šapáq̓pi tílatat ‘bib overalls’.
376 terms start with “b”
Bible
Watítayt.
Bifurcate
kƛá ‘fork, bifurcate’; páwiyapaa ‘separate, part, fork’.
Bifurcated
kƛáa ‘forked; spike buck’.
Big
- nč̓í ‘large, great, elder’;
- nč̓ínč̓i ‘big’ (plural);
- nč̓ínč̓ima ‘big people, elders’.
Big Dipper
šáykʷ ‘star constellation, the Big Dipper’; nč̓í tkʷsáy Xaslúma ‘the Big Dipper’ (a calque).
Bigger
mayknɨ́č̓i ‘bigger, larger’.
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
- kákya ‘bird, animal’;
- waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
- kakyanmí ístama ‘baby birds’;
- wac̓átwac̓at ‘young birds without feathers’;
- 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!’.
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
x̣áwš ‘Lomatium 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.