Eastern Shoshone Working Dictionary - Wyoming Linguistics

ia awe n. bucket (lit. big cup) (Mor); cf. baa wituaH
Bia Boshógunt Ogwê n. North Platte River (lit. big bridge river) Sh)
bia dawn n. city (lit. big town) (E)
bia dogoa n. dragon, water serpent (Hul)
bia êr[i] n. cannon (lit. big gun) (E)
bia êri n. shot gun, [rifle] (Geb)
bia ge savaH open mouth wide (T)
bia goihe n. large intestines (T); cf. gwirats[i]
Bia Gutuvi n. Evanston (lit. big coal) (Sh)
bia gwinya n. eagle (lit. big bird) (S, T); eagle species (golden,
since /basia/ is bald eagle) (SM)
bia gwinya gwêshi n. eagle tail feathers (E)
bia gwinya nepoki n. eagle fan (E)
bia gwinyan dua n. eaglet (E)
bia gwinyang kas[a] n. eagle wing (E)
bia ijape (bia ijapa) n. wolf, Canis nubilus [ = Canus lupus nubilus, the Great
Plains wolf, a subspecies of gray wolf] (SM); syn. ija
bia kwasu n. coat (lit. big shirt) (Hi); jacket (E)
Bia Mea n. December (lit. big month) (Sh, Hul)
bia muungki n. baboon, ape (T)
Bia Nambê n. Big Foot (E)
bia nangka iv. boisterous, noisy (T)
bia nangkan, be noisy (T)
bia nanihakaite[N] n. important person (T)
[is this: bia, big + naniha-kande, name-characterized,
i.e., have a big name?]
bia nazitemwa gahni n. prison (lit. big shut up building) (T)
bia nima holler (lit. vocalize big) (E)
Bia Ogwê 1. Big Horn River 2. Big Wind River (lit. big river)
(SGE; T) 3. Green River (Geb)
bia pêngkwi n. bass (lit. big fish) (Sh)
Bia Pungku Nekar[e] n. Big Horse Dance, an old Shoshone men's dance (Sh);
Big Horse Dance (war dance of the Ohamupe) (S 18,9;
S spells it: Bia Pongko Nekar)
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