paