Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word memaloose.
Examples
-
The bodies were always laid with the head toward the west, because the _memaloose illahie_ (land of the dead) lay that way.
Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California Caroline C. Leighton
-
"_S'pose memaloose_," he answered shortly, and putting on his cap, abruptly left the room.
slumry commented on the word memaloose
Chinook Jargon: dead, to die, etc. mamook memaloose is to kill, to murder, to execute
July 21, 2015