NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



1908.] 



avocet {Reciirvirostris americana) : 

 pa'rro gots; pa'do gots. 



[pa, water + rro or do {vid. 

 supra) + gots.'] 

 axilla; arm-pit: 



a'na. 

 axolotl (larva of Ambhjstoma) : 

 pa'bo go tci. 



[pa, water + ho (po) + go 

 tci.] 



B. 



back: 



gwai'unip ; gwai'um, 

 back-bone ; vertebral column : 

 gwai'o rra. 



[gwai'ump, back + o'rra, 

 trunk, stalk, etc.] 

 badger (Taxidea americana) : 



u'na. 

 bangs ; front hair : 



mo'pi hail ga sa (mo pai han ga 

 sa). 

 [Prob. mo'hi, nose + han'ga- 

 sa, general term for pend- 

 ent hair or locks, q. vid.] 

 bat (general term) : 



o'na bite, 

 beak; bill (of bird): 



mf tcu ga ; mi'tctig. 

 bear, general term : 



wu'da. 

 bear, black ( Ursus americanus) : 



(a) black: tu'wuda. 



[tu, from tu'o hit, black + 

 ivu'da.] 

 tu'mu su i; tu'miish. 

 [tu, black + mu'su i.] 



(b) brown: o'awuda. 



[o^a from o'a hit, yellow or 

 brown + wu'da.] 



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o'a mu su i ; o'a mush. 



[o'a, brown + mii'su i.] 

 oi'ya rro. 

 bear, grizzly ( Ursus horrihilis) : 

 a'shi wu da. 



[a'shi, from a ski hit, gray + 

 wu'da.] 

 to'sa wu da. 



[to'sa, from to'sihit, white, 

 gray + wu'da.] 

 beaver (Aplodontia rufa) : 

 ha'ni; a'ni. 

 pa'o unts; pa'o unts a ni. 



[pa'o, referring to water + 

 -Unts.] 

 bee, bumble (Bombus, various 

 species) : 

 i'bi mu. 

 pi'i bi mil. 



[pi'iip, big + I'hi niii.] 

 bee, honey (Apis mellifica) : 

 tai'bo pai na (Goship). 



[tai'ho, white man + pai'na, 

 wasp, bee.] 

 tai'bo pai ya (Goshute). 

 beetle (general term) : 

 i'sha gu ; i'sha gi a. 



[i'slia, wolf + gu, probably 

 from gi'a, to bite, to eat, 

 etc.] 

 Beetles are called "wolf's 

 food," because said to be 

 eaten at times by the coy- 

 ote and wolf, 

 beetle, wood-borer, larva of : 

 a'rruts (Goship). 

 u'o a bi (Goshute). 

 beetle, dung (Aphodius, etc.) : 

 kwi'tu bu i. 



[kwit'up, manure + hu'i.] 



