basdin

Klamath-Modoc

Alternative forms

  • Bóshtîn (Gatschet)

Etymology

From Chinook Jargon boston, from English Boston, borrowed to refer to Americans of European descent.

Noun

basdin

  1. white person

References

  • Barker, Muhammad A. R. (1963), Klamath Dictionary (University of California Publications in Linguistics)‎[1], volume 31, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 59.
  • Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1890), The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Dictionary of the Klamath Language‎[2], Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 26.
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