B - b

ba-   [ba]   pref-instr. with the mouth (of human beings), with the snout (of animals), with the beak (of birds). The meaning includes both the organ that produces speech, the mouth, and the organ that detects speech, the ear; thus the translation is often best given by an English verb expressing speaking or hearing.

bahqʰoʔ   [bahqʰóʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰoʔ*. Adjective. insulting, of one word. bahqʰóʔ baʔtʼawe· to cahno the word sounds insulting to me. bahqʰóʔmaʔ insulting, of several words. ʔacaʔ cáhno bahqʰóʔmaʔ baʔtʼaqacʼba, cohtócʰmela having heard the man say insulting words, I am leaving. ʔacaʔ báhqʰoʔ cohtócʰmela I'm leaving insulted. ʔacaʔ cáhno bahqʰóʔmaʔ baʔtʼawe· to miceʔtʰuʔ don't say it, I have head insulting words. bahqʰoʔ macʼaʔ that's an insult. bahqʰoʔ macʼahwiye· to @. bahqʰóʔ baʔtʼaw to hear insults.

bahqʰoʔmacʼahqa*   [bahqʰóʔmacʼahqaw]  Lit: Make them come out insulting! ⇒ bahqʰoʔ. Verb. insult (someone). bahqʰóʔmacʼahqa insult him!

bane*₁   [banew]  ⇒ ba-, ne*₂. Verb. hit; put hot water bottle on. bane·cʼi hit self!; Put (hot water bag) on self! ciba· tʰin maṭʼqʰa báneye· kʰe ma·kina someone hit my car with mud. qʰaʔbe wi to banew he hit me with a rock. compare: šacʼo*, haṭʼel*, haʔṭʼe*.

batʼa·cʼ*   [batʼaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, tʼa·cʼ*. Verb. be still (unmoving or silent), with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing); quiet. batʼacʼmeʔ be quiet! (to sev.) batʼa·cʼi stay (be) quiet! batʼacʼmela I was quiet. batʼacʼa·cʼiwacʼmeʔ keep quiet! (to sev.) ʔahqʰa bátʼacʼaʔ the water is calm, still.

batʼacʼ   [batʼaʔ]  ⇒ batʼa·cʼ*. Adjective. quiet, still. batʼacʼ é· mu he's quiet. ʔahqʰa bátʼaʔ smooth, calm water. batʼaʔ caw to sit quietly (no sound, no movement). batʼaʔ tʰin é· mu he's not quiet.

baʔtʼentʼele*   [baʔtʼentʼelew]  ⇒ ba-, ʔtʼentʼele*. Verb. mess up with the snout. koci·na ya kalikákʰ kaho·n badenʔwánʔbina baʔtʼéntʼelecʰqʰ the pig must have pushed around the paper box and messed it up (badly or slightly out of shape and dented).

baʔyuʔyuc*   [baʔyuʔyuʔ]  ⇒ ba-, ʔyu*. Reduplicating Verb. cause pain (on sensitive spot) with mouth but without injury.

ba·kʰaškʰaša   [ba·kʰáškʰaša]  ⇒ ba-, kʰaš*₁. Ideophone Adjective. having indistinct speech.

ba   [ba]   Interjection. oh no!, don’t say that! compare: hay₁, hoʔway, way, hoʔway.

-ba   [ba]   Verb. Same-Subject Past: the action denoted by the verb has been completed and precedes that of the main verb, and they have the same Agent; "after, having done, when, and, because".

ba*₁   [baw]   Verb. act with hands on one nonlong object. compare: ʔbe*₅.

ba*₂   [-]   Variant: ba·sʼe*. \Kinship Noun. father’s father, father’s parent’s father, father’s parent’s brother, father’s older brother, mother’s older sister’s husband.

ba·ba*   [-]  ⇒ ba*₂. Cooccurrence: with reduplication. Kinship Noun. my grandfather, informal. Usages note: informal.

ba·banʔ   [ba·bánʔ]  ⇒ ba·ba*. Kinship Noun. my grampa.

ba·banʔkʰe   [ba·bánʔkʰe]  ⇒ ba·ba*. Kinship Noun. for my grampa.

ba·bato   [ba·bató]  ⇒ ba·ba*. Kinship Noun. (of) my grampa.

ba·batoʔna   [ba·batóʔna]  ⇒ ba·ba*. Kinship Noun. 1 • where my grampa is.

2 • at my grampa's place.

ba·sʼê*   [-]  ⇒ ba*₂, -·sʼe. Kinship Noun. my or our father’s father, etc. Usages note: formal.

bá·sʼe   [bá·sʼe]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. Grandfather!

ba·sʼenʔ   [ba·sʼénʔ]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. my grandfather.

ba·sʼenʔ yac   [ba·sʼénʔ yaʔ]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*, =yac. Kinship Noun. my deceased grandfather; my deceased father’s father.

ba·sʼenʔkʰe   [ba·sʼénʔkʰe]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. for my grandfather.

ba·sʼeto   [ba·sʼetó]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. (of) my grandfather.

ba·sʼetoʔna   [ba·sʼetóʔna]  ⇒ ba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. 1 • where my grandfather is.

2 • at my grandfather's place.

maba·sʼê*   [-]  ⇒ ba*₂. Kinship Noun. his, her or their own father’s father.

mabasʼ   [-]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. his own grandfather.

mabasʼe·yi   [mabasʼé·yi]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. he and his grandfather.

maba·sʼaq*   [maba·sʼaʔ]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Variant: mabasʼa·taq*. Kinship Verb. call someone father’s father. manʔ mu·kito mabasʼaʔ she called him father’s father.

mabasʼahmu·cʼ*   [mabasʼáhmuʔ]  ⇒ maba·sʼaq*. Variant: mabasʼa·tahmucʼ*. Kinship Verb. call each other father’s father and son’s child.

maba·sʼel   [maba·sʼél]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. (of) his own grandfather.

maba·sʼeʔkʰe   [maba·sʼéʔkʰe]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. for his own grandfather.

maba·sʼeʔna   [maba·sʼéʔna]  ⇒ maba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. 1 • where his, her or their own grandfather is.

2 • at his, her, or their own grandfather's place.

miba·sʼê*   [-]  ⇒ ba*₂. Kinship Noun. your father’s father, etc.

mibasʼel   [mibasʼél]  ⇒ miba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. (to, of) your grandfather.

mibasʼe·yyi   [mibasʼé·yyi]  ⇒ miba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. you and your grandfather.

miba·sʼ   [mibasʼ´]  ⇒ miba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. your grandfather.

miba·sʼeʔkʰe   [miba·sʼéʔkʰe]  ⇒ miba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. for your grandfather.

miba·sʼeʔna   [miba·sʼéʔna]  ⇒ miba·sʼê*. Kinship Noun. 1 • where your grandfather is.

2 • at your grandfather's place.

miya·basʼê*   [-]  ⇒ ba*₂. Kinship Noun. his, her or their father’s father etc.

miya·basʼ   [miyá·basʼ]  ⇒ miya·basʼê*. Kinship Noun. his grandfather.

miya·ba·sʼel   [miyá·ba·sʼel]  ⇒ miya·basʼê*. Kinship Noun. (of) his grandfather.

miya·ba·sʼeʔkʰe   [miyá·ba·sʼeʔkʰe]  ⇒ miya·basʼê*. Kinship Noun. for his grandfather.

miya·ba·sʼeʔna   [miyá·ba·sʼeʔna]  ⇒ miya·basʼê*. Kinship Noun. 1 • where his, her, or their grandfather is.

2 • at his, her, or their grandfather's place.

babola·tad*   [babolá·tadu]  ⇒ babo·l*.

babo·l*   [babolʔ]  ⇒ ba-, bo·l*. Variant: babola·tad*. Verb. make a hole with the mouth, beak. sʼihta yaʔ ya·pálka babolʔ the bird was pecking out a hole in the apple. synonyms: baṭo·l*; compare: bakʼo·l*, baṭo·l*.

bace*   [bacew]  ⇒ bahce*.

bacit*   [baciʔ]  ⇒ ʔbac*.

baco·   [baco·´]   Noun. 1 • cattail, tule. baco· wíhlamʔ cattail shoots. Used as food. Typha, especially Typha latifolia ?.

2 • boat – of any kind now, but formerly one made of cattails or reeds bound in bundles. musu báco· log raft.

baco·l*   [bacolʔ]  ⇒ ba-, co·l*₂. Verb. fluff the surface layer with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). cuhse bácolʔ (bird) to be lining a nest with the beak.

bacu*   [bacu]  ⇒ bahcu*.

bacut*   [bacúʔ]  ⇒ bahcu*.

bacu·la*   [bacu·láw]  ⇒ . Verb. jump down.

bacu·m*   [bacumʔ´]   Verb. win gambling stakes, win any prize. bacumyé· mito you are winning. pé·su ma bacumqaye· did you win any money ? synonyms: mihyac*.

bacʰa·c*   [bacʰaw´]  ⇒ ba-, cʰa·*₂. Verb. stuff into hole with beak, snout. sʼihta yaʔ baʔdícʰpʰi mul ʔimo· bacʰaʔba if the bird picks that up with its beak, it would stuff it into a hole with its beak.

bacʰi·ṭ*   [bacʰiʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, cʰi·ṭ*₂. Verb. (bird) pulling out (worm from ground) with beak.

bacʰu*   [bacʰúw]  ⇒ ba-, cʰu*. Verb. scrub with mouth or beak. sʼihta yaʔ kʰe ʔoṭʰono bacʰuqʰ a bird disarranged my seaweed (laid in patties).

bacʰul*   [bacʰúlʔ]  ⇒ ba-, cʰul*₁. Verb. (bird) pick food out of a crack, or a berry on a tree.

bacʼa·ṭ*   [bacʼaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, cʼa·ṭ*₁. Verb. (bird) put several (acorns) tightly in a hole, using the beak. bacʼa·ṭi put in the hole! synonyms: baʔcʼa*.

bacʼe*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, cʼe*. Cooccurrence: always reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. speak fast.

bacʼebacʼe*   [bacʼebácʼew]  ⇒ bacʼe*. Reduplicating Verb. speak fast. cahno miʔkʰe bácʼebacʼe speak your words fast!

bacʼebacʼe*   [bacʼebácʼew]  ⇒ bacʼe*. Reduplicating Verb. speak fast. cahno miʔkʰe bácʼebacʼe speak your words fast!

bacʼi·ṭ*   [bacʼiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, cʼi·ṭ*. Verb. mix languages, mix words, especially using English words while speaking Kashaya. cahno bacʼiṭʰmaw mixing words as English in Indian context. pʰaláʔcayʔ cahno bacʼiṭʼe· ya lówaʔ yaʔ kʰe cahno we speak our language mixed with the whiteman's language.

bacʼoc*   [bacʼoʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·*. Verb. start singing, talking, etc.??

bacʼohlim*   [bacʼóhlimʔ]  ⇒ baʔcʼolhma*.

bacʼohya·   [bacʼóhya·]  ⇒ bacʼo·, hya·. Noun. spine, backbone.

bacʼotam*   [bacʼotámʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·m*.

bacʼotʰqo*   [bacʼótʰqow]  ⇒ bacʼo·q*.

bacʼo·   [bacʼo·´]   Noun. back (of body).

bacʼohya·   [bacʼóhya·]  ⇒ bacʼo·, hya·. Noun. spine, backbone.

bacʼo· wihlamʔ   [bacʼo· wíhlamʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·, wihlamʔ. Noun. reed shoots used as food. synonyms: haʔamʔ.

bacʼo·t*   [bacʼoʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·. Verb. back towards here; come here with back this way. bacʼota·du back towards here; come here with back this way. bacʼota·dadu back towards here; come here with back this way.

cabacʼol   [cabácʼol]  ⇒ ʔahca, bacʼo·. Adverb. in the back of the house, behind the house.

pa·rus bacʼo·   [pá·rus bacʼo·]  ⇒ pa·rus, bacʼo·. Noun. canvas-back duck.

bacʼo· wihlamʔ   [bacʼo· wíhlamʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·, wihlamʔ. Noun. reed shoots used as food. synonyms: haʔamʔ.

bacʼo·*   [bacʼow´]  ⇒ ba-, cʼo·*₂. Variant: baʔcʼowad*. Verb. start to sing or play musical instrument. bacʼo start to sing! bacʼo·meʔ start to sing (to several)! baʔcʼowá·du start to sing several things.

bacʼo·m*   [bacʼomʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, cʼo·m*. Variant: bacʼotam*. Verb. interrupt someone who is speaking. cahno bacʼomʔ cut off the words, interrupt.

bacʼo·q*   [bacʼoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, cʼo·q*. Variant: bacʼotʰqo*. Verb. peck. kayi·na yáʔ to bacʼohwiy the ckicken pecked me. bacʼohwiyé·to peck once. compare: baʔden*.

bacʼo·t*   [bacʼoʔ]  ⇒ bacʼo·. Verb. back towards here; come here with back this way. bacʼota·du back towards here; come here with back this way. bacʼota·dadu back towards here; come here with back this way.

badaya*   [badayáw]  ⇒ baʔdayac*.

badayacʰqa*   [badayácʰqaw]  ⇒ baʔdayac*. Variant: badayahqa*. Verb. cause someone say something wrong, especially by interrupting.

badayahqa*   [badayáhqaw]  ⇒ badayacʰqa*.

badayicʼ*   [badayiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, dayicʼ*. Verb. answer. badayí·cʼiwaʔ several to answer. badayí·cʼedu to answer several times. badayí·cʼi answer! badayí·cʼedu keep answering! badayí·cʼiwacʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. badayí·cʼiyi·cʼi answer yourself! badayí·tacʼe·du one answer several. Example Variant: badayí·cʼeta·du.

bade·cʼ*   [badeʔ´]  ⇒ bade·d*.

bade·d*   [bade·du´]  ⇒ baʔdi*, -ad₂. Variant: bade·cʼ*. Verb. 1 • move or push with the snout (of an animal).

