yuʔyuʔbəč

Lushootseed

Etymology

From yuʔ (“small, little”) +‎ yuʔbəč (“Chinook salmon”). Literally, “little Chinook salmon”, so named because butterflies emerge around the same time as the Chinook salmon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joʔjoʔbət͡ʃ/

Noun

yuʔyuʔbəč

1. butterfly

References

• Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1994) Dawn Bates, editor, Lushootseed Dictionary, University of Washington Press, →ISBN