yuʔyuʔbəč
Lushootseed
editEtymology
editFrom yuʔ (“small, little”) + yuʔbəč (“Chinook salmon”). Literally, “little Chinook salmon”, so named because butterflies emerge around the same time as the Chinook salmon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edityuʔyuʔbəč
References
edit- Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1994) Dawn Bates, editor, Lushootseed Dictionary, University of Washington Press, →ISBN