2 • direct, give directions, encourage. compare: hude·d*.

badil*   [badilʔ]  ⇒ ba-, dil*. Verb. be beyond attainment, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). badilmaw too far to reach with voice. ʔaná· bahcilin kʰe mihyaqʰama mi· badílmaʔkʰeʔ it is so far that my voice can’t reach there.

badi·cʼ*   [badiʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, di·cʼ*₂. Verb. call on someone to come toward oneself, or to do something. badi·cʼi call on to do something! badicʼwácʼmeʔ to call on several, mostly for calling a spirit. badicʼi·du to call one to come.

badul*   [badulʔ]  ⇒ ba-, dul*. Verb. be beyond reach, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). badulmaw too far to reach with voice.

baduʔ   [baduʔ]   Cooccurrence: not word alone. Noun. thorn. compare: hiʔṭʼiṭ.

baduʔdenʔ   [badúʔdenʔ]  ⇒ baduʔ. Noun. 1 • rose (flower).

2 • California wild rose. Rosa californica (Rose Family).

3 • wood rose. Rosa gymnocarpa (Rose Family).

baduʔdenʔ   [badúʔdenʔ]  ⇒ baduʔ. Noun. 1 • rose (flower).

2 • California wild rose. Rosa californica (Rose Family).

3 • wood rose. Rosa gymnocarpa (Rose Family).

bah   [báh^]   Interjection. in old days, A is telling B+ something true but in wrong place and time or could be a secret. One of B+ group says /báh/, meaning "You let the cat out of the bag."

bahca   [bahca´]  Lit: elsewhere house ⇒ šiba·, ʔahca. Variant: šibahca. Adverb. someone else’s house, in a different household, with an unrelated family. bahca cádo· mu they say he stayed with nonrelatives.

bahcaw   [bahcaw]  ⇒ bahca, -w₁. Adverb. in someone else’s house.

bahcawad*   [bahcawá·du]  Lit: to go to someone else’s house ⇒ bahca. Verb. visit.

bahcaw   [bahcaw]  ⇒ bahca, -w₁. Adverb. in someone else’s house.

bahcawad*   [bahcawá·du]  Lit: to go to someone else’s house ⇒ bahca. Verb. visit.

bahce*   [bahcéw]  Variant: bace*. ⇒ ba-, hce*₁. Variant: bace*. Verb. obstruct or interfere with speaking.

bahcehcec*   [bahcéhceʔ]  Lit: not to become stuck on words ⇒ ba-, hcehcec*. Verb. stutter repeatedly. bahcéhceʔ tʰin speak fluently, without hesitation.

bahcenbahcenh*   [bahcénbahcenʔ]  ⇒ bahcenh*. Reduplicating Verb. stammer repeatedly.

bahcenh*   [bahcenʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hcenh*₂. Verb. stammer, have a speech impediment. bahcenʔ to have a speech impediment, to stammer or stutter. bahcénhciye· to cahnow I stammered once while speaking.

bahcenbahcenh*   [bahcénbahcenʔ]  ⇒ bahcenh*. Reduplicating Verb. stammer repeatedly.

bahci*   [bahcíw]  ⇒ ʔbac*.

bahcihqa*   [báhcihqaw]  ⇒ ʔbacʰqa*.

bahcil   [bahcíw]  Lit: Go in where the house is far !; far in front of one hundred 1 • Adverb. far, a long way, distant. ʔahca bahcíl maci go in far from the house ! ʔahca bahcil él li maci go in the far house! bahcíl pʰilaʔ they went a long way. ku sé·ntu bahcil hotow not nearly one hundred. antonym: siʔbal.

2 • Adjective. off the mark.

bahciluw   [bahcilúw]  ⇒ bahcil. Adverb. in the distance, far away. bahcilú· to· bane hit it from far away.

bahciluw   [bahcilúw]  ⇒ bahcil. Adverb. in the distance, far away. bahcilú· to· bane hit it from far away.

bahcu*   [bahcúw]  Variant: bacu*. Variant: bacu*; bacut*. Verb. jump. mo·bícʰpʰi, simhma qʰama bahcu run off and jump fifteen feet ! bacuʔbacuw keep jumping (rope).

bahcʰa*   [bahcʰáw]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰa*₁. Verb. knock over with the mouth, snout, or beak (as a pig might do). koci·na qʰale báhcʰaw The pig knocked the bush over with its snout.

bahcʰe*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰe*₂. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated form. Verb. be nosy, ask a lot of questions.

bahcʰebahcʰe*   [bahcʰebáhcʰew]  ⇒ bahcʰe*. Reduplicating Verb. be nosy, ask a lot of questions. mu· ṭʼo bahcʰebácʰetaʔti ʔe· wanʔqam He came to ask a lot of questions. Example Comment: (snooping questions, not proper questions). bahcʰebacʰetaʔ being nosy, asking a lot of questions.

bahcʰebahcʰe*   [bahcʰebáhcʰew]  ⇒ bahcʰe*. Reduplicating Verb. be nosy, ask a lot of questions. mu· ṭʼo bahcʰebácʰetaʔti ʔe· wanʔqam He came to ask a lot of questions. Example Comment: (snooping questions, not proper questions). bahcʰebacʰetaʔ being nosy, asking a lot of questions.

bahcʰi*₁   [bahcʰíw]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰi*. Verb. face insult with truth, embarrassed from having ancestors named or telling something bad about him that is true; make ashamed. bahcʰiwá·duʔ face insult with truth, make someone ashamed. bahcʰiwá·duci shame him/her! bacʰíhwadu·ci shame them! bahcʰiwá·duci Violet to criticize Violet! (with any true insult) . bahcʰiwá·ducʰwiye· to kʰe naṭa hcʰoyiʔli wi he insulted me with my dead child (by meaning it).

bahcʰi*₂   [bahcʰíw]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰi*. Verb. peck to pieces.

bahcʰibahcʰi*   [bahcʰibáhcʰiw]  ⇒ bahcʰi*₂. Reduplicating Verb. peck or pick to pieces with beak.

bahcʰibahcʰi*   [bahcʰibáhcʰiw]  ⇒ bahcʰi*₂. Reduplicating Verb. peck or pick to pieces with beak.

bahcʰital*   [bahcʰitálʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰita·l*. Variant: bahcʰita·laq*. Verb. make jerky, cut meat into strips and string it to dry. bahcʰitalʔ to string meat. bahcʰitá·laʔ D: Plural. bacʰitá·laqá·du D: Plural Durative. bacʰitá·ladu D: Durative. bacʰita·ladu·cedu D: Habitural. bahcʰitá·ladu @. bihše báhcʰita·li string meat. bahcʰitá·li @. bahcʰitáltʰuʔ @. mul bihše bahcʰitá·li string that meat. bihše báhcʰitalmeʔ string meat (pl). mul bihše bahcʰitálmeʔ tring that meat (pl). bihše báhcʰita·lela· sʼuwácʰqati I'm stringing meat to dry it. bahcʰitála mulʔ cut that.

bahcʰita·laq*   [bahcʰitá·laʔ]  ⇒ bahcʰital*.

bahcʰobahcʰoc*   [bahcʰobáhcʰoʔ]  ⇒ bahcʰoc*. Reduplicating Verb. wear away with mouth or beak.

bahcʰoc*   [bahcʰoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰoc*₁. Verb. wear away with mouth or beak.

bahcʰobahcʰoc*   [bahcʰobáhcʰoʔ]  ⇒ bahcʰoc*. Reduplicating Verb. wear away with mouth or beak.

bahcʰohcʰoc*   [bahcʰohcʰoʔ]  ⇒ bahcʰoc*. Reduplicating Verb. wear away with mouth or beak. sʼihta yaʔ bahcʰóhcʰocʰqa haʔal qʰale tol ya·palka cʰilal a bird is pecking away on an apple hanging on that tree. Example Comment: (not so it dissapears or is in pieces but so it wears away).

bahcʰohcʰoc*   [bahcʰohcʰoʔ]  ⇒ bahcʰoc*. Reduplicating Verb. wear away with mouth or beak. sʼihta yaʔ bahcʰóhcʰocʰqa haʔal qʰale tol ya·palka cʰilal a bird is pecking away on an apple hanging on that tree. Example Comment: (not so it dissapears or is in pieces but so it wears away).

bahcʰot*   [bahcʰoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hcʰot*. Verb. become tired from talking, voice give out.

bahkal   [bahkál]   Noun. shoulder blade. bahkál ʔihya· lawó· cartilage around edge of shoulder blade . Example Variant: bahkálawohya·.

bahkal cʼa·wi   [bahkál cʼa·wi]  ⇒ bahkal, cʼa·wi*. Noun. part of body between the shoulder blades.

bahke   [bahke]   Adjective. shallow (of basket, hole, or water). ʔahqʰa báhke shallow water. seʔpʼeṭʼmo bahke a hole near the bank of the river that is expected to be deep but is shallow. ʔahšahqʰaʔyowal bahke cicʼqʰ the former fishing hole has become shallow. biʔda báhke shallow river. compare: wina·.

bahke*   [bahkew]  ⇒ ba-, hke*. Verb. put beak into something shallow.

bahkeš*   [bahkeš]  ⇒ ba-, hkeš*. Cooccurrence: with neg.. Verb. brag. bahkéšmahqawʔtʰin ma cahnodu·cenʔ every word you say you brag. compare: kešqawʔtʰin.

ʔama bahkešmawʔtʰin  ⇒ ʔama·₂, bahkeš*. [ʔama báhkešmawʔtʰin] [ʔama báhkešmawʔtʰin]   [ʔama bahkešmawʔtʰin]   1 • Noun. a braggart.

