Some interesting “mamuk k̂ow X” expressions in St Onge’s dictionary

Some interesting “mamuk k̂ow X” expressions in St Onge’s dictionary

I invite my readers’ thoughts about these. Image credit: Walmart All glossed as verbs by St Onge: mamuk k̂ow kwotl ‘tighten’ mamuk k̂ow leklu ‘rivet, to’ mamuk k̂ow wawa ‘guarantee, to; vow, make a __; swear, to; parole, to’ Mamuk k̂ow (munk-k’aw in Grand Ronde spelling) is ‘to tie, to bind, to fasten’ and so on. (Literally ‘make-tied’.) But what are kwotl (q’wetɬ ‘tight’), leklu (lekʰlu ‘a nail’), and wawa (‘words; to speak’) here? If all 3 ar…