músmuscɨn ~ cúułɨm ~ waamá músmuscɨn ‘Bison bison‘.
376 terms start with “b”
Bit
cawaanaynacáwas ~ sapacanpáwas ‘horse bit, bridle, the whole headstall’.
Bitch
ayatúksk̓usik̓úsi ‘female dog’.
Bite
čánp; lámaašn ‘sting, bite (of insects).
Bitten
čánpi.
Bitter cherry
psuniwáakuł ‘water birch, Prunus emarginata‘. Also asnɨ́ps.
Bitterbrush
č̓ɨší ‘antelope brush, Purshia tridentata‘.
Bitterroot
pyax̣í ‘Lewisia rediviva‘.
Black
čmúk; ččmúk ‘black things’; čmáakʷ ‘dark, sooty, very black’.
Black
čmúk k̓úsi ‘black horse’; čmáakʷli ‘black person’; čmáakʷlima ‘black people’; čmúk táatpas ~ čmuktáatpas ‘Black Robe, Catholic, priest’.
Black Mountain
tahámtaham ‘a mountain in Morrow County, Oregon, summit at 5,896 feet’; Qimáatayt ‘peak near Black Mountain’.
Blackberry
wisík ‘wild blackberry, Rubus ursinus‘.
Blackbird
ƛ̓ɨ́ƛ̓ɨmux̣ ‘red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus‘.
Blackcap
sáxat ~ šáx̣at ~ čmúk šáx̣at ‘blackcap raspberry, Rubus leucodermis‘.
Blacksmith
pstxłá; pstxáwas ‘blacksmith hammer’; pstɨxt̓áwas ‘blacksmith tools, anvil, hammer, etc.’; pstxtpamá ‘blacksmith shop’; pɨ́stxt ‘blacksmithing’.
Blacksmith
pɨ́stx ‘do blacksmith work’.
Blackwidow
tíšpun ‘blackwidow spider, Latrodectus hesperus‘.
Bladder
íwspas.
Blalock
táwaš ‘Blalock Canyon, Oregon’. nč̓í Ɨmá ~ Ɨmáˀɨma ‘Blalock Island’ (on Columbia River).
Blame
aníyayi ‘make for; suspect’.