2 • Adjective. be choosy. ʔaná· ṭa ma ʔamabáhkešmawʔtʰin em. menininsʼem mito men tʼadu you are too choosy, particular; I guess that’s why you think that way.

bahkihki*   [bahkihkiw]  Lit: They refuse words many times ⇒ ba-, hki*₁. Reduplicating Verb. resist, block movement. with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). cahno bahkibákitanʔqaw refuse to do something. Example Comment: An idiom meaning "not pay attention". bahkíhkicʰqawʔtʰin cicʼi·du do it without refusing!

bahko*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hko*₃. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. tap with beak.

bahkobahko*   [bahkobahkow]  ⇒ bahko*. Variant: bahkobakotad*. Reduplicating Verb. (woodpecker) tap on tree (with beak).

bahkohko*   [bahkohkow]  ⇒ bahko*. Reduplicating Verb. (woodpecker) tap on tree (with beak). bahkóhkoci (to flicker) Tap once!

bahkobahko*   [bahkobahkow]  ⇒ bahko*. Variant: bahkobakotad*. Reduplicating Verb. (woodpecker) tap on tree (with beak).

bahkobakotad*   [bahkobákota·du]  ⇒ bahkobahko*.

bahkohko*   [bahkohkow]  ⇒ bahko*. Reduplicating Verb. (woodpecker) tap on tree (with beak). bahkóhkoci (to flicker) Tap once!

bahkotʰci*   [bahkótʰciw]  ⇒ ba-, hkot*. Verb. wear away with mouth; (bird) peck to nothing.

bahku   [bahku]   Adjective. dull (of knife, scissors, needle, awl, perhaps bird's beak). bahkúyya D: Plural. compare: bahkut*.

bahkum*   [bahkumʔ]   Verb. stoop.

bahkut*   [bahkuʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hkut*. Verb. get dull. bahkuti get dull. bahkutʰmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. compare: bahku.

bahkʰan*   [bahkʰanʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hkʰan*₁. Verb. be uncertain, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). ʔaná· šulamido· mu·kimʔ ʔacaʔ wenaʔqá· yaʔ bahkʰánqaw (sʼimun ʔiʔkʰetʰinido· hla·li mu·kinʔ) they say he was so sick that the doctor isn’t sure he will live or die or recover (like saying there are two possibilities). bahkʰánqa(meʔ) D: Causative Imperative. Example Variant: bahkʰánmahqaw. bahkʰaná·tacʼqameʔ D: Plural.

bahkʰani·cʼ*   [bahkʰaniʔ]  ⇒ bahkʰan*. Verb. to be uncertain of course of action, to excuse self if told to do something. bahcil cohtoʔ da·qáʔnati bahʰaní·cʼ!!e ʔa although he wants to go far away, he is hesitationg. bahkʰaní·cʼi D: Imperative. bahkʰaní·cʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative.

bahkʰani·cʼ*   [bahkʰaniʔ]  ⇒ bahkʰan*. Verb. to be uncertain of course of action, to excuse self if told to do something. bahcil cohtoʔ da·qáʔnati bahʰaní·cʼ!!e ʔa although he wants to go far away, he is hesitationg. bahkʰaní·cʼi D: Imperative. bahkʰaní·cʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative.

bahkʰel   [bahkʰel]   ?

bahkʰeyʔ*   [bahkʰeyʔ-]  ⇒ ba-, hkʰeyʔ*. Verb. move with beak, mouth. bahkʰeyʔcicʼi move it towards self with beak, mouth. bahkʰeyʔcicʼmeʔ D: Plural. bahkʰeyí·tacʼmeʔ D: Plural. bakʰéyʔtacʼmeʔ D: Plural.

bahkʰo*   [bahkʰow]  ⇒ ba-, hkʰo*. Verb. catch moving object with mouth or beak.

bahkʰoy   [bahkʰoy]   Variant: pahkʰoy. Noun. 1 • berry bush species.

2 • manzanita.

bahkʰuhkʰu*   [bahkʰuhkʰuw]  ⇒ ba-, hkʰu*. Reduplicating Verb. crush to pieces with bill.

bahlaw*   [-]   Cooccurrence: only in two compounds and one place name. Noun. ?? wood ??

bahla· biʔda   [bahla· bíʔda]  ⇒ bahlaw*, biʔda. Place Name. Wheatfield fork of Gualala river.

cabahlaw   [cabáhlaw]  ⇒ bahlaw*. Noun. wood fragment, splinter, sliver. cabáhla· mito miʔdiy you've got a splinter in your toe.

qʰabahlaw   [qʰabáhlaw]  ⇒ ʔahqʰa, bahlaw*. Noun. driftwood. synonyms: qʰabanhay.

bahla· biʔda   [bahla· bíʔda]  ⇒ bahlaw*, biʔda. Place Name. Wheatfield fork of Gualala river.

bahleʔ   [bahléʔ]   Adverb. 1 • temporarily. synonyms: mahcʰa, bahya.

2 • endlessly, incessantly.

bahli*₁   [-]  ⇒ ʔbalh*.

bahli*₂   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hli*. Cooccurrence: always reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. ask same question.

bahlibahli*   [bahlibahliw]  ⇒ bahli*₂. Variant: bahlibalita·d*. Reduplicating Verb. be too inquisitive, ask too many questions. cahno bahlibalita·du hqal a nosy person prying, asking questions that are not their business. compare: bahṭʰihṭʰi*, bahlihli*.

bahlihli*   [bahlihliw]  ⇒ bahli*₂. Reduplicating Verb. repeatedly ask same question. compare: bahṭʰihṭʰi*, bahlibahli*.

bahlibahli*   [bahlibahliw]  ⇒ bahli*₂. Variant: bahlibalita·d*. Reduplicating Verb. be too inquisitive, ask too many questions. cahno bahlibalita·du hqal a nosy person prying, asking questions that are not their business. compare: bahṭʰihṭʰi*, bahlihli*.

bahlibalita·d*   [bahlibálita·du]  ⇒ bahlibahli*.

bahlihli*   [bahlihliw]  ⇒ bahli*₂. Reduplicating Verb. repeatedly ask same question. compare: bahṭʰihṭʰi*, bahlibahli*.

bahlimu·licʼ*   [báhlimu·liʔ]  ⇒ ʔbalhmulicʼ*.

bahlo*   [bahlow]  ⇒ ba-, hlo*₂. Variant: balol*. Verb. detach with the mouth (take curtain off rod, not off table).

bahlokʼ*   [bahloʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hlokʼ*. Verb. feel like collapsing from words. cʰóhqacʼba cahno píšudu wi to·ma bahlókʼciwiy you scolded me with bad words and made me weak (feel like collapsing).

bahloq   [bahlóʔ]  ⇒ mahlo*.

bahlud*   [bahludu]  ⇒ ba-, hlud*₂. Variant: baluʔta*. Verb. pick (fruit, etc) off of branch with beak, mouth. sʼihta yaʔ maʔa bahlúyʔ The bird picked food (off a tree with its beak).

bahlu·c*   [bahluʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hlu·c*. Verb. 1 • cry. qaʔcʼáʔ bahlu·y he made him cry by (cruel) words. bahlu·ci chicken or birds to peck on sack so wheat spills out.

2 • spill by pecking. kayi·na yaʔ mišúkʰli sinicca bahlúcʼbem ṭʼi šáhlucʰqʰ the chicken pecked through the sack to let the wheat out and it all spilled out.

bahlu·m*   [bahlumʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hlu·m*. Verb. forgot with the mouth. (qʼoʔo) bahlumtʰé· to I can’t forget (the song). compare: šahlu·m*.

bahmiy*   [bahmiyʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hmiy*. Verb. (not talk) dog poke all over with nose.

bahmohmo*   [bahmohmow]  ⇒ ba-, hmo*. Verb. work the mouth. ʔaha·wi túlse qaʔdi manéhni mu bahmohmowam you’re working your mouth; do you have candy in your mouth ?

bahmu·l*   [bahmulʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hmu·l*₁. Verb. do incompletely, fail to complete, be left over, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). qawi bahmulâ·dadu not say everything, leave out a few words. bahmu·li D: Imperative.

bahnat*   [bahnáʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hnat*₂. Verb. ask. bahnaʔ to ask (a question). bahnata·duci go find out. bahnatʰqaw to tell someone to go ask. bahnáhti he’s going to ask. bahnatá·latʰuʔ D: Negative, Directional "down". bahnatá·la go down and ask. bahnáhtʰumeʔ D: Plural Imperative, Negative. bahnátʰmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. bahnatʼíyow D: Absolutive. bahnáhtʰuʔ D: Negative. bahnati D: Imperative. bahnátʰqa ask him/them! bahnatá·du asking. John, Gene-to bahnátʰqa John, ask Gene! bahnatʰqatʰiqam ṭʼo ma why didn't you ask him? mu·kito bahnatʰqa mu·kitó bahnatʰqa heʔen ʔicʰe ʔahsi· dibuʔ ʔicʰe díbuʔ min baʔtʼaw, mu·kitó bahnatʰqa it sounds like it's raining; ask him (if it is).

bahnatad*   [bahnatá·du]  ⇒ bahnat*. Variant: bahnatacʼ*. Verb. ask about something, ask for information. bahnatácʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. cahno báhnata·du yaʔ to inverview, ask questions. ya mito cahno báhnata·cʼin we're asking you questions about the language.

bahnaticʼ*   [bahnatíʔ]  ⇒ bahnat*. Verb. ask someone to do something; ask for permission; practice (a song). bahnatí·cʼedu he asked (requested for himself). Literally: ask him how hard it's raining. bahnatí·cʼi go ask him for permission! bahnatícʼmeʔ go ask him for permission (to several)! mul qʼoʔo bahnatí·cʼedu practice that song!

bahnatacʼ*   [bahnatáʔ]  ⇒ bahnatad*.

bahnatad*   [bahnatá·du]  ⇒ bahnat*. Variant: bahnatacʼ*. Verb. ask about something, ask for information. bahnatácʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. cahno báhnata·du yaʔ to inverview, ask questions. ya mito cahno báhnata·cʼin we're asking you questions about the language.

bahnaticʼ*   [bahnatíʔ]  ⇒ bahnat*. Verb. ask someone to do something; ask for permission; practice (a song). bahnatí·cʼedu he asked (requested for himself). Literally: ask him how hard it's raining. bahnatí·cʼi go ask him for permission! bahnatícʼmeʔ go ask him for permission (to several)! mul qʼoʔo bahnatí·cʼedu practice that song!

bahol*   [bahólʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hol*. Verb. call for something or someone unseen, not presently within sight. macáʔkʰe maʔa cʰówʔ dú·ciʔnati kihlaʔ ʔa bahólmela I know they don't have food, still I call for it (food not seen but people are). baholi ma·dalʔ call her! (don't know where she is). baholá·du keep calling. bahólmameʔ lot of people calling (not at once, they can be in separate places).

bahpahpa*   [bahpáhpaw]  ⇒ ba-, hpa*₂. Reduplicating Verb. pat repeatedly with snout.

bahpola·tad*   [bahpolá·tadu]  ⇒ bahpolh*.

bahpolh*   [bahpólʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hpolh*. Variant: bahpola·tad*. Verb. cause (liquid) to gush or spurt by the mouth or snout, or by speaking. bahpólhciw to cause liquid to spurt out by poking with the snout or by talking. ʔú·qʰa bahpólhciwiye· to· ma cʰóhqacʼba you made me burst into tears when you scolded me.

bahpʰa*   [bahpʰaw]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰa*₂. Verb. sink in with mouth. hasʼiʔda bahpʰa lips sunk in over, no teeth. compare: bahpʰa·š*.

bahpʰabahpʰa*   [bahpʰabahpʰaw]  ⇒ bahpʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. lips moving with no teeth underneath (talking or eating) as of old people.

bahpʰabahpʰa*   [bahpʰabahpʰaw]  ⇒ bahpʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. lips moving with no teeth underneath (talking or eating) as of old people.

bahpʰatʼ*   [bahpʰatʼciw]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰatʼ*. Verb. lips flop in. ʔacaʔ hoʔo cʰoʔ hasʼiʔda bahpʰatʼciw a person without teeth, (his) lip has sunken in (floppy lip) (sitting). ʔacaʔ hoʔo cʰoʔ hasʼiʔda bahpʰatʼciw a person without teeth, (his) lip has sunken in (floppy lip) (standing or sitting). bahpʰatʼmaw D: Essive.

bahpʰa·š*   [bahpʰaš]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰa·š*. Variant: bapʰahši*. Verb. sag inward, depress, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bahpʰášmaw cheek or lips to be sunken in (not backing of teeth). compare: bahpʰa*.

bahpʰihpʰic*   [bahpʰihpʰiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰi*₁. Reduplicating Verb. shred by pecking with beak.

bahpʰuṭay*   [bapʰuṭáyʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰuṭ*, -ay. Verb. be unable to finish telling (a story that is too long). ʔama· dihpʰuṭá·yadu mu·kito; tʼunicí·du mul coʔdoman he couldn’t get enough of lying down; he was so tired from carrying them.

bahpʰuṭʼ*   [bahpʰuʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hpʰuṭʼ*. Verb. lose control of, become weak, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bahpʰúṭʼciw to turn weak and trembly on hearing (an unexpected loud noise).

bahqa   [bahqa]   Noun. acorn of the scrub oak. Quercus dumosa. synonyms: kaʔba.

bahqa qʰale   [bahqa qʰále]  ⇒ bahqa, qʰale₁. Noun. scrub oak tree. synonyms: kaʔba qʰale.

bahqa qʰale   [bahqa qʰále]  ⇒ bahqa, qʰale₁. Noun. scrub oak tree. synonyms: kaʔba qʰale.

bahqa*   [bahqaw]  ⇒ ba-, hqa*₁. Verb. be inured to a noise, so that it isn’t noticeable or bothersome.

bahqay   [bahqay]   Noun. berry of the manzanita; edible berries of a variety of plants. Arctostaphylos Columbiana. synonyms: naya, qaye.

bahqay qʰale   [bahqá· qʰale]  ⇒ bahqay, qʰale₁. Noun. manzanita of several species, including hairy manzanity and Vine Hill manzanita. The berries were favored as food and were dried and stored for later consumption. !!Fermented drink ?. The wood was hard enough for tool parts and it fueled a hot, bright fire for ceremonies. Arctostaphylos columbiana, Arctostaphylos densiflora (Heath Family). specific: qaye qʰale.

naya bahqay   [naya báhqay]  ⇒ naya, bahqay. Noun. berry of several manzanita species. The seeds are said to be too big for the berries to be favored as food. A decoction of the bark was drunk to treat diarrhea. Arctostaphylos elegans, A. glauca, A. viscida.

naya bahqa· qʰale   [naya bahqa· qʰale]  ⇒ naya bahqay, qʰale₁. Noun. several species of manzanita. Arctostaphylos elegans, A. glauca, A. viscida.

