4,794 terms are nouns

Birthplace

wɨšayčtpamá ‘village, campsite, place to stay; birthplace, birthdate’.

Biscuit

sapk̓ísa (also sapɨ́l) ‘root biscuit’; sapt̓aalá ‘salmon pemmican biscuit’; luukšmí ‘root biscuits with finger imprints (made from Lomatium canbyi)’.

Biscuit-root

x̣áwšLomatium cous‘; lúukš ‘Canby’s biscuitroot, L. canbyi‘; škúlkul ‘Priest Rapids variety of L. canbyi‘; púła ‘bigseed biscuitroot, L. macrocarpum‘; xamsí ‘barestem biscuitroot, L. nudicaule‘. See also desert parsley, Lomatium.

Bison

músmuscɨn ~ cúułɨm ~ waamá músmuscɨnBison bison‘.

Bit

cawaanaynacáwas ~ sapacanpáwas ‘horse bit, bridle, the whole headstall’.

Bitch

ayatúksk̓usik̓úsi ‘female dog’.

Bitter cherry

psuniwáakuł ‘water birch, Prunus emarginata‘. Also asnɨ́ps.

Bitterbrush

č̓ɨší ‘antelope brush, Purshia tridentata‘.

Bitterroot

pyax̣íLewisia rediviva‘.

Black

čmúk k̓úsi ‘black horse’; čmáakʷli ‘black person’; čmáakʷlima ‘black people’; čmúk táatpas ~ čmuktáatpas ‘Black Robe, Catholic, priest’.

Black Mountain

tahámtaham ‘a mountain in Morrow County, Oregon, summit at 5,896 feet’; Qimáatayt ‘peak near Black Mountain’.

Blackberry

wisík ‘wild blackberry, Rubus ursinus‘.

Blackbird

ƛ̓ɨ́ƛ̓ɨmux̣ ‘red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus‘.

Blackcap

sáxat ~ šáx̣at ~ čmúk šáx̣at ‘blackcap raspberry, Rubus leucodermis‘.

Blacksmith

pstxłá; pstxáwas ‘blacksmith hammer’; pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’; pstxtpamá ‘blacksmith shop’; pɨ́stxt ‘blacksmithing’.

Blackwidow

tíšpun ‘blackwidow spider, Latrodectus hesperus‘.

Bladder

íwspas.

Blalock

táwaš ‘Blalock Canyon, Oregon’. nč̓í Ɨmá ~ Ɨmáˀɨma ‘Blalock Island’ (on Columbia River).

Blanket

útpas; łaypamá ‘saddle blanket’; smaaspamá ‘bed sheet, bed spread, blanket’; isɨ́p̓it ‘covers’; lawaačayčłá ‘light cotton blanket’; wásɨmtacay ~ wasɨmtacaynmí útpas ‘buffalo robe’; wáaštki útpas ‘afghan blanket’.

Blasphemer

ɨmačaywiłá ‘one who talks bad, says bad words’.