,yself on you; spulhi-uapka 

 m's nt I would imprison you, ."iS, 11. sqq. ; tids taks mi'sh ni kiii;^a m's ni 

 I knotv you perfectly well, 65, 10. C£ i, tk. 



m 1 1 a s h , midash, d. mfmtash, mimdash leggings covering the leg below the 

 knee. Chin. J., from French mitasse; the Kl. term is shnAshniksh, q. v. 



m'lai-, adv., steeply, abruptly, going straight up, sloping rapidly. Cf p'lai. 



M'laiksini Yaina, noni. pr of Mount Pitt, a high mountain of the 

 Cascade Range, of pyramidal shape, situated due west from the mouth 

 of the Williamson River. Der. m'lai. Cf Melaikshi. 



m ' n a , m'nalam, m'ndlsh, Kl ; for p'na, p'ndlam, p'nalsh Mod., see pi, 

 p'na, p'ndlam. 



m 6 a , m6at ; see mua, muat. 



M6atak, M6atok, McVdok (1) nom. pr. of Modoc Lake, also called Tule 

 Lake (Kl. Tulik) and Rhett Lake; a large fresh- water basin surrounded 

 by volcanic formations, situated east of Little Klamath Lake and extend- 

 ing from California into Oregon, 20, 11. 21. 8.; also called Moatokni 

 E-ush. Cf LutuAmi, Mayaltko fi-ush. (2) noni. ])r. of the district at 

 the southern shore of Modoc Lake (one of the ancient homes of the 

 Modoc tribe), and its surroundings; Mo'dokam kaila Modoc land, the 

 Moatok district; klii' kedsha M. the klu-root grows in the Modoc country, 

 147, 2.: cf 18. Der. muat Cf Kumbat (2), Kumbatuasli 



