boqs

Klamath-Modoc

Alternative forms

• pō′ks, pō′ksh (Gatschet)
• pō′ks (Spier)

Noun

boqs

1. camas root (bulb of the plant Camassia quamash subsp. quamash)

References

• Klamath Tribes Language Project
• Barker, M. A. R. (1963). Klamath Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 31. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 65.
• Gatschet, Albert Samuel (1890). The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon: Dictionary of the Klamath Language. Contributions to North American Ethnology. Vol. II, Part II. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 272.
• 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. 167.