ṭʼiʔbahqay   [ṭʼíʔbahqay]  Lit: thorn berry ⇒ hiʔṭʼiṭ, bahqay. Noun. California blackberry, wild blackberry. Rubus vitifolius, Rubus ursinus.

bahqay qʰale   [bahqá· qʰale]  ⇒ bahqay, qʰale₁. Noun. manzanita of several species, including hairy manzanity and Vine Hill manzanita. The berries were favored as food and were dried and stored for later consumption. !!Fermented drink ?. The wood was hard enough for tool parts and it fueled a hot, bright fire for ceremonies. Arctostaphylos columbiana, Arctostaphylos densiflora (Heath Family). specific: qaye qʰale.

bahqomʔ   [báhqomʔ]   Noun. 1 • snowberry. Symphoricarpos rivularis (Honeysuckle Family).

2 • western serviceberry. Amelanchier pallida (Rose Family).

bahqoṭol*   [bahqoṭólʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hqoṭol*₁. Variant: baqoṭolta*; baqoṭolʔta*. Verb. fail to get what one asks for, beg or plead in vain; be unable to make somebody do what is asked. mul bahqoṭólʔba to qahmatí·bicʰwiy I got mad because he refused to do that. Having failed in a request, it made me mad. sóh bahqoṭo·li mul, wanʔkʰe tʰín eti ʔ just ask him and fail, even though he will not go! The Imperative is on the asking, the failing is concomitant. cila báhqoṭolqawa·du miyá·pʰanki for a while his daughter refused him (the food he had asked for). bahqoṭó·li beg in vain! baqoṭóltameʔ beg in vain (several)! bahqoṭóltaw beg repeatedly in vain! bahqoṭólmela· ʔa he wouldn't do it for me.

bahqoṭolqa*   [bahqoṭolqaw]  ⇒ bahqoṭol*. Verb. deny to someone what he or she has requested, withhold granting a request, refuse to give; cause someone to fail to get what he asks for.

bahqoṭolqacʼ*   [bahqoṭolqaʔ]  ⇒ bahqoṭolqa*. Verb. hesitate; refuse to do; verbally to cause oneself to fail.

bahqoṭolqa*   [bahqoṭolqaw]  ⇒ bahqoṭol*. Verb. deny to someone what he or she has requested, withhold granting a request, refuse to give; cause someone to fail to get what he asks for.

bahqoṭolqacʼ*   [bahqoṭolqaʔ]  ⇒ bahqoṭolqa*. Verb. hesitate; refuse to do; verbally to cause oneself to fail.

bahqoṭolqacʼ*   [bahqoṭolqaʔ]  ⇒ bahqoṭolqa*. Verb. hesitate; refuse to do; verbally to cause oneself to fail.

bahqoyʔci*   [bahqóyʔciw]  ⇒ ba-, hqoyʔ*₁. Verb. bend something with mouth.

bahqʰa*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰa*₂. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. barely able to hear.

bahqʰabahqʰa*   [bahqʰabahqʰaw]  ⇒ bahqʰa*. Variant: bahqʰabaqʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. sound fade away. bahqʰabáqʰa·duʔ sound to fade away in distance.

bahqʰahqʰa*   [bahqʰáhqʰaw]  ⇒ bahqʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. barely be able to hear.

bahqʰabahqʰa*   [bahqʰabahqʰaw]  ⇒ bahqʰa*. Variant: bahqʰabaqʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. sound fade away. bahqʰabáqʰa·duʔ sound to fade away in distance.

bahqʰabaqʰa*   [bahqʰabaqʰaw]  ⇒ bahqʰabahqʰa*.

bahqʰahqʰa*   [bahqʰáhqʰaw]  ⇒ bahqʰa*. Reduplicating Verb. barely be able to hear.

bahqʰamʔ   [bahqʰamʔ]   Noun. chamise. bahqʰámʔ tol in the chamise, in the chaparral. Adenostoma fasciculatum.

bahqʰaṭ*   [bahqʰaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰaṭ*₁. Verb. rip with beak.

bahqʰayad*   [bahqʰayadu]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰayʔ*₁, -ad₂. Verb. push along with mouth.

bahqʰolh*   [bahqʰólʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰolh*. Variant: baqʰolta*. Verb. cut through, cut open (fish or chicken to clean it out). bahqʰoli cut open! baqʰolá·tadu cut open several.

ʔaca·ʔ bahqʰolh   [ʔacaʔ báhqʰolʔ]  ⇒ ʔaca·c, bahqʰolh*. Verb. operate, perform surgery on a person. ʔacaʔ wenú ʔqa· yaʔ ʔacaʔ báhqʰoly the doctor operated on the man.

ʔaca·ʔ bahqʰolʔ   [ʔacaʔ báhqʰolʔ]  ⇒ ʔaca·ʔ bahqʰolh. Noun. operation, surgery on a person.

bahqʰoʔ   [bahqʰóʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hqʰoʔ*. Adjective. insulting, of one word. bahqʰóʔ baʔtʼawe· to cahno the word sounds insulting to me. bahqʰóʔmaʔ insulting, of several words. ʔacaʔ cáhno bahqʰóʔmaʔ baʔtʼaqacʼba, cohtócʰmela having heard the man say insulting words, I am leaving. ʔacaʔ báhqʰoʔ cohtócʰmela I'm leaving insulted. ʔacaʔ cáhno bahqʰóʔmaʔ baʔtʼawe· to miceʔtʰuʔ don't say it, I have head insulting words. bahqʰoʔ macʼaʔ that's an insult. bahqʰoʔ macʼahwiye· to @. bahqʰóʔ baʔtʼaw to hear insults.

bahqʰoʔmacʼahqa*   [bahqʰóʔmacʼahqaw]  Lit: Make them come out insulting! ⇒ bahqʰoʔ. Verb. insult (someone). bahqʰóʔmacʼahqa insult him!

bahqʰoʔmacʼahqa*   [bahqʰóʔmacʼahqaw]  Lit: Make them come out insulting! ⇒ bahqʰoʔ. Verb. insult (someone). bahqʰóʔmacʼahqa insult him!

bahsa*₁   [bahsáw]  ⇒ baʔdi*.

bahsa*₂   [bahsaw]  ⇒ ba-, hsa*₃. Variant: basat*. Verb. have obstruction in one’s way, e.g. to be blocked in car by downed bridge, blocked walking by brush. bahsawíye· to I’m blocked. ʔama báhsaye· mito you’re blocked (from driving through). Example Variant: bahsayé· mito.. bahsa be blocked. bahsatʰuʔ D: Negative. basáhtʰumeʔ D: Plural Imperative, Negative. basátʰmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. basatá·du to be unable to get through anyplace. mihilálhqʰaʔ cohto·li to hiʔda báhsawiy when I went west, the road was blocked. ʔicʰeyáʔ hiʔda báhsahqawiye·to the rain blocked the road. basatʰqaw to interrupt while talking. basatʰqawe· mu·kinʔ ma·dal he interrupted her. basatʰqawe· ma·caʔ ma·dal they interrupted her. ʔama básaʔ qʼoʔo song to prevent harm or injury. ʔama bahsaw to be prevented from going further. cahno básatʰqaw to interrupt. bahsamciʔ @.

bahsa*₃   [bahsaw]  ⇒ ba-, hsa*₂. Verb. get in the way.

basatad*   [basatá·du]  ⇒ bahsa*₃. Verb. something to get in way (no "mouth" meaning). synonyms: dasatad*.

bahsakʼa·t*   [bahsakʼaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsakʼa·t*. Verb. fall and hit face with hard bounce on something.

bahsetʼ*   [bahseʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsetʼ*. Verb. hairs protrude from face, like a mustache. ʔacaʔ hasimé bahsetʼmaw the man has a mustache (hairs stand out).

bahsey*   [bahseyʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsey*₂. Verb. interrupt. maʔba yal ma cahno bahsémwiy when you came in, you interrupted us (talking). bahsema interrupt! bahsemá·tadu D: Durative.

bahsikʼi·t*   [bahsikʼiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsikʼi·t*. Verb. push away with mouth or beak (as chicken).

bahsom*   [bahsomʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsom*₁. Verb. interrupt speech. cahno ma ʔkʰe bahsomy you interrupted me by talking (or mixed me up). Example Variant: kʰe cahno ma bahsomy..

bahsoq   [bahsoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsoq*. Noun. quiver. bahsoʔ e· mu that's a quiver. synonyms: mahsoq.

bahsoṭ*   [bahsoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hsoṭ*. Variant: basohṭ*. Verb. scatter with the mouth, beak. basoʔ chicken to scatter grain.

basohṭ*   [basóhṭiw]  ⇒ ba-, bahsoṭ*, bahsoṭ*. Verb. scatter with the mouth.

bahša   [bahša]   Variant: baše. Noun. buckeye nut (before soaking); fruit of buckeye tree. baše·wi (placename: 1/2 N of Fisk Mill). bašeyówhqʰal ʔelli (placename: 2 mi S of Ft. Ross).

bahša ciʔdo   [bahša cíʔdo]  ⇒ bahša, ciʔdo*. Noun. buckeye blossoms.

bahša qʰale   [bahša qʰále]  Lit: buckeye nut tree ⇒ bahša, qʰale₁. Variant: baše qʰale. Noun. California buckeye, horse chestnut. aesculus californica (Buckeye Family).

bahša sikʼaṭʰiʔ meʔ   [bahša síkʼaṭʰiʔ meʔ]  ⇒ bahša, sikʼaṭʰi*. Noun. buckeye splitting time. the time in the fall when buckeye hulls split open.

bahša ciʔdo   [bahša cíʔdo]  ⇒ bahša, ciʔdo*. Noun. buckeye blossoms.

bahša qʰale   [bahša qʰále]  Lit: buckeye nut tree ⇒ bahša, qʰale₁. Variant: baše qʰale. Noun. California buckeye, horse chestnut. aesculus californica (Buckeye Family).

bahša sikʼaṭʰiʔ meʔ   [bahša síkʼaṭʰiʔ meʔ]  ⇒ bahša, sikʼaṭʰi*. Noun. buckeye splitting time. the time in the fall when buckeye hulls split open.

bahša*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hša*₂. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. disarrange, mess up.

bahšahša*   [bahšahšaw]  ⇒ bahša*. Reduplicating Verb. disarrange, mess up. bahšahšaʔ of birds, to eat all fruit from tree.

bahšahša*   [bahšahšaw]  ⇒ bahša*. Reduplicating Verb. disarrange, mess up. bahšahšaʔ of birds, to eat all fruit from tree.

