376 terms start with “b

Buckskin

sk̓ɨ́msk̓ɨm; wapčíyaš ‘buckskin used to dress bodies’; pláš wapčíyaš ~ pláš ímiiki apɨ́x̣ ~ pláš ímiiki ‘white buckskin’.

Buckwheat

pɨšx̣wáakuł ‘Japanese buckwheat, Fagopyrum esculentum‘.

Bud

palpálp ‘flower buds’.

Bud

pálp ‘bud out, bloom’.

Buffalo

músmuscɨn ~ cúułɨm ‘cattle, cow; bison, Bison bison‘.

Bug

tál ‘a small brown insect that sings when the chokecherries are ripening’; talyáy (the legendary character); támšɨlpi kákya ~ q̓táat támšɨlpi wáwnakʷšaš ‘ladybug (Coccinellidae)’; tuˀúk ~ tuˀuklí ‘stink bug (Pentatomidae)’; šapačuut̓ałá ‘the insect that makes foam on the cous stems’; q̓púłq̓puł ‘small black species of bug’; k̓píitk̓piit ~ pinawaƛ̓iyawiłá ‘sow bug, Armadillidium spp.’.

Build

  1. aní ‘to make, construct, fabricate, prepare’;
  2. íluk ‘to build fire’.

Building

níit ‘house’.

Bulge

púnx̣ta.

Bull

mɨq̓ɨ́x̣ni taláyi ‘brahma bull’; taláyi ‘stallion, bull’; wanpt̓áwas ~ wanpáwas ‘radio, stereo, bull horn’.

Bullet

ílapat; wiyálpas.

Bullfrog

yuułá ‘American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana‘.

Bullhead

See sculpin.

Bullsnake

pyúuyax̣ (also nč̓í pyúš ‘big snake’) ‘Pituophis catenifer sayi‘ (also ‘Pacific gopher snake, P. catenifer catenifer‘).

Bulrush

tk̓ú ‘common tule, hardstem bulrush, Schoenoplectus acutus‘.

Bumblebee

ilamaašmúk ~ lawaašmúkBombus spp’.

Bump

waanánp̓a ‘run against, bump against’.

Bump

waanánp̓a ‘run into, bump into running’; tkʷápwaananp̓a ‘accidentally bump or hit with the hand’; qáx̣upt̓a ‘bump with the head’.

Bunch

pšá-.

Bunchgrass

alám ‘generic bunch grass’; waskú ‘bluebunch wheatgrass, Pseudoroegnaria spicata‘ (also any forage grass, wheat).