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sha't, sliri'r])tclii, kuidshi steinasli, 

 tchektclickli; m. person, tclidkalsli. 



meander, v. .i.; to proceed in a 

 meandering line, kiiiuina; to move, 

 fly ill n meandering line, kakidsha. 



measles, gut/aksh ; eruption caused 

 hi) m., tcliimtash; to he ill ivith the 

 m,, gu'tkg-a. 



measure, v. t., hij length, \n^\x%e\- 

 ul/a ; instrument for measuring, 

 measuring stick, skilul^otkisli. 



meat, tcliuleksli. 



medic a m e ii t , ya uks. 



medicine, drug, ya-uks ; ^^ medi- 

 cine-man,^'' kiuks, cf conjurer; 

 ^'■medicine-song,'" sluiT'sh; ya-uks; 

 to give, prescribe m., ya-uka. 



meet, v. t ; m. accidentally, gart^al; 

 III. (it one's home, gelidankn, geli- 

 danktclia; m., both parties coining 

 towards each other, Imshtanka; m. 

 from oppos'itc directions, hushtanka. 

 Mod. slu'itanka; m. as friends, geli- 

 danka ; m. in a friendly or hostile 

 intention, galdsliui, galdsliawia; m. 

 with others, slik'a, shuku'lki, slia- 

 latcliguala; m. hy arrangement, at a 

 rendezvous, shakemawa; m. again, 

 a second time, gawina, shle-ipele; 

 m. in council, shutanktpa; m. while 

 running, hupakle^a; to go to m. se- 

 cretly, liuslu'itanka. 



meet, v. i., assemble, shuku'lki; in 

 hirger numbers, h'wa, lii'ipka; m. 

 again, shukii'lkipele. 



m e e t i n g , shuku'lkisli ; in.-jilace, 

 siiiu'lkish, slnilii'lkish ; ni. -place i'ov 

 councils, debates, waltkotkish. 



melody, shui'sli. 



melt, V. t., shnatchaka; m., as lead, 

 tallow, sti'l/a; m. in a pan, ladle, 

 shuldla. 



m e 1 1 , V. i. ; m. as ice, snow, tchuya, 

 Kl tchutch^ya; to coinincnce to m., 

 tchutchey^ga ; m hg fire, heat, na- 

 tchdka; m. off at the bottom of cook- 

 ing utensils, natsagiula. 



memory, hushkanksh, in Mod. 

 also: k6%pash. 



m e n a c e , v. t., huishipele. 



mend, v. t, to patch, nakia; pcUcli 

 for mending, nakish. 



menstruate, v. i., yuli'na ; muka ; 

 m. for the first time, stuj)ui. 



m e n s t r u a t i o n , first, stupuish, 

 pi'lpil. 



m e n t a 1 faculty, luishkanksh, 

 in Mod. also: k6;ijpash. 



m e r c h a n t , sheshatuish. 



m e r c u r i a 1 , tcheltchelatko. 



merely, adv., ak, -ak, hak, -liak; 

 tala, abl)r. ta, -ta; when referring 

 to the verb of the sentence, ))fla. 

 Cf ak No 2 (1) ;ind (4), but, 

 just, adv. 



m e r i d i a n - 1 i n e ; to he in the in. -I., 

 said of the sun, shewat^a; to have 

 imssed the ni.-l., shewat;^i'ila. 



merry; cf glad, rejoice, v. 



message, stiltish ; if containing an 

 order, nc-ulaksh, tpt'wash; to con- 

 vey a m. to, stiltpa, stiltchna, sti'l- 

 shampeli. 



messenger, stllkakuish; to an- 

 nounce in the quality of a in., sti'l- 

 tchka, stfltchna. 