bahše*   [bahšew]  ⇒ ba-, hše*₁. Cooccurrence: only with negative. Verb. not fail to say; not omit saying anything. bahšew ʔtʰin don’t miss saying anything that must be said. ʔama bahšew ʔtʰin don’t hesitate to say anything. bahšetʰuʔ D: Imperative. bahšetʰúmeʔ D: Plural Imperative, bahšetáʔtʰumeʔ D: Durative, Plural Imperative.

bahšolh*   [bahšolʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hšolh*. Verb. come loose, detach easily, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bahšolhciw D: Semelfactive, Absolutive. bahšólhmaw D: Essive, Absolutive. qʼoʔo báhšolhmaw by talking and talking, the song came loose and BT was talked into singing the song or talked out of the song. cahno píšudu cahno·du hqale·mu ʔacaʔ. mul bahšolhma that man likes to say bad words; knock the words off of him by talking; correct him so that he doesn’t do it again. bahšólhci D: Imperative, Semelfactive. Example Variant: bahšolhma. sʼihtayaʔ šihpʰa bahšólhciy the bird picked the leaf off. sʼihtayaʔ šihpʰa bašohlimy the bird picked the leaves off (can scatter it or eat it; off easy or hard). bahšoli D: Plural Imperative.

bahšon*   [bahšonʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hšon*₁. Verb. go ask for. bahšónte· ʔa I’m going to ask him for something (even though I don’t know if he has it to spare). bahsoni go ask someone for (something)! bahsona·tadu to go ask several people! bahšonhciw D: Semelfactive, Absolutive.

bahšukʼu·ṭ*   [bahšukʼúʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hšukʼu·ṭ*. Verb. bill to sink in.

bahta*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hta*₁. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. poke around on ground with snout.

bahtahta*   [bahtahtaw]  ⇒ bahta*. Reduplicating Verb. pig poking snout here and there on ground.

bahtahta*   [bahtahtaw]  ⇒ bahta*. Reduplicating Verb. pig poking snout here and there on ground.

bahtay*   [bahtayʔ]  ⇒ ba-, htay*₁. Verb. touch with mouth, bother by saying something. bahtáyʔtʰin don’t say anything (to correct your child)! bahtá·tʰu qaʔcʼáṭʼkʰe ʔe muʔ don’t say anything or he’ll cry! bahtá·tʰu qahmatí·bicʼkʰe ʔe muʔ don’t say anything or he’ll get mad! bahtayi say something to someone. bahtayá·du D: Durative.

bahte*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, hte*. Cooccurrence: only reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. pat with mouth.

bahtehte*   [bahtéhtew]  ⇒ bahte*. Reduplicating Verb. pat with mouth.

bahtehte*   [bahtéhtew]  ⇒ bahte*. Reduplicating Verb. pat with mouth.

bahtena·la*   [bahtena·law]  ⇒ ba-, htenh*₃, -ala. Verb. calm down. hoʔo duhṭʰal bahtená·lawiy my toothache is resting, has calmed down.

bahtsi*   [bahtsiw]  ⇒ ba-, htsi*. Verb. budge, move. ʔama· cí·cʼinʔqawa·dela ʔa ma·dal muʔnati bahtsiṭʰ I told her to do something but she wouldn't move (budge).

bahtʰibaṭʰa·du   [bahtʰibaṭʰa·du]  ⇒ .

bahtʰunh*   [bahtʰunʔ]  ⇒ ba-, htʰunh*. Verb. refrain from saying, hold back, fail to say. cahno bahtʰunhciʔye· ma you didn’t quite say it. (not finish or use wrong word).

bahtʰunʔ   [bahtʰunʔ]  ⇒ .

bahṭihṭi*   [bahṭihṭiw]  ⇒ ba-, hṭihṭi*. Verb. pound on the table.

bahṭonṭolo*   [bahṭonṭolow]  ⇒ ba-, hṭonṭolo*. Verb. wear away the inside of something using the mouth, beak. sʼihta yáʔ ya·pálka ʔel baṭolʔbina qʰamʔli bahṭónṭolocʰqʰ the bird must have pecked and pecked the apple, until it pecked everything out inside.

bahṭoy*   [bahṭoyʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hṭoy*. Verb. comfort; do a favor; explain. ma báhṭo·ci you comfort! (one time). bahṭoyácʼmucʼmeʔ comfort e.o.; show e.o. how! bahṭoyá·du to cheer up, to comfort, to show someone how to do something with words. bahṭoyá·du to du·ciʔtʰela ʔa ʔ he told me how because I didn’t know how. bahṭoyánʔpʰi bahyehqa qaʔcʼaṭaʔ if he comforts him, he stops his crying.

bahṭʰa*   [bahṭʰaw]  ⇒ ba-, hṭʰa*₂. Verb. take apart anything. cahno ṭʰáʔbamʔ ṭʼi báhṭʰa explain all the words there are. ʔacaʔ mul cʰóhqacʼba, cahno báhṭʰamela when I scolded that man, I opened up the words. cahnó·du cahnó·du cahno ti· ṭʼanʔqa· ṭʼi bahṭʰaw he talked and talked and said all the things he wanted to say ("opened up"). (perhaps "let loose torrent of words").

bahṭʰahṭʰa*   [bahṭʰahṭʰaw]  ⇒ ba-, hṭʰahṭʰa*. Verb. unwind with words. mensʼíʔkʰe hšicʰmacʼbaya bahṭʰáhṭʰacʰmela we said we were going to do it but changed our plans (unwound with words).

bahṭʰe   [bahṭʰe]   Variant: ʔahṭʰiy. Adjective. big, large (of one), important. ʔacaʔ báhṭʰe important person. compare: šila.

šihmi bahṭʰe   [šihmi báhṭʰe]  ⇒ šihmi, bahṭʰe. Noun. cannon. šihmi ʔahṭʰiy D: Plural.

bahṭʰe ʔiw yac   [bahṭʰe ʔí· yaʔ]  ⇒ . Noun. older (of several siblings).

bahṭʰihṭʰi*   [bahṭʰihṭʰiw]  ⇒ ba-, hṭʰi*₂. Reduplicating Verb. keeping asking the same question. bahṭʰíhṭʰiw to keep asking same question. Example Variant: bahlihliw. baṭʰibáṭʰita·du to be too inquisitive, ask too many questions. compare: bahlihli*, bahlibahli*.

bahṭʰucʼe·   [bahṭʰucʼe·]  ⇒ hicʼe·. Noun. species of mushroom. Russula?.

bahwatʼ*   [bahwaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hwatʼ*. Verb. flop, disintegrate with the mouth. cahnó hku ya·col kuʔmul cahnónʔba, bahwá·tʼcimela saying one word over and over, I talked it to pieces.

bahwaṭʰ*   [bahwaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hwaṭʰ*. Verb. be wide of mouth. qʰaboʔ bahwaṭʰmaw wide mouth of snake (going around to side of head). waṭacʼ emu bahwáṭʰwaṭʰacʰ the frog is wide-mouthed. Example Variant: bahwáṭʰmaw.. ʔacaʔ haʔbo bahwáṭʰmaw the man has a wide mouth.

bahwehwe*   [bahwehwew]  ⇒ ba-, hwe*. Reduplicating Verb. shake by talking. ʔaná· šacámmuʔ tʰin cahno lowá·cʼal cahno ʔahsí li bahwéhweci kahlamá·lameʔsʼuwe ʔ when talking a lot not listening to each other, shake ’em up with loud talk, so they will quiet down. (When at a meeting people are talking, not listening to speaker, someone says to speak (talk) louder so they will listen and quiet down.)

bahwel*   [bahwelʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hwel*₂. Verb. do quickly, repeatedly, with the mouth. maʔál ya cahno baṭʰe· lowa·cʼal hiʔbimácitolʔtʰin ya bahwélʔkʰe ʔnati ʔ someday we will finally finish these many words that we are talking about. (doesn’t mean we will speed up, just that the unending stream of words for the dictionary will come to an end). Example Variant: baʔkʼúʔkʰe.

bahwe·n*   [bahwenʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hwe·n*. Verb. shake with beak.

bahwit*   [bahwiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hwit*. Verb. ask for certain thing(s). bahwítʰci ask for one thing!

bahya   [bahya]   Adverb. temporarily. synonyms: bahleʔ, mahcʰa.

bahye·*   [bahyew]  ⇒ ba-, hye·*. Variant: bayec*. Verb. stop speaking, singing, crying. bahye quit crying, talking, singing! qawí hla·li cahno bahyé·ci stop talking for a little while. ʔaná· qaʔcʼaṭʼbaʔnati bahyewí·bi·y he really cried but he’s slowing down. Example Variant: ... bahyewa·lay..

bahyol*   [bahyolʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hyol*. Verb. mix, do one thing with others with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bahyoʔ semelfactive. bahyólmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. bahyoli smear all over. bahyoʔ D: Absolutive. bahyo·ci mix words!, Attach one word to another! bahyoci·ducé·du use words to a song! bahyoli D: Locative. qahwé· to caʔcʼana·qam sili tol. mensʼi·li cumátʰma· tol cahyo·yam I stuck it on the chair with my seat by sitting down. (I must have had gum stuck on my rear. And then smeared it on the chair by sitting in it. bahyo·ci in one spot.

bahyoqʰ*   [bahyoʔ]  ⇒ ba-, hyoqʰ*. Verb. stir, shake with the mouth, beak. bahyóqʰciw to shake and knock over or around with snout. bahyóqʰmaw a sitting hen stirs eggs with bill.

bahyo·c*   [bahyoʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. mix words.

bake·ru   [bake·ru]  ⇒ wake·ru.

bakilm*   [bakilmaw]  ⇒ baki·l*.

baki·l*   [bakilʔ]  ⇒ ba-, ki·l*₁. Variant: bakilm*. Verb. swing, wave around, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). sʼihta yaʔ bila bákily the bird is swinging the worm with its bill.

bakonhciw   [bakonhciw]  ⇒ ba·kolhciw.

baku·ṭ*   [bakuʔ]  ⇒ ba-, ku·ṭ*₁. Verb. drone. šina(·) bákuṭʰciw ringing in ears from too much noise.

šina bakuṭʰciyʔ   [šina bákuṭʰciyʔ]  ⇒ šina·, baku·ṭ*. Variant: šina bakuṭʰciw. Verb. get dizzy, headache, from noise, yelling. ʔaná· bicʼulanʔba to šina bákuṭʰcicʼwiy I yelled so much my ears were ringing (and I had a headache).

=bakʰe₁   [bakʰe]   Adposition. 1 • from, of, part of, some.

2 • for (a person), for (some purpose).

=bakʰe₂   [bakʰe]   Adjective. some, part of. mílʔbakʰe some of that. bílʔbakʰe some of this. miʔbakʰe šaʔa pick up some.

bakʰi*   [bakʰiw]  ⇒ ba-, kʰi*. Verb. stretch with beak (as bird pulling worm).

bakʰu·l*   [bakʰulʔ]  ⇒ ba-, kʰu·l*₁. Verb. be rough voiced. synonyms: ṭʰayaṭʰaya*.

ba·kʰulʔkʰu*   [ba·kʰúlʔkʰu]  ⇒ bakʰu·l*. Instr Verb Root. raspy-voiced. mihyaqʰáma ba·kʰúlʔkʰu raspy-voiced.

bakʼe·nci*   [bakʼencíw]  Lit: press too much with the mouth ⇒ ba-, kʼe·n*. Verb. ask too many questions, press too closely for answers. cahno wí bakʼenciwiye· to you are pressing me with questions too much. bakʼenci overpress with questions!

bakʼiš*   [bakʼiš´]  ⇒ bakʼi·š*. Adjective. raspy or squeaky (voice). cahno bákʼiš squeaky voice.

bakʼi·š*   [bakʼiš´]  ⇒ ba-, kʼi·š*₃. Verb. 1 • be squeaky or shrill (of voice, car). bakʼišci(mé·du) make a sqeak! bakʼišá·duci sqeaky moving hence. bakʼišcimeʔ make a squeak (to several)! bakʼišmaw several squeak separately. bakʼíhšalaw several squeak going down. bakʼihšimʔ keep on squeaking. bakʼíšbakʼišmaw keep on squeaking. bakʼišmaw squeak (of cars or voice).

