bakoon

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan vakóóñi.

Noun

bakoon (plural bopkon)

  1. heron (clarification of this definition is needed)

References

  • Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[1], electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 16

Yola

Noun

bakoon

  1. alternative form of bawkoon
    • 2005, Jacob Poole Of Growtown - And the Yola Dialect[2]:
      e.g. bakoon (bacon), patroon (a patron), gorsoon (a lad), sneesheen (snuff), poag (a kiss), borde (a table), stuckeen (a stocking), pucane (a goat), usbaugh (whiskey).
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)