ɨlɨ́k ‘common bearberry, Arctostaphylos uva-ursi‘; wapaanłanmí tkʷátat ‘bearberry honeysuckle, Lonicera involucrata‘ (also yakanmí tkʷátat ‘bear’s food’); šɨlɨ́m ‘cascara, chittam, Rhamnus purshiana‘.
376 terms start with “b”
Beard
šúu ‘whiskers, beard’.
Beat
páqux̣ ‘pound out a rhythm with a stick’; wátša ‘beat the sticks in cadence while sitting down, beat a board with sticks as in the stick game, pound the sticks for the shaman’; wáwx̣twapati ‘beat off’; wáƛ̓iyawi ‘beat to death’.
Beat
íšn ‘win, defeat’.
Beautiful
ayáyat ‘attractive, lovely, wonderful’; ayáyatki sɨ́nwitki ‘with beautiful words’; ayáyat wapáwat ‘a beautiful outfit’; ayáyat q̓ínupa ‘beautiful in appearance’.
Beautify
wíyayt ‘beautify clothing with shell, elk teeth, etc.’.
Beaver
wišpúš ‘North American beaver, Castor canadensis‘; šq̓ʷlá ‘mountain beaver, Aplodontia rufa‘; qínu (also, x̣ínu) ‘beaver castor’.
Because
ača kú ‘because’; ana kú ‘when, if, because’; kʷɨ́nki ‘with that, about that, because of that’.
Become
wɨ́šayč ‘happen, occur, stay, be born’; wiyáwšayč ‘come to be, stay’.
Bed
smáas; nč̓utpamá ‘bed, bedroom, bedding’.
Bedding
áwšnitš ‘something to spread out, mat’; nč̓utpamá ‘bed, bedroom, bedding’.
Bedroom
nč̓utpamá lašáam ‘bedroom’.
Bedstraw
tišx̣panú ~ lɨst̓alɨ́st̓a ‘Galium 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’.
Before
sapáwaac̓win ‘place before’.
Befriend
x̣twáyak ‘be friendly to, spend time with’; x̣ɨ́twayn ‘converse with, talk to, be friendly to, make friends with’.