2 • speak with a raspy, squeaky or grating voice (naturally, not put on). bakʼišmaw speak with a raspy voice.

bakʼiš*   [bakʼiš´]  ⇒ bakʼi·š*. Adjective. raspy or squeaky (voice). cahno bákʼiš squeaky voice.

ba·kʼiškʼiši   [ba·kʼíškʼiši]  ⇒ bakʼi·š*. Ideophone Adjective. raspy, squeaky (of the voice). ʔacaʔ mihya qʰáma ba·kʼiškʼiši @.

bakʼoyʔcʼed*   [bakʼóyʔcʼedu]  ⇒ ba-, kʼoyʔcʼed*. Verb. brag about how you are the best.

bakʼo·c*   [bakʼoʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, kʼo·c*. Verb. sound important (good or bad). ʔacaʔ báhṭʰe yaʔ cahno cahno·du qʼoʔdi bákʼo·cʰ the big man spoke words that sounded really great. bakʼo·cé· to mul cahno that word sounds (terrible or great) to me.

bakʼo·cʰqa*   [bakʼocʰqáw]  ⇒ bakʼo·c*. Verb. make something sound extreme, speak in strong terms (pro or con); warn against (a place). to· ṭʼo mi· cohtoʔ da·tʰé, mu·kinʔ winató· bakʼocʰqaw I don’t want to go there; he emphasized it was a terrible place. manʔ bakʼocʼqawé·, mito hihlahlan she makes it sound terrible, when gossiping about you.

bakʼo·cʰqa*   [bakʼocʰqáw]  ⇒ bakʼo·c*. Verb. make something sound extreme, speak in strong terms (pro or con); warn against (a place). to· ṭʼo mi· cohtoʔ da·tʰé, mu·kinʔ winató· bakʼocʰqaw I don’t want to go there; he emphasized it was a terrible place. manʔ bakʼocʼqawé·, mito hihlahlan she makes it sound terrible, when gossiping about you.

bakʼo·l*   [bakʼolʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, kʼo·l*. Verb. (bird) be pecking in one place, making a hole. compare: baṭo·l*, babo·l*.

bakʼum*   [bakʼumʔ]  ⇒ ba-, kʼum*. Verb. sound hard to do. bakʼúmʔ baʔtʼaw it sounds hard to do.; It sounds like too much to do.

bakʼumaq*   [bakʼumáʔ]  ⇒ bakʼum*, -aq₁. Verb. talk to one’s limit, get tired of talking.

bakʼumahqa*   [bakʼú·mahqaw]  ⇒ bakʼumaq*. Verb. by talking to make someone tired of a task, discourage someone, try to talk someone out of doing. ʔa mi· cohtoʔ daqa·cʼem, to ʔacacʼ em bakʼú·mahqaw when I wanted to go there, the man tried to talk me out of it. Example Variant: bakʼummahqaw. bakʼú·mahqaw to discourage someone.

bakʼuma·cʼed*   [bakʼumá·cʼedu]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. keep talking about how hard some task is for the talker to do. ʔama· ci·cʼínʔkʰe šiyiʔnati, ma hsóh bakʼumá·cenʔ although you say you will do things, you just keep talking about how hard it is for you to do.

bakʼumicʼ*   [bakʼumíʔ]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. talk too long. ʔa· tito ʔahca qawíhqa·li bakʼumí·cʼahqaʔ ye· mu·kinʔ When I told him to build a house he thought it was too hard for him to do.

bakʼumqa*   [bakʼúmqaw]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. persuade someone that some action is too hard to do, talk someone out of doing some hard task. bakʼúmqaʔ to persuade oneself that some action is too hard to do; to be lazy.

bakʼumahqa*   [bakʼú·mahqaw]  ⇒ bakʼumaq*. Verb. by talking to make someone tired of a task, discourage someone, try to talk someone out of doing. ʔa mi· cohtoʔ daqa·cʼem, to ʔacacʼ em bakʼú·mahqaw when I wanted to go there, the man tried to talk me out of it. Example Variant: bakʼummahqaw. bakʼú·mahqaw to discourage someone.

bakʼumaq*   [bakʼumáʔ]  ⇒ bakʼum*, -aq₁. Verb. talk to one’s limit, get tired of talking.

bakʼumahqa*   [bakʼú·mahqaw]  ⇒ bakʼumaq*. Verb. by talking to make someone tired of a task, discourage someone, try to talk someone out of doing. ʔa mi· cohtoʔ daqa·cʼem, to ʔacacʼ em bakʼú·mahqaw when I wanted to go there, the man tried to talk me out of it. Example Variant: bakʼummahqaw. bakʼú·mahqaw to discourage someone.

bakʼuma·cʼed*   [bakʼumá·cʼedu]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. keep talking about how hard some task is for the talker to do. ʔama· ci·cʼínʔkʰe šiyiʔnati, ma hsóh bakʼumá·cenʔ although you say you will do things, you just keep talking about how hard it is for you to do.

bakʼumicʼ*   [bakʼumíʔ]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. talk too long. ʔa· tito ʔahca qawíhqa·li bakʼumí·cʼahqaʔ ye· mu·kinʔ When I told him to build a house he thought it was too hard for him to do.

bakʼumqa*   [bakʼúmqaw]  ⇒ bakʼum*. Verb. persuade someone that some action is too hard to do, talk someone out of doing some hard task. bakʼúmqaʔ to persuade oneself that some action is too hard to do; to be lazy.

bakʼut*   [bakʼúʔ]  ⇒ baʔkʼu*.

bal*   [-]   Instr Verb Root. ?? compare: kʼo·ṭ*.

balac*   [balaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, lac*. Verb. fail to do (of one thing, involuntary), with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). balaci to make a mistake and say the wrong word, lapse.

balaṭʼa*   [balaṭʼáw]  ⇒ baṭʼa·*.

balay   [balay]   Noun. blood. baláy hwoʔ blood flowing (from vein steadily). bala· peʔ blood flowing (on floor, not steadily). huʔú· balayamʔqa· mito your eyes are bloodshot. balá· min like blood. balá· šeʔe blood vessel. mú balayʔtʰine·m it isn't blood.

balay cana·   [bala· canaw]  ⇒ balay, cana·*. Verb. blood be blocked. naṭa cána·balay blood blocking the child. synonyms: balay hina·.

balay hina·   [balá· hinaw]  ⇒ balay, hina·*. Verb. blood be blocked. balá· hinaʔ blood is blocked. synonyms: balay cana·.

balay hqʰam*   [balay hqʰamʔ]  ⇒ balay, hqʰam*₁. Verb. get pregnant. baláy hqʰame· ma·dal she is just beginning to get pregnant. baláy hqʰama (to womb) get pregnant!

balayhqʰamʔ   [baláyhqʰamʔ]  ⇒ balay hqʰam*. Noun. embryo.

balayi·bic*   [blayí·biʔ]  ⇒ balay. Verb. start to bleed.

bala· sʼoʔow   [balá· sʼoʔow]  ⇒ balay, sʼoʔo*. Verb. pass blood.

bala· wenu qʰale   [balá· wenu qʰale]  Lit: blood medicine plant ⇒ balay, wenu, qʰale₁. Noun. California horkelia. Horkelia californica (Rose Family).

balay cana·   [bala· canaw]  ⇒ balay, cana·*. Verb. blood be blocked. naṭa cána·balay blood blocking the child. synonyms: balay hina·.

balay hina·   [balá· hinaw]  ⇒ balay, hina·*. Verb. blood be blocked. balá· hinaʔ blood is blocked. synonyms: balay cana·.

balay hqʰam*   [balay hqʰamʔ]  ⇒ balay, hqʰam*₁. Verb. get pregnant. baláy hqʰame· ma·dal she is just beginning to get pregnant. baláy hqʰama (to womb) get pregnant!

balayhqʰamʔ   [baláyhqʰamʔ]  ⇒ balay hqʰam*. Noun. embryo.

balayhqʰamʔ   [baláyhqʰamʔ]  ⇒ balay hqʰam*. Noun. embryo.

balayi·bic*   [blayí·biʔ]  ⇒ balay. Verb. start to bleed.

bala· sʼoʔow   [balá· sʼoʔow]  ⇒ balay, sʼoʔo*. Verb. pass blood.

bala· wenu qʰale   [balá· wenu qʰale]  Lit: blood medicine plant ⇒ balay, wenu, qʰale₁. Noun. California horkelia. Horkelia californica (Rose Family).

balebale*   [balebalew]  ⇒ ba-, le*. Cooccurrence: usually with semelfactive and reflexive -c-icʼ > -yicʼ. Reduplicating Verb. 1 • drown out noise with talking or crying. naṭa qaʔcʼaṭin šimamo balebalecʰwiye·to I can’t hear from the child crying; the child’s crying drowns out the other noise. balebaleyiʔ talk to shut out unwanted sounds. compare: balibali*, balu*, bale·m*.

2 • exclude.

balemciya   [balemciya]  ⇒ bale·m*. Interjection. said by some at end of dance. Usage: archaic

bale·m*   [balemʔ]  ⇒ ba-, le·m*. Verb. many to sound but not all together (as auto horns). balemciw many to all holler together. compare: balebale*.

balemciya   [balemciya]  ⇒ bale·m*. Interjection. said by some at end of dance. Usage: archaic

balha   [balha]   Noun. paddle, mush-stirrer. compare: pisit.

qʰabalha   [qʰabáhla]  ⇒ qʰa, balha. Noun. oar. qʰabáhlaw driftwood.

bali*   [-]  ⇒ ba-, li*₁. Cooccurrence: always reduplicated, see reduplicated forms. Reduplicating Verb. scatter with the mouth.

balibali*   [balibaliw]  ⇒ bali*. Reduplicating Verb. talk over someone; drown out someone else talking. ʔacaʔ yaʔ cahno pišudu cahno·dem šoʔdaqa·cʼínʔtʰin ʔa·ṭʼo canho wi balibáliyicʼmela when the person was saying bad words, I didn’t want to listen and I talked to drown out his words. Example Variant: balubaluyicʼmela ~ balebaleyicʼmela. compare: balu*, balebale*.

balibali*   [balibaliw]  ⇒ bali*. Reduplicating Verb. talk over someone; drown out someone else talking. ʔacaʔ yaʔ cahno pišudu cahno·dem šoʔdaqa·cʼínʔtʰin ʔa·ṭʼo canho wi balibáliyicʼmela when the person was saying bad words, I didn’t want to listen and I talked to drown out his words. Example Variant: balubaluyicʼmela ~ balebaleyicʼmela. compare: balu*, balebale*.

balibit*   [balibiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, libit*₂. Verb. catch a glimpse (of sound). balibítʰci· šocela I think I heard something (but not sure; it was noisy here; or: know someone said something but couldn’t hear what it was).

baliṭʼi*   [baliṭʼíw]  ⇒ baṭʼi*.

balol*   [balólʔ]  ⇒ bahlo*.

baloṭʼo*   [baloṭʼów]  ⇒ baṭʼo·*.

balu*   [baluw]  ⇒ ba-, lu*₂. Verb. smeared around mouth from eating. balu·yiʔ smeared up on mouth (adj?), to smear self around mouth. balubaluyiʔ D: Reflexive, Absolutive. baluʔ smear it around mouth or lips (e.g., while eating corn or berries). compare: balibali*, balebale*.

balubalu*   [balubáluw]  ⇒ ba-, lu*₁. Reduplicating Verb. blurring sound.

balubaluc*   [balubáluʔ]  ⇒ balubalu*. Verb. talk and talk so that another can’t speak. balubáluci D: Semelfactive, Imperative. balubaluyiʔ

balubaluc*   [balubáluʔ]  ⇒ balubalu*. Verb. talk and talk so that another can’t speak. balubáluci D: Semelfactive, Imperative. balubaluyiʔ

balulu*   [baluluw]  ⇒ ba-, lu*₁. Reduplicating Verb. blurring sound. balulúmʔ maʔyul mul cahno šocela I can hardly hear (the news on the radio) because it is mixed with sound from (another station).

baluʔta*   [balúʔtaw]  ⇒ bahlud*.

