yuʔyuʔbəč
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Lushootseed
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]yuʔyuʔbəč
References
[edit]- Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1994) Dawn Bates, editor, Lushootseed Dictionary, University of Washington Press, →ISBN