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| Scots Words | Alt. Scots Words | English Meanings |
| ma | mi | my |
| ma certies | my+ certainly | |
| machine | machine | |
| mad | annoyed+ angry | |
| made | made | |
| mae | more | |
| maen | mane | moan+ mourn+ lament |
| maggie | a magpie | |
| maggot | a whim+ fancy+ | |
| magink | a queer looking object or | |
| maid | maid | |
| maik | a half penny+ the equal of | |
| mailen | mailin | |
| Mailie | Molly | |
| mainer | mainner | manner |
| mair | more | |
| mair bi taiken | mair by token | more over |
| mairch | merch | march+ boundary |
| mairchless | infinite | |
| mairie | mairrie+ merry+ mairry | marry |
| mairiet | mairriet | married |
| mairitch | marriage | |
| mairt | mart+ mert | an ox or cow fattened for |
| Mairtinmass | 11th November | |
| mairtyr | martyr | |
| maist | most+ almost | |
| maister | master+ mister | |
| maistlins | almost | |
| maiter | maitter | matter |
| maithe | maggot or egg of a bluebottle | |
| major-myndit | haughty+ proud+ high minded | |
| mak | make | |
| Mak o' | make o' | |
| makar | poet (maker) | |
| makdoun | makdoon | garment made to fit smaller person |
| makkit | made | |
| malafouster | malafooster | destroy |
| Mall | Mally | |
| mament | maement | moment |
| mammie | mother | |
| man | maun | man |
| mangle | mangle | |
| mankit | mutilated+ damaged | |
| manse | minister's house | |
| mant | stammer+ stutter | |
| manteele | a mantle | |
| map | nibble | |
| mappit | stupid+ exhausted | |
| mar | obstruction+ obstruct | |
| mark | merk | |
| marl | mirl | mottled pattern |
| marlie | mirlie | mottled. variegated pattern |
| marrae | marra | marrow |
| marrow | companion+ partner | |
| marrowless | matchless | |
| mart | a market+ auction building | |
| masel | masell | myself |
| mash | a heavy two faced hammer | |
| mash | mesh of a net | |
| mashlum | mixed grains and pulses | |
| mask | infuse (tea) | |
| maskin-pat | the teapot | |
| massacre | massacker | massacre |
| massie | bumptious+ proud | |
| mat | thick bed cover | |
| match | equal | |
| matrass | mattress | |
| maucht | might n. | |
| mauchtless | helpless+ powerless | |
| mauger | notwithstanding+ ill-will | |
| mauk | maggot | |
| mauk flie | bluebottle | |
| maukie | maggoty+ filthy | |
| maukin | hare | |
| maukit | maggoty or filthy sheep | |
| maumie | ripe | |
| maun | mun | must |
| maun | may+ must | |
| mauner | gossip | |
| maunna | mustn't | |
| maunt | was able | |
| maut | malt | |
| mavis | song-thrush | |
| maw | maa | seagull |
| mawe | maw | mow |
| mawed | mown+ mowed | |
| mawin | mowing | |
| mawn | mown | |
| mawn | a large basket | |
| mawsie | warm+ thick+ comfortable | |
| me | me | |
| meal | mail+ male | meal |
| mean | mean+ possessed jointly | |
| meantime | meanwhile+ for the time being | |
| mear | a mare | |
| measles | maisles+ meisles | measels |
| meat | mait | food |
| mebbe | mibbe | perhaps |
| mebbies | mibbies | perhaps |
| meddle | middle | meddle |