Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary - Wyoming Linguistics

a'arái on (his) back (S; 83.8)
ba'aru adv
.
above here (S)
ba'i high (S)
ba'int[eN] adj
.
ba'int, a high place (Rob)
high (Rob); cf. ba'ant[eN]
baa (baai, bai, bê) n. water (S, T, SG); var. baN; comb. ba-, baN
baru, through water (S 111.7)
bagáhi, into water (S 111.9)
bavai', with water (S 184.1)
bawemánd, around water (S 141.2)
bang ke[']mar, along the bank (S)
sur baai hivit, he drinks water (SG)
baa awe n. bottle (lit. water cup/bowl) (Rob )
Baa Gayofi n. Hot Springs near Bear River (lit. warm water) (Sh)
baa ge'mwan havir[eN] n. bank (river) (E)
Baa Guchuna Yagait 1. Bull Lake (lit. water buffalo crier) (Sh) 2.
Dinwoody Canyon (Sh)
baa guhuyaki iv. bob in the water (E)
Baa Gutse Wener Thermopolis Hot Springs (lit. water hot standing)
(SGE)
baa gwana n. deer perfume (lit. water smell) (E)
Baa Gwi Wene n. Thermopolis Hot Springs (lit. water smoke standing)
(Hul, E)
baa gwitsu[N] n. water buffalo (T)
baa huna n. water child, glossed by Roberts as 'mermaid' (water +
huna, menstruation OR hunya, badger) (Rob)
Baa Iyuta Paiute Indian (SGE); var. Baiwik
baa na zaituya n. faucet (E)
Baa Navui Water Looking Glass, the river at Cody (S dis);
Shoshone River (Sh)
baa nokand[eN] dew (E)
baa rotoihwa flood (water streaming) (E)
baa saip[eH] n. cattails (lit. water cattail) (E); E also gives: baa siapeH
[a typo?]
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