q'apdo

Klamath-Modoc

Alternative forms

  • q̓apdo (Barker)
  • káptu (Gatschet)
  • ḳ!ŏ′ptu (Spier)

Noun

q'apdo

  1. Chasmistes brevirostris, the shortnose sucker or koptu

References

  • Barker, Muhammad A. R. (1963), Klamath Dictionary (University of California Publications in Linguistics)‎[1], volume 31, Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, page 327.
  • Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1890), The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Dictionary of the Klamath Language[2], volume II, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, page 119.
  • 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.