bama*₁   [bamaw]   Verb of Position. group be lying off the ground (animate or inanimate); ride a horse, bus. hadu· bamayicʰqaw to make (eyes) look different (from normal). ma·caʔ bús tol bahcíl bamacʼa·cʼaʔ they rode the bus a long way. wara·ha bamayícʰqaw to stack cards (cheating). ʔahša bámaw fish to gather in pool. ʔahša bamayicʰqaw to make fish (with song) be altogether. bamaw are sitting or lying. cahti tol bamaw several lying on beds. cumátʰma·tol bamaw several sitting on chairs. bamameʔ D: Plural Imperative. bamatʰumeʔ D: Negative, Plural Imperative. bamacʰmeʔ D: Semelfactive, Plural Imperative. bama·tʰumeʔ D: Negative, Plural Imperative. bamayícʰmeʔ D: Reflexive, Plural Imperative. miʔkʰe šeʔeʔ li hiʔbu bamaw the potatoes are [sitting in] in your basket. ya·palka bamawe· mu the apples are sitting there (several in bowl). ya·palka ʔem lame·sa tol bamaw the apples are sitting on the table. sʼihta ʔem qʰale wi bamaw the birds are sitting in the tree. kuška ʔem kutol bamaw the cats are sitting together. kalikákʰ ṭuhšo bamawe· lame·sa tol bimáci there are five books on the table today. ma·caʔ bus tol bahcíl bamacʼa·cʼaʔ they rode the bus a long way. compare: munta·r*, cocʼo·ṭ*, mima*, miṭi*, baṭi*, bama·c*, cuma*, hihkom*.

bama*₂   [bamaw]   Verb. build (a fire). ʔoho bámaw to build a fire. mu·kinʔ ʔoho bámaw he builds a fire. ʔoho bamaʔ several to build a fire. ʔoho bamataʔ several to build a fire. ʔoho bamawacʼiwaʔ several to build fires around. ʔoho bámawa·duwa·du one to go around building fires. ʔohóhcoma bamameʔ build a bonfire! bama(tʰuʔ) D: Imperative (Negative). bamatá·du D: Durative. ʔoho ʔel pʰala bama build up the fire! ʔoho báma build a fire! pʰala báma build fire again! compare: ʔbam*.

bama·c*   [bamaʔ]   Verb of Position. group lie down off the ground; ride a horse, bus. compare: bama*₁.

bamhmic*   [bamhmiʔ]  ⇒ ba-, mhmic*. Verb. do to perfection, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bamhmici say exatly right; listen well to exactly the way said.

bami*   [bamiw]  ⇒ ba-, mi*₁. Verb. not miss observing everything, observe completely, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). bamitʰéla·ʔa I don’t understand what I hear (not clear enough or not in own language).

bamuc*   [bamuʔ]  ⇒ ba-, muc*. Verb. tease with the words, with speech. bamú·tʰu miṭikil ʔ don’t tease your little brother or sister (by words)! kumíʔdacʼ e· mu bamúcʼmucʼwaʔ they’re always teasing each other. bamucʰ he is teasing (by words). bamú·tʰu to ʔ don’t tease me!

ban*   [ban]   Cooccurrence: Only in the compound qʰabánhay. Noun. pile (of driftwood).

qʰabanhay   [qʰabánhay]  ⇒ ʔahqʰa, ban*, ʔahay. driftwood, piled on a beach. synonyms: qʰabahlaw.

bana*   [banaw]   Verb. pass on. bana·qa·y she is thrown upwards (She is passed on).

banac*   [banaʔ]  ⇒ ba-, nac*₃. Verb. accuse. banaci blame (someone)! banací·du D: Durative. ma·cál banaci D: Blame her! ma·cál banacʰmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. mito bána·ye· mul they accused you of that; You got the blame; it was laid on you. cahno báhnaʔ da·nati to mu muna·cʰ I wanted to ask him a question but I changed my mind and backed out. mu·kito bana·tʰúʔ don't blame him! bana·yiʔ to blame oneself. compare: bana·*.

banam*   [banamʔ]  ⇒ ba-, na·*₁, na·m*. Verb. bury with snout, beak.

banawacʼ*   [banawáʔ]  ⇒ banawad*.

banawad*   [banawá·du]  ⇒ ba-, na·*₂. Variant: banawacʼ*. Verb. fool, deceive (by words), play trick on. ʔama bánawa·du to lie, tell lies. compare: haṭʰkʼo.

banawi·cʼed*   [banawí·cʼedu]  ⇒ bana·*. Verb. deny; refuse to tell what one did; tell a lie (with negative, "confess"). ʔama bánawi·cʼedu denying (one’s self) did it.

bana·*   [banaw]  Lit: to block with the mouth ⇒ ba-, na·*₁. Verb. keep secret; not tell. bana D: Imperative. bana·meʔ D: Plural Imperative. bana·tʰuʔ D: Negative. banaci·duwá·du D: Durative. bana·cíʔtʰuʔ D: Negative. ʔama bánawa·du to lie, tell lies. banati D: Intentive. banata·du D: Durative. ʔama bánawaʔ several to tell a lie. banawá·tʰu ma·cal ʔ don’t fool them! banawácʼmucʼwacʼamṭa ma·caʔ they are fooling e.o. compare: baʔsʼaṭ*, banac*.

banawi·cʼed*   [banawí·cʼedu]  ⇒ bana·*. Verb. deny; refuse to tell what one did; tell a lie (with negative, "confess"). ʔama bánawi·cʼedu denying (one’s self) did it.

bana·la*₁   [bana·law]  ⇒ bane*₃, -ala. Verb. put (several) down in.

bana·la*₂   [bana·law]  ⇒ bane*₂, -ala. Verb. throw down. ʔahqʰa bána·lamuʔ @ fork in river?

ʔahqʰa banala·muʔli   [ʔahqʰa bánala·muʔli]  ⇒ ʔahqʰa, bana·la*₂, =wi. Noun. where two streams flow together.

ʔahqʰa bana·law   [ʔahqʰa bána·law]  Lit: water falling down ⇒ ʔahqʰa, bana·la*₂. Noun. waterfall.

bana·lahqa*   [bana·lahqaw]   Verb. put down.

bana·lamecʼ*   [bana·lameʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. put down in.

bana·loq   [bana·loʔ]  ⇒ , bane*₂. Verb. ??

bana·q   [banaʔ´]  ⇒ bana·q*. Noun. a swing. banaqʼ é· mu it's a swing. banaqʼ ínse· mu it seems to be a swing. Example Variant: <banakʼínse·mu>.

bana·q*   [banáʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -aq₁. Variant: mitaq*. Verb. swing, throw out, fall out. bana·qa swing! mu·kinʔ mul banahy he threw that. banahtʰuʔ D: Negative. banahmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. banaqa·du (wá·du) D: Durative. bana·qácʼmeʔ D: Durative Plural. baqʼó ʔwa ma banaʔ what did you play (throw out) ? compare: mitaq*.

bana·q   [banaʔ´]  ⇒ bana·q*. Noun. a swing. banaqʼ é· mu it's a swing. banaqʼ ínse· mu it seems to be a swing. Example Variant: <banakʼínse·mu>.

bana·qac*   [bana·qaʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -aqac. Verb. take last breath (die); throw something up.

bane*₁   [banew]  ⇒ ba-, ne*₂. Verb. hit; put hot water bottle on. bane·cʼi hit self!; Put (hot water bag) on self! ciba· tʰin maṭʼqʰa báneye· kʰe ma·kina someone hit my car with mud. qʰaʔbe wi to banew he hit me with a rock. compare: šacʼo*, haṭʼel*, haʔṭʼe*.

bane*₂   [banew]   Verb. 1 • act on, put, lay down nonlong obj (for light objects); to throw and hit with nonlong obj. šiʔba banala·mécʼqa· mito you’ve lost weight. qʼoʔo ṭuhšoyídutʼaʔ tol bane·biy delayed til Friday. bana·law put something in someone's drink (for one person). bane D: Imperative. banecí·du D: Durative. bane·du throw hither. banewé to ʔ throw at me! banemʔ to throw off ground. pʰiʔkʼo (ʔem) báne·nʔ the ball is flying hither. pʰiʔkʼo (ʔel) báne·nʔ (He) is throwing the ball hither. banema pick up light object (e.g. paper) from floor. banetʰuʔ D: Negative. compare: mihca*, ne*₃, mit*, ʔdamihca*, damit*, ne*₁, mit*, hsa*₂; synonyms: ye*₂, ʔbe*₅, ne*₃, bane*₃, duye*, mihca*, biʔdi*₂, di*, coʔdo*, mica·cʼic*, hsa*₁, biʔdic*, yecʼ*, biʔcʼi*, hsa*₂, hsa*₂, ne*₃, biʔcʼi*.

2 • fall down (onto the ground, a bed), collapse in a ball, crumpled; drop to the ground.

bana·la*₂   [bana·law]  ⇒ bane*₂, -ala. Verb. throw down. ʔahqʰa bána·lamuʔ @ fork in river?

ʔahqʰa banala·muʔli   [ʔahqʰa bánala·muʔli]  ⇒ ʔahqʰa, bana·la*₂, =wi. Noun. where two streams flow together.

ʔahqʰa bana·law   [ʔahqʰa bána·law]  Lit: water falling down ⇒ ʔahqʰa, bana·la*₂. Noun. waterfall.

bana·loq   [bana·loʔ]  ⇒ , bane*₂. Verb. ??

bana·q*   [banáʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -aq₁. Variant: mitaq*. Verb. swing, throw out, fall out. bana·qa swing! mu·kinʔ mul banahy he threw that. banahtʰuʔ D: Negative. banahmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. banaqa·du (wá·du) D: Durative. bana·qácʼmeʔ D: Durative Plural. baqʼó ʔwa ma banaʔ what did you play (throw out) ? compare: mitaq*.

bana·q   [banaʔ´]  ⇒ bana·q*. Noun. a swing. banaqʼ é· mu it's a swing. banaqʼ ínse· mu it seems to be a swing. Example Variant: <banakʼínse·mu>.

bana·qac*   [bana·qaʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -aqac. Verb. take last breath (die); throw something up.

banem*   [banemʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂. Verb. 1 • fall to ground. banenʔwadu it (the ball) is bouncing. banémbanemʔ bouncing. banémbanema·dadu bouncing along (in car).

2 • put in container.

banemucʼ*   [banemuʔ]  Lit: lay down together ⇒ bane*₂. Verb. bet, donate (in group), lay down (together). banemú·cʼi D: Imperative. Usage: archaic

baneyicʼ*   [baneyiʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -ay. Verb. put on, hold against self. baneyíʔ teʔ I’m going to put it on (hold against self). baneyi·cʼi put against self!; Put it on (self)! (mul) qʰaʔbe ʔóho baneyi·cʼi put the hot rock against yourself! compare: duyem*.

daba·ne*   [dabá·new]  ⇒ dane*, ʔda*₁, bane*₂. Verb. throw away non-long object, abandon. pʰaláʔ daba·ne D: Imperative #again. Example Variant: pʰala dába·ne. dabá·ne D: Imperative. dabá·neme·du D: Durative. dabá·neci·du D: Durative. dabá·netʰuʔ D: Negative. pʰalaʔ daba·netʰuʔ D: Negative #again. Example Variant: pʰala daba·netʰuʔ. ʔda bá·ne throw away, abandon one nonlong obj.! compare: dane*, bane*₃, ne*₃.

maci banew   [maci banew]  ⇒ maci, bane*₂. Verb. set a day, make a date (to do something). qʰaʔa ney ti cohtocʼkʰe he set tomorrow to go. Example Variant: ...baney ti cohtocʼkʰe.. mimaci banew to set the date (to do something).

qali bane·bic   [qali bane·biʔ]  ⇒ qali₁, bane*₂. Verb. start (jump from being startled).

bane*₃   [banew]   Variant: mitaq*. Verb. put or throw several (things). banew to fall in ball, collapse (crumpled); throw ball at. pʰiʔkʼowi bane throw one ball at someone. synonyms: ye*₂, ʔbe*₅, ne*₃, duye*, mihca*, biʔdi*₂, di*, coʔdo*, mica·cʼic*, hsa*₁, biʔdic*, yecʼ*, biʔcʼi*, hsa*₂, bane*₂, biʔdic*, ne*₃, hsa*₁, hsa*₂; compare: daba·ne*, dane*, ne*₃.

bana·la*₁   [bana·law]  ⇒ bane*₃, -ala. Verb. put (several) down in.

banec*   [baneʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. fall.

banehc*   [banehciw]  ⇒ bane·c*.

banehqa*   [banehqaw]  ⇒ . Verb. throw to ground.

banem*   [banemʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂. Verb. 1 • fall to ground. banenʔwadu it (the ball) is bouncing. banémbanemʔ bouncing. banémbanema·dadu bouncing along (in car).

