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, M. A. R. (1963). Klamath Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 31. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 327.
• 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. 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. p. 151.