376 terms start with “b

Beg

náx̣ašwi ‘ask to go; challenge’.

Beggar

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

Begin

Suffix:

-ˀuyi


Examples:

tkʷátatˀuyi ‘begin to eat’;

tkʷáynptˀuyi ‘begin to hunt’;

tk̓ʷanáytitˀuyi ‘begin to walk’;

tɨ́x̣ˀuyi ‘make first kill’;

wánatˀuyi ‘begin to flow’;

wánptˀuyi ‘begin to medicine sing’;

wáyx̣titˀuyi ‘begin to run’;

wínatˀuyi ‘begin to go’.

Begin

úyi ‘begin, start’; wáˀuyi ‘begin singing’.

Beginner

uyiłá ‘beginner’.

Beginning

úyit ‘beginning, first’.

Behave

táata ‘discipline, cause to behave’.

Behaved

paykłá ‘obedient, well behaved’; qaˀáan ‘respectful, behaved, quiet’.

Behavior

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

Behead

šáqʷɨnk ‘decapitate’.

Behind

ánay ‘back, afterwards, last in a series’; ánačni ‘in back’.

Belch

q̓áawn ~ k̓áawn.

Belief

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

Believe

mɨškʷyámk; kʷyáamn ‘believe in’.

Believer

waalášani ‘adherent of the longhouse religion’.

Believing

kʷyáamt ‘believing, courage, wisdom’.

Bell

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

Belligerent

q̓ʷáašni ‘belligerent, pouting’.

Belligerent

q̓ʷáašn ‘be belligerent, not participate, pout’.

Belly

nawát; ašɨ́š ‘navel, belly button’.