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eleven, &c. ; but sometimes also to reinforce lea; ns, o-bo'-jucliid ek-ke ka', I do 

 many things. I am fartber disposed to tbiuk tliat ko, tcater, witb all itx derivatives, 

 takes its origin iu tbe same fuudameutal idea. 



Marry, tnJce a trife, to, n'sla'-lekw (sla'-ue, woman), obs cbng-wusb. / winh to marry, 

 ikb-cbe-gwa'-subcbid (from cbiig-wusb, a wife). To tal-c the wife of a deceased 

 brother, ba-lOtsid-dub (sma'-Iot-sid, brother^s widow). 



Marsh, swamp, s'cbe'-a-kwil ; marshy, miry, asgnl-Iii'tiul. 



Mas]; (used at dances, &c.), stet-kwa'-mfis. 



Mast. See ^^ Canoe ^\ 



Mat {of flat rushes), kot; {of round rushes), skwe'-gwut. The under mat of a bed, sla'- 

 gwid (from slfigwuts, the inner hark of the thvja) ; other baric mats, cb't-lak', es-cbai' ; 

 mat-needle, klakw'-tid ; scraper for smoothing mats, bud-dii'-lu-sid (Nisk.), b'da'-de-set 

 (Snob.). 



Meat, flesh {of animals and birds), be'-yets; {of fish), tfilts. 



Measure. See ^^Count^\ 



Medicine {in the sense of physic), stul-jifikb'. A doctor, stul-jiukb ba-lekw-cbid (from 

 but-la' lekw, to suck, to raise a blister by iuction), one of tbeir usual curative pro- 

 cesses. See '■^Medicinal plants''\ 



Melt, to {as snow), ot-zukbw', dzukb-bwalts' ; to become soft {as grease), o-bet'lil, 

 melted, as-met'-lin, as-bet'-lil. 



Menstruate, to {for the first time), o-bais-bobil, as-bais'-bub ; I menstruate, as-batl, kwo- 

 cbid, o-batl-kwocbid ; {stibseqtiently), asmal-ko. It would seem tbat tbe former word 

 applies to a condition wbicb bas terminated ; as, ka'-bai is a girl who has not reached 

 her period, and bo'-bil signifies cessation ; the menstrual lodge, ascbats {hidden). 



Merry, sat-se-kub (also used as a nickname). In Sk.ywbamisli, as-bu-sai-kub, the tail 

 of an animal, expresses tbe same idea as iu Englisb icaggish. 



Message, kwad'b ; to send with a message, o-kwatsid-cbud. 



Metals : — iron, suokw ; brass, ku-la'-lat-bu ; tin, kaukb ; gold, be'-kwitl {red) ; silver, 

 bokok dollar {white dollar). 



Middle {of length), it-lug-wuts, ok-se'gwus, o-dug wa'-bats ; {of iridth), o da-gwitsh, 

 o-dug-witsb ; around the middle, litlo dug-witsb ; the middle seetio7i of a fish, so-di- 

 gwa'-bats. 



MilJc {same as breast), skubo'. 



Mind. See '^ Heart''. 



Mine, gutl at'-sa {of or belonging to me). 



Miss, to {a mark), o-kwutl ; I miss, gwutlsbid (equivalent to " throw away'\ q. v.) 



Mistake, blunder in speech, lose the way, to, odzat'lab ; / am mistaken, odzat'-lab-cbid. 

 See '■'■ Ignorant'K 



Mix, to ; also to mistake one for another, o-bai-bal ; mixed, asbal'. 



Moccasins, yal'-sbid. 



Money. The currency of tbe Nortb Pacific consisted of a species of " wampum ", known 

 in tbe T'sinuk Jargon as bai'-kwa, made of strings of dentalium-sbells a fatbora 

 in length, or as much as would reacb from tip of tbe fingers of one band to those 

 of the other. Shells {of all sizes), net'-cbu ; of standard size, or less than forty to the 

 fathom, hotl ; smaller sizes, so-lakh, solukb ; coined money, da'-la (Eug.). 



