376 terms start with “b

Bib

šapáq̓pi tílatat ‘bib overalls’.

Bible

Watítayt.

Bifurcate

kƛá ‘fork, bifurcate’; páwiyapaa ‘separate, part, fork’.

Bifurcated

kƛáa ‘forked; spike buck’.

Big

  1. nč̓í ‘large, great, elder’;
  2. nč̓ínč̓i ‘big’ (plural);
  3. 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

  1. kákya ‘bird, animal’;
  2. waynałá kákya ‘flying creature’;
  3. kakyanmí ístama ‘baby birds’;
  4. wac̓átwac̓at ‘young birds without feathers’;
  5. 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

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.