Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or, Trade Language of Oregon

by George Gibbs

~Ma-láh, n. Chinook, MALAGH. Tinware; crockery; earthenware.

~Mal-i-éh, v. French, MARIER. To marry.

~Ma'-ma~, n. English, MAMMA. A mother.

~Mam'-ook~, v. a. Nootka, MAMUK. To make; to do; to work. It is the general active verb, and is used largely in combination with nouns and other verbs; as, mamook chahko, make to come, fetch; mamook kelipai, bring or send back; mamook isick, to paddle; mamook illahee, to dig.

~Man~, n. English, idem. A man; the male of any animal. Ex. Man 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.