baashchíili

Crow

Etymology

baa- + ishtá- (eye) + shíili (yellow)

Noun

baashchíili

  1. white person

Derived terms

References

  • Reed, Jr., George (1974 September) Dictionary of the Crow Language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pages 35, 67, 76
  • Say, Thomas (1823) “Vocabularies of Indian languages”, in Edwin James, editor, Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and ’20, by Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec’y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. From the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Exploring Party, volume II, Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, pages lxixlxxxviii:White people, ma²sh-te¹-se¹-re¹yellow eyes.
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