yuʔyuʔbəč

Lushootseed

Etymology

From yuʔ (“small, little”) +‎ yuʔbəč (“Chinook salmon”). Literally, “little Chinook salmon”, so named because butterflies emerge around the same time as the Chinook salmon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joʔjoʔbət͡ʃ/

Noun

yuʔyuʔbəč

  1. butterfly

References

  • Dawn Bates, Thom Hess, Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1994) Dawn Bates, editor, Lushootseed Dictionary, University of Washington Press, →ISBN
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