2 • put in container.

banemacʼ*   [banemaʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. put on oneself (hat, clothing?)

banemcicʼ*   [banemciʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. swing back.

banemucʼ*   [banemuʔ]  Lit: lay down together ⇒ bane*₂. Verb. bet, donate (in group), lay down (together). banemú·cʼi D: Imperative. Usage: archaic

baneyicʼ*   [baneyiʔ]  ⇒ bane*₂, -ay. Verb. put on, hold against self. baneyíʔ teʔ I’m going to put it on (hold against self). baneyi·cʼi put against self!; Put it on (self)! (mul) qʰaʔbe ʔóho baneyi·cʼi put the hot rock against yourself! compare: duyem*.

bane·c*   [baneʔ]  ⇒ ba-, ne·c*₂. Variant: banehc*. Verb. put together, with the mouth. bane·cayʔ put together.

bane·duc*   [bane·duʔ]  ⇒ . Verb. 1 • throw far away [?] qʼaṭa· bane·duʔ use up, empty (a sack of its contents).

2 • fall (asleep).

bano   [bano´]   Adjective. crippled. cohšo báno crippled hand. synonyms: nanu·.

bapaṭʰci*   [bapaṭʰciw]  ⇒ ba-, pa·ṭ*₂. Verb. ?? compare: bapa·šci*, baʔkʼu*.

bapa·šci*   [bapašcíw]  ⇒ ba-, pa·š*. Verb. be done speaking; complete what one is saying. ṭʼi bápašcimela· ʔa cahno I have completed saying all the words. compare: baʔkʼu*, bapaṭʰci*.

bape·l*   [bapelʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, pe·l*. Verb. wipe the mouth against (a sleeve) to get (sauce) off.

bapʰahši*   [bapʰáhšiw]  ⇒ bahpʰa·š*.

bapʰo·*   [bapʰow´]  ⇒ ba-, pʰo·*. Verb. duck head under water several times.

baqa·sʼ*   [baqasʼ´]  ⇒ ba-, qa·sʼ*₂. Verb. break off?? ʔaha· qaṭani·bícʼba, baqasʼá·y when one end of the stick was pushed down (car ran over it), it flipped up and broke.

baqol*   [baqolʔ]  ⇒ ba-, qol*. Variant: baqola·tad*. Verb. wipe mouth; pass one thing over the surface of another, with the lips, snout, or beak. baqoliʔ to wipe one’s own mouth (on something). kayi·na yaʔ má·yiš ṭʰoʔo maʔan qaʔdi tol baqoli·cʼ while the chicken was eating corn mash, it wiped its bill on grass.

baqola·tad*   [baqolá·tadu]  ⇒ baqol*.

baqoṭolta*   [baqoṭóltaw]  ⇒ bahqoṭol*.

baqoṭolʔta*   [baqoṭolʔtaw]  ⇒ bahqoṭol*.

baqʰa*   [baqʰáw]  ⇒ ba-, qʰa*. Verb. get hoarse. mihya báqʰaw have hoarse throat. mihya qʰáma baqʰaw throat hurts. compare: baqʰa·š*, ba·qʰašqʰaša, ba·qʰašqʰaša.

baqʰam*   [baqʰámʔ]  ⇒ baqʰa·*. Verb. finish. baqʰama finish! baqʰamá·du keep finishing. baqʰamátʰuʔ don't finish. ʔahca báqʰamʔ to finish several houses (in one locality). ʔahca baqʰámmeʔ finish several houses (to several)!

baqʰaṭʰqa*   [baqʰaṭʰqáw]  ⇒ baqʰa·ṭ*. Verb. praise, cause to sound good. yaʔkʰe ʔá·peto baqʰaṭʰqawá·du praise the Lord! baqʰaṭʰqawá·du praise! baqʰaṭʰqawe· to manʔ she is praising me. baqʰa·ṭa·dé·to he preaised me (on importance or intelligence, not looks). baqʰaṭʰqawá·de· mito he is praising me (on importance or intelligence, not looks). compare: daqʰa·ṭ*.

baqʰa·*   [baqʰaw´]  Lit: My heart was finished Verb. finish making something (sewing, basket). cʼoqʰo báqʰa·mela I finished the quilt. ʔahca báqʰaw to finish making a house. ʔahca šíwe· baqʰayal milhqʰacʼ íyowe· ʔa cohtoʔ it was toward the newly finished house that I went. baqʰa·tʰuʔ don't finish! compare: ʔkʼu*.

baqʰam*   [baqʰámʔ]  ⇒ baqʰa·*. Verb. finish. baqʰama finish! baqʰamá·du keep finishing. baqʰamátʰuʔ don't finish. ʔahca báqʰamʔ to finish several houses (in one locality). ʔahca baqʰámmeʔ finish several houses (to several)!

sʼuhkul baqʰa·*   [sʼuhkul baqʰaw]  Lit: My heart was finished; break someone's heart ⇒ sʼuhkul, baqʰa·*. Verb. hurt someone's feelings. sʼuhkúl baqʰa·wiye· to my feelings were hurt.

baqʰa·š*   [baqʰaš´]  ⇒ ba-, qʰa·š*. Cooccurrence: usually with semelfactice -ci- or essive -ma-. Verb. have a faint voice (with essive); get hoarse (with semelfactive). baqʰašciw voice to turn for a moment to be weak, hoarse, and barely understandable. baqʰašmaw to have a barely audible voice (from laryngitis); be weak-voiced. baqʰaša·duʔ to be talking with a barely audible voice while walking away. baqʰašá·duci talk quieter as walk away! cahno báqʰaš barely whispering; hoarse. baqʰašci get hoarse! baqʰašcimé·du @ keep beinghoarse! baqʰaša·ducé·du keep talking softer as walking away. baqʰaša·law @ be talking softer while walking down ? compare: baqʰa*, ba·qʰašqʰaša.

ba·qʰašqʰaša   [ba·qʰášqʰaša]  ⇒ baqʰa·š*. Ideophone Adjective. faint-voiced, raspy like with laryngitis. mihya qʰama ba·qʰášqʰaša (permanently) hoarse voice. compare: baqʰa·š*, baqʰa*, baqʰa*.

baqʰa·ṭ*   [baqʰaʔ´]  Lit: Cause Our Father to sound good! ⇒ ba-, qʰa·ṭ*₂. Verb. be enjoyable or interesting to hear. baqʰa·ṭé· to, mul qʼoʔo cahnowem it sounds good to me, when he sings that song. I enjoy his singing that song. baqʰaṭa·dé·to mul qʼoʔo cahnowem it sounded good to me when he sang. baqʰaʔ báʔtʼaw it sounds interesting. baqʰá·ṭʰ it's interesting.

baqʰaṭʰqa*   [baqʰaṭʰqáw]  ⇒ baqʰa·ṭ*. Verb. praise, cause to sound good. yaʔkʰe ʔá·peto baqʰaṭʰqawá·du praise the Lord! baqʰaṭʰqawá·du praise! baqʰaṭʰqawe· to manʔ she is praising me. baqʰa·ṭa·dé·to he preaised me (on importance or intelligence, not looks). baqʰaṭʰqawá·de· mito he is praising me (on importance or intelligence, not looks). compare: daqʰa·ṭ*.

baqʰolta*   [baqʰóltaw]  ⇒ bahqʰolh*.

baqʰoṭ*   [baqʰóʔ]  ⇒ ba-, qʰoṭ*₂. Verb. (pig) uproot flowers with the snout. koci·na yáʔ kʰe ciʔdomʔ baqʰó·cʰqʰ a pig must have uprooted my flowers with its snout.

baqʼahci*   [baqʼáhciw]  ⇒ baʔqʼac*.

baqʼa·ṭ*   [baqʼaʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, qʼa·ṭ*₁. Verb. scrape with snout or beak.

baqʼo   [baqʼo´]   Pronoun. 1 • what, what kind of; third person inanimate interrogative-indefinite. compare: ciba·, ha·y, ha·y.

2 • anything (with Negative verb).

3 • something (usually with Negative clitic).

baqʼo cʰow   [baqʼo cʰów]  ⇒ baqʼo, cʰo·*. Noun. nothing.

baqʼo tʰin   [baqʼo tʰín]  ⇒ baqʼo, =tʰin. 1 • Noun. something.

2 • Adjective. of some kind.

baqʼo cʰow   [baqʼo cʰów]  ⇒ baqʼo, cʰo·*. Noun. nothing.

baqʼo tʰin   [baqʼo tʰín]  ⇒ baqʼo, =tʰin. 1 • Noun. something.

2 • Adjective. of some kind.

basa*   [basáw]  ⇒ ba-, sa*₂. Verb. (bird) to pick off (piece of leaf) with the beak.

basat*₁   [basáʔ]   Verb. n. def.

basat*₂   [basaʔ]  ⇒ bahsa*₂.

basatad*   [basatá·du]  ⇒ bahsa*₃. Verb. something to get in way (no "mouth" meaning). synonyms: dasatad*.

base*   [baséw]  ⇒ ba-, se*. Verb. not like to hear, tired of hearing; sound boring. basewé· to miʔkʰe cahno I’m tired of listening to your talk; I don’t like what you said. Example Variant: basewé· to ma cahno·dal.. ʔaná· baseci·de· to mul ʔacáʔ ʔanáw yihe ʔíce·dal I really don’t like to hear that man being boastful (a snob). basewé· to I don’t like to hear it; I am embarassed by what you said.

base·cʼ*   [baseʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, se·cʼ*. Verb. save oneself by talking. mulido· Noké·riya tito pʰaláʔcayʔ yaʔ kalikakʰ dihqa·liwi basecʼba milú· qašotaʔ they say Nokeriya protected themselves with the paper given to her by a whiteman, and saved them with it. base·cʼi talk for yourself to save self!; Clear self (of blame)! basétʰmacʼmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. basewé· mito I’m tired of (what you keep repeating). base·cʼi ma cahno baseʔ dú·cicʼeʔ protect yourself; you know the protection words! compare: hu·ma*.

base·l*   [baselʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, se·l*. Verb. clean, make clear, rinse, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). base·liʔ to wash off mouth by putting in the water.

basi·ṭ*   [basiʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, si·ṭ*₁. Verb. sing, use voice too much, "waste one's voice". basi·ṭiʔtʰin (Even if good singer you say) I can’t or don’t want to sing. basi·ṭiʔtʰuʔ don’t talk, waste voice!

baskalat*   [baskaláʔ]  ⇒ ba·skal*.

basohṭ*   [basóhṭiw]  ⇒ ba-, bahsoṭ*, bahsoṭ*. Verb. scatter with the mouth.

basu*   [basúw]  ⇒ ba-, su*. Variant: basuwac*. Verb. scratch off part of surface, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing); bird bill to scratch; bird build nest with beak (AS).

basuwac*   [basuwáʔ]  ⇒ basu*.

basʼam*   [basʼámʔ]  ⇒ ba-, sʼam*. Variant: basʼatam*. Verb. (bird) to stuff (acorn) (in hole); eat. maʔa bísʼamʔba ʔe·ʔa (answer to question) (Yes) I ate, have eaten. bisʼatamʔ D: Pural. bisʼama D: Imperative. bisʼamá·du D: Durative. bisʼámmeʔ D: Plural Imperative. Example Variant: bisʼatámmeʔ.

basʼatam*   [basʼatámʔ]  ⇒ basʼam*.

basʼayla*   [basʼáylaw]  ⇒ ba-, sʼayla*. Verb. tangle by mouth. basʼáyla tangle by mouth.

basʼa·l*   [basʼalʔ´]  ⇒ ba-, sʼa·l*. Verb. liquid come from solid, with the lips, snout, or beak; by speech (or hearing). soh cʼíškan basʼalcimé·du sound it loud and clear (and pretty)!

basʼa·sʼa   [basʼa·sʼa´]   Noun. Coffeeberry, cascara. Rhamnus california (Buckthorn Family).

basʼa·sʼa qʰale   [basʼa·sʼa qʰale]  ⇒ basʼa·sʼa, qʰale₁. Noun. coffeeberry plant.

basʼa·sʼa qʰale   [basʼa·sʼa qʰale]  ⇒ basʼa·sʼa, qʰale₁. Noun. coffeeberry plant.