basdin

Klamath-Modoc

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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, M. A. R. (1963). Klamath Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics 31. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press.
• Gatschet, Samuel S. (1890). The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. Volume II, Part II. United States Government Printing Office.