_to_, _either in speech or on the road_, mael-min.
MOLLUSCS, RADIATES, ETC.:
Small round clam (_Venus_), skuet-hlai;
quahog (_Saxidomus_), sakh-hwa;
large clam (_Lutraria_), swaem.
Cockle (_cardium_), sk'laem.
Mussel (_Mytilus_), kla-kuem.
Oyster, klokh-klokh.
Whelk, suek-kwai-yuekh.
Barnacle, suem-mai-ya.
Chiton, huel'lueng.
Land snail (_helix_), wuek-kuek'h.
Slug (_limax_), kai-yat'lin.
Sea egg (_Echinus_), skwet-si.
Sea slug (_holothuria_), sekt.
Star fish, kwuel-la-chi, kuel-lae-sis.
Cuttle fish, ske-m[=u]k.
Shells, ka-ya-men.
MOON, kl-kaltsh.
MORNING, skwa-chi.
MOSQUITO, kwa-an.
MOTHER, t[=a]n.
MOUNTAIN (_same as rock_), sng-ant.
MOUTH, sa-suen.
MOVE FARTHER, yi-he-wuel tuel-la;
_go there_, tuek'whist.
MUCH, n'gun;
_much food_, n'guen set-luen.
MYTHOLOGY:
Ha-als, _the principal super natural being, equivalent to_ Hun-ne _of
the Nisquallies_, No-kw-makhl _of the Clallams and Skagits, and_
Ika-ni _of the Chinooks_.
S'hui-ab, _or_ S'hui-am, _the pre-human demon race_.
Y[=u]tl-ma, _or_ Shwa-mat-wun, _the spirit that presides over good
fortune_.
Ch'si'o-wuen, _a particular gift or capacity acquired by fasting, etc.,
or by incantation, similar to the Chinook tamanowas_.
Shi-nam, _magic or medicine_.
N.
NAILS, t'sals, chi-sa-lis.
NAKED, kluet-saeng.
NAME, s'nae;
_my name_, ues-nae. _Vide "who."_
NAVEL, muek'h-hwoi-ye.
NEAR, kl-ke-a-ke, tuet-le-kai, sti-talst'.
NEEDLE, chaet'suen.
NET, _for catching ducks, etc._, tuek'huem;
_seine_, aukh-whoi-yen.
NEW, hau-wues.
NIGHT, snat.
NINE, tuek'hw, tuek-whae-la, tuek-whalt-hu.
NO, a-wa, a-wuekh', okh-wa.
NONE, _there is none_, a-wuen'na;
_are you not ashamed?_ a-wuen-na s'het-sil? (_literally "no shame?"_)
NOSE, nuek'suen.
NOSTRILS, skwa-luek-sen.
NOW, ti-a, ti-an'k'h.
NUMERALS:
_Simple Cardinals--_
1, nuet'sa.
2, chues'sa.
3, klikhw.
4, ng-oss'.
5, kl-kats'.
6, t'huenkh.
7, tsakws.
8, tats.
9, tuek'hw.
10, o'puen.
11, o-puen it nuet'sa.
12, o-puen it chues'sa.
20, tsuek-kues, tsuek-wues.
30, kl-whl-sha.
40, nuesl-sha.
50, kuets'hl-sha.
60, tuekh-huem-sha.
70, skwl-sha.
80, tuesl-sha.
90, to-wol-sha.
100, nat-sa-wuetsh.
1000, o-paentsh.
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