~Luk'-ut-chee~, or ~La-kwit-chee~, _n._ French, LA COQUILLE. (?) _Clams._ Used chiefly on Puget Sound. ~Lum~, _n._ English, RUM. _Spirits of any sort._ ~M.~ ~Mah-kook~, _v., n._ Nootka, MAKUK; Nittinat and Tokwaht, idem; Makah, BAKWATL. _To buy or sell; trade or exchange; a bargain._ As their buying and selling was merely barter, the same word always answered for both operations. Kah mika mahkook okook calipeen? _where did you buy that rifle?_ hyas mahkook, _dear;_ tenas mahkook, _cheap._ ~Mah-kook-house.~ _A trading-house or a store._ ~Mah-lie~, _v._ Nisqually. _To forget._ Of local use on Puget Sound. ~Mahsh~, _v. a._ French, MARCHER. _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 maika capo, _take off your coat;_ mahsh! (to a dog) _get out!_ mahsh tenas, _to have a child; to be delivered;_ yakka mahsh tum-tum kopa nika, _he has given me his orders, or told me his wishes;_ mahsh kow, _to untie;_ mahsh stone, _to castrate._ ~Mah-sie~, _v._ French, MERCIE. _Thank you._ ~Maht-lin-nie~, _adv._ Chinook, MATLINI. _Off shore._ (In boating), _keep off!_ (if on land), _towards the water._ ~Maht-wil-lie~, _adv._Chinook, MATHWILI. _In shore; shoreward._ (As a command), _keep in;_ (on land), _towards the woods, or the interior._ ~Ma-lah, _n._ Chinook, MALAGH. _Tinware; crockery; earthenware._ ~Mal-i-eh, _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._ ~Mel-a-kwa~, or ~Mal-a-kwa~, _n._ French, MARANGOUIN. (Anderson.) _A mosquito._ ~Mel'-ass~, _n._ French, MELASSE. _Molasses._ ~Mem'-a-loost~, _v., n., part._ Chinook, MEMALUST. _To die; dead._ Mamook memaloost, _to kill._ ~Me-sah-chie~, _adj._ Chinook, MASACHI. _Bad; wicked._ ~Me-si'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MESAIKA. _You; your; yours._ ~Mi'-ka~, _pron._ Chinook, MAIKA. _Thou; thy; thine._ ~Mi'-mie~, _adv._ Chinook, MAIAMI. _Down stream._ ~Mist-chi'-mas~, _n._ Quaere 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-ass~, _n._ Cree, MITAS. (Anderson.) _Leggings._ A word imported by the Canadian French.