4,794 terms are nouns

Bear grass

yáayXerophyllum tenax‘.

Bearberry

ɨlɨ́k ‘common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi‘; wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ‘bearberry honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata‘ (also yakanmí tkʷátat ‘bear’s food’); šɨlɨ́m ‘cascara, chittam, Rhamnus purshiana‘.

Beard

šúu ‘whiskers, beard’.

Beaver

wišpúš ‘North American beaver, Castor canadensis‘; šq̓ʷlá ‘mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa‘; qínu (also, x̣ínu) ‘beaver castor’.

Bed

smáas; nč̓utpamá ‘bed, bedroom, bedding’.

Bedding

áwšnitš ‘something to spread out, mat’; nč̓utpamá ‘bed, bedroom, bedding’.

Bedroom

nč̓utpamá lašáam ‘bedroom’.

Bedstraw

tišx̣panú ~ lɨst̓alɨ́st̓aGalium spp.’.

Bee

atníwa ‘yellowjacket, wasp, hornet, honey bee’.

Bee plant

tiskaynmí latít ~ tíit ‘yellow bee plant, yellow spiderflower, Cleome lutea‘.

Beer

p̓úšɨm ‘foam, bubbly water, soap, beer’.

Beet

tiliwalwáakuł.

Beetle

łx̣áwkał ‘coastline June beetle, Polyphylla crinita‘; x̣ax̣áykʷ ‘golden buprestid beetle, Buprestis aurulenta‘; tíiš ‘darkling beetle, stinkbug, Eleodes spp.’; klawáwklawaw ‘whirligig beetle (Gyrinidae)’; q̓ayq̓áy ‘carrion beetle’.

Beggar

aƛ̓awiłá; aƛ̓awíłam; pináˀaƛ̓awiłá; pamaˀaƛ̓awiłá ‘beggars’; aƛ̓awiłá wáašat ‘beggar dance’.

Beginner

uyiłá ‘beginner’.

Beginning

úyit ‘beginning, first’.

Behavior

x̣ántat ‘aberrant behavior around a pregnant woman, as when children act up to get attention when their mother is pregnant’.

Belief

mɨškʷyámkt ‘believing, faith’; tananáwit ~ tanánwit ‘the Indian way’.

Believer

waalášani ‘adherent of the longhouse religion’.

Believing

kʷyáamt ‘believing, courage, wisdom’.