4,794 terms are nouns

Bell

k̓ʷalálk̓ʷalal; tíntin; apappamá k̓ʷalálk̓ʷalal ‘hand bell’; šayšáy ‘deer hoof bells’; łayłáy ‘hoof rattles, rattlesnake rattles, dancing bells; spurs’; čatikáwas ‘alarm clock, door bell’.

Belly

nawát; ašɨ́š ‘navel, belly button’.

Belt

waláč̓witš; támyaki waláč̓witš ‘leather belt with studs’; tutanikmí waláč̓witš ‘(horse)hair belt’; x̣ʷaamičnipamá waláč̓witš ‘upper belt’.

Benefactive case

-ay ‘for’; -láyk̓ay (emphatic).

Berry

tmaanít ‘pickings, fruit, apple’; puušmí tmaanít ‘juniper berries’; wawaninšmí tmaanít ‘yew berries’; čúkčuk ‘cottonwood berries’; tmaaniłá ‘berry picker, fruit picker’.

Between

papáču ‘middle’; papáču náptipa wánapa ‘between the two rivers’.

kʷnamaanłá

Person from there. mɨ́laa pawačá tanánma kʷnamaanłáma ‘there were a few Indian families from there’.

Bib

šapáq̓pi tílatat ‘bib overalls’.

Bible

Watítayt.

Big Dipper

šáykʷ ‘star constellation, the Big Dipper’; nč̓í tkʷsáy Xaslúma ‘the Big Dipper’ (a calque).

Bighorn

tnúun ‘bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis‘.

Bilberry

luc̓aluc̓alí ~ luc̓áluc̓a wíwnu ‘red bilberry, Vaccinium parvifolium, V. ovalifolium‘; ililmúk ‘dwarf huckleberry or bilberry, V. cespitosum (also, caespitosum)’; Cascade blueberry, V. deliciosum‘; ililmúkaaš ‘dwarf huckleberry bush’.

Bile

wawáas.

Billfold

x̣ax̣áykʷpas ~ x̣ax̣aykʷpamá taat̓áwas ‘wallet’.

Bindweed

nč̓uwałá ‘field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis‘.

Birch

ašnɨ́pš ‘water birch, Betula occidentalis‘.

Bird

  1. kákya ‘bird, animal’;
  2. waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
  3. kakyanmí ístama ‘baby birds’;
  4. wac̓átwac̓at ‘young birds without feathers’;
  5. cikʷácikʷa ~ silyawátit ~ tawxʷiiłá ~ píyɨm (various bird spp.).

Birdbath

kakyamaamí winanuut̓áwas ‘bath of birds’.

Birth

wɨ́šayčt ‘event, happening, birth, home’.

Birthday

wɨšayčtpamá; wɨšayčtpamá łk̓ʷí; cáˀatłk̓ʷi; ayáyani wɨšayčtpamá łk̓ʷí ‘happy birthday!’.