bitʾtlaiʾtconion, wild onionAllium unifolium"Many tubers gathered in fields: 'wild potatoes,' minyetau (Ammosia esculenta ?) roasted in ashes; wild onions (butlaits) eaten raw; wild carrots (kucines) cooked or eaten raw; wild parsnips (sauldilbai)." (Loeb, p.47)
glossed as "onions" in (Goddard notebook VII, p.72)
The small bulbs and bases of leaves are used as food, sometimes fried. (Chesnut, 1902, pp.322-3)genninyeehtaagh 1edible bulbsim.naaʾaaleeʾonion sp 1.5.3.3Lily-like5.2.3.1.5Food from rootscomp. of*bitʾbellylaiʾ1top of P-tcdiminutive suffixlittle one w/ bellies/bulbs on the tipcfbitʾlaiʾkʾtconionSource forms: bût t laiᵋtcbût laitc, bût te laitsbutlaits
glossed as "onions" in (Goddard notebook VII, p.72)
The small bulbs and bases of leaves are used as food, sometimes fried. (Chesnut, 1902, pp.322-3)genninyeehtaagh 1edible bulbsim.naaʾaaleeʾonion sp 1.5.3.3Lily-like5.2.3.1.5Food from rootscomp. of*bitʾbellylaiʾ1top of P-tcdiminutive suffixlittle one w/ bellies/bulbs on the tipcfbitʾlaiʾkʾtconionSource forms: bût t laiᵋtcbût laitc, bût te laitsbutlaits
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