bear [zool.] bïere, beere, bïerne, bïesse, boelt'-aajja, boeltetje-aajja (latter two lit. 'old man of the birch forest'), boelteh-kodtje, dïesve, muerjie-bihkije (lit. 'berry picker'); female ~ muadt'-aahka, måatere, mååtere, smeelte; (nicknames for ~) gumsie, ihkie-fehkie, luvjie; (Staaluo fairy tale name for ~) Sjanne; young ~ skænnja; ~ den gaavmoe, gaavma, gåavma, beeren-gåetie; ~ den for hibernation (spec. under firs with branches hanging in a southerly direction) goltele-sijjie; ~ den for hibernation (spec. under a stone slab) klaajpoe-sijjie; joik of the ~, song of the ~ duvrien-vuelie; ~ paw raapma, fuahta; ~ pelt, fur rahha