basdin
Klamath-Modoc
Alternative forms
- Bóshtîn (Gatschet)
Etymology
From Chinook Jargon boston, from English Boston, borrowed to refer to Americans of European descent.
Noun
basdin
- white person
References
- Barker, M. A. R. (1963). Klamath Dictionary. University of California Publications in Linguistics. Vol. 31. Berkeley/Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 59.
- 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. 26.