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Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon by George Gibbs
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moolock, a _buck elk;_ tenas man, _a young man or boy._

~Mél-a-kwa~, or ~Mál-a-kwa~, _n._ French, MARANGOUIN. (Anderson.) _A
mosquito._

~Mel'-ass~, _n._ French, MELASSE. _Molasses._

~Mem'-a-loost~, _v., n., part._ Chinook, MÉMALUST. _To die; dead._ Mamook
memaloost, _to kill._

~Me-sáh-chie~, _adj._ Chinook, MASÁCHI. _Bad; wicked._

~Me-si'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MESÁIKA. _You; your; yours._

~Mi'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MÁIKA. _Thou; thy; thine._

~Mi'-mie~, _adv._ Chinook, MÁIAMI. _Down stream._

~Mist-chi'-mas~, _n._ Quære u. d. _A slave._ Dr. Scouler gives this word
as Nootka and Columbian. Mr. Hale makes it Chinook. It is certainly,
however, neither Chinook nor Chihalis; and Jewitt gives _kakoelth_ as
Nootka, while I find the Makah word _kotlo,_ and the Nittinat _kotl._

~Mit-áss~, _n._ Cree, MITAS. (Anderson.) _Leggings._ A word imported by
the Canadian French.

~Mit'-lite~, _v._ Chinook, MITLAIT. _To sit; sit down; stay at; reside;
remain._ It is also used in place of _to have_ and _to be._ Ex. Mitlite
kopa house, _he is in the house;_ mitlite hyiu salmon kopa mika? _have you
plenty of salmon?_ mitlite (_imp._), _sit down;_ cultus mitlite, _to stop
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