pó·ʷkwis

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Coos

Noun

pó·ʷkwis

  1. slave

References

  • Marianne Mithun, The Languages of Native North America, citing Leo Frachtenberg, Coos: An illustrative sketch (1922), in the Handbook of American Indian languages, volume 2