basdin
Klamath-Modoc
Alternative forms
- Bóshtîn (Gatschet)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Chinook Jargon boston, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English Boston, borrowed to refer to Americans of European descent.
Noun
basdin
- white person
References
- Barker, M. A. R. (1963). Klamath Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics 31. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press.
- Gatschet, Samuel S. (1890). The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. Volume II, Part II. United States Government Printing Office.
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