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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Indian Trade Language, of the North Pacific Coast

Part 1 — M.

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Mah-kook.

To buy or sell. Kah mika mahkook okook calipeen? where did you buy that rifle? Hyas mahkook, dear. Tenas mahkook, cheap.

Mah-kook-house.

A trading house or store.

Mah-lie.

To forget.

Mahsh.

To leave; to turn out; to throw away; to part with; remove. Ex. Mahsh chuck kopa boat, bail the boat out. Mahsh okook salmon, throw away that fish. Mahsh mika capo, take off your coat. Yahka mahsh tum-tum kopa nika, he has given me his orders.

Mah-sie.

Thank you.

Maht-lin-nie.

Off shore.

Maht-wil-lie.

In shore; shoreward; keep in.

Ma-lah.

Tinware; crockery; earthenware.

Mal-i-eh.

To marry.

Ma-ma.

A mother

Mam-ook.

To make; to do; to work. Ex. Mamook isick, to paddle; mamook illahee, to dig.

Man.

A man; the male of any animal. Ex. Man moolock, a buck elk. Tenas man, a young man or boy.

Mel-a-kwa.

A mosquito.

Mel-ass.

Molasses.

Mem-a-loost.

To die; dead. Mamook memaloost, to kill.

Me-sah-chie.

Bad; wicked.

Me-si-ka.

You; your; yours.

Mika.

Thou; thy; thine.

Mi-mie.

Down stream.

Mist-chi-mas.

A slave.

Mit-ass.

Leggings.

Mit-lite.

To sit; sit down; stay at; reside; remain. Ex. Mitlite nika hyiu salmon kopa, sit down I have plenty of salmon. Mitlite keekwillie, to put down.

Mit-whit.

To stand; stand up. Mitwhit stick, a standing tree; a mast.

Mokst.

Twice.

Moo-la.

A mill. Stick moola, a saw-mill.

Moo-lock.

An elk.

Moon.

The moon. Ikt moon, a month. Sick moon, the wane or old moon.

Moos-moos.

Buffalo; horned cattle.

Moo-sum.

To sleep; sleep. Nika hyas moosum, I slept very sound.

Mow-itsh.

A deer; venison.

Muck-a-muck.

To eat; to bite; food. Muckamuck chuck, to drink water.

Musket.

A gun or musket. Stick musket, a bow.

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