wokas
English
Etymology
From the Klamath-Modoc word for the plant's seeds, wokas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /woʊkəs/
Noun
wokas
- (US, regional) A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
- (US, regional) seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.
Synonyms
- (Nuphar polysepala): Rocky Mountain spatterdock
Klamath-Modoc
FWOTD – 28 November 2012
Alternative forms
- wókash (Gatschet)
Noun
wokas
- seeds of yellow water lilies (Nuphar polysepala), which ripen in July and August and are harvested, parched, hulled, and eaten by the Klamath and Modoc
References
- Gatschet, Samuel S. (1890). The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon. Volume II, Part II. United States Government Printing Office.
- Sturtevant, William C. (1978). Handbook of North American Indians, page 449
- 1964, University of California publications in linguistics, volumes 32-33, page 223
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