MALLARD, _duck_, te-nuek-sen.
MAMMALS:
Bat, klat-li-pi-a-huen.
Bear, black, s'chi-kwaitsh.
Bear, grizzly, kwai-it-shin.
Beaver, ske-yau.
Buffalo, kwaisp.
Cougar, kan-et'sap.
Deer, h[=o]pt, sme-yis.
Dog, ska-ha.
Elk, kai-yetsh.
Goat, mountain, swet-le.
Hare, rabbit, ka-kait-se.
Lynx, tsat-sats.
Mink, mis-tcho.
Mouse, skwa'tuen.
Musk rat, skuelkh-kuet'lkh.
Land otter, ska'atl.
Sea otter, tuem'mues.
Seal, aess'hu.
Skunk, smat-s'n.
Squirrel (_sciurus_), sp-si-y[=u]t-s'n;
(_tamias_), ha-hai-yu-wetsh.
Wolf, sta'ching.
Whale, ch-whe-yu.
MAN, swe-ka; _plur._ swe-yi-ka;
_young man_, swe-w[=u]s;
_old man_, kwilt-chak.
MANY, ng' _u_nn;
_many men_, ng' uengt' swe-yi-ka.
MAT, _of round rushes_ (_tule_), taks-lats'hu;
_flat do._ (_cat's tail_), su-ya-atsh, kai-nim;
_cedar bark_, tsuem'muet.
MAT NEEDLE, ho-k'h_u_n.
MEDICINE, s'tai-ing-hu.
MEDICINE MAN, _magician or doctor_, s'hu-n[=a]m.
MIDDLE, ets-tong-en.
MILK, skueb-o.
MINK, mis'tcho.
MISS _a mark_, _to_, tang-uen;
_miss the road_, _to_, ti-takh.
MISTAKE, _to_, _in speech_, ti-takh.
MOCCASINS, kluek'shin.
MOLLUSCS, ETC.:
Barnacle, ts[=o]ngt.
Clams, quahog (_Venus_), ski-he-yu;
large (_Lutraria_), swa'-huem;
blue striated, skuek-hlai.
Cockle (_cardium_), skle-y[=o]m.
Hai-kwa (_Dentalium_), klets-chin.
Mussel, to'yuek.
Oyster, klokh-klokh.
Scallop (_pecten_), na'na.
Sea egg (_echinus_), skwet-si.
MOON, kl-kaitsh.
MORNING, kwa-tchi.
MOSQUITO, pwaik-sen.
MOTHER, t[=a]n.
MOUNTAIN, h'kwi-etsh.
MOUSE, skwa-tuen.
MOUTH, tsu'ts'n.
MUSK RAT, skuelkh-kuet'lkh.
MUSSEL, _the small blue_, to'yuek.
MY SISTER, na ais;
_my house_, na ai-yueng;
_my things_, n's-kwa-na-akw.
MYTHOLOGY:
No-kwe-m[)a]tl _or_ Do-kwe-b[)a]tl, _the principal supernatural being,
corresponding to_ Ikani _of the Chinooks_.
S'hui-ab, _the primal or demon race_.
S'hu-n[=a]m, _magic or medicine_.
Te-y[=u]tl-ma, _the genius of good fortune_.
Hun-ha-ne-ti, _a performance of conjuring or "tama-nous" (Chinook), known
to the Nisquallies as_ s'hi-na, _in which it is pretended that the
person initiated is killed and then restored to life_.