blaywaas

Klamath-Modoc

Alternative forms

  • blaywa·s (Barker)
  • p'laíwash (Gatschet)
  • blai′was (Spier)

Noun

blaywaas

  1. golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis)

References

  • Klamath Tribes Language Project
  • Barker, Muhammad A. R. (1963), Klamath Dictionary (University of California Publications in Linguistics)‎[1], volume 31, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 64.
  • Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1890), The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Dictionary of the Klamath Language[2], Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 270.
  • Spier, Leslie (1930). Kroeber, Alfred L.; Lowie, Robert H. (eds.). Klamath Ethnography. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology. Vol. 30. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 143.