Glossary

(ma nij): (1) To look after and make decisions about; (2) to treat with care.

(ma nij mǝnt): The conducting or supervising of something.

(ma ni jür): A skilled person who directs or manages something.

(man dāt): To officially require something.

(mə ni pyə lāt): (1) To treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially with skill; (2) to manage especially with intent to deceive.

(mə ni pyə lā shən): An action that moves or controls something by hand or by using a machine.

(man u fak chür): The making of goods or articles.

(man yə fak chə riŋ): The process of making wares by hand or by machinery especially when carried on systematically with division of labor.

(mə nu̇r or mə n(y)ü ər): Material that fertilizes land, especially bodily waste from birds and animals in stables and barnyards with or without litter.

(mə rēn): Of or relating to the sea.

(märsh): An area of soft wet land usually overgrown by grasses and sedges.

(mär sü pē əl): Any of an order of mammals (such as kangaroos and opossums) that have a pouch on the abdomen of the female containing the teats and serving to carry the young.

(mas): The amount of matter in an object. On a different planet, for example, an object’s weight will change, but its mass will be the same.

(mas mēd ē ə): Means of communication, such as newspapers, magazines, and online communication, that reach a wide variety of people.

(ma trə li nē əl): Relating to, based on, or tracing descent through the maternal (mother's) line.

(mǝ chu̇r ): Having completed natural growth and development.

(mǝ chu̇r ǝ tē): The quality or state of being fully grown or developed.

(mȯ sə lē əm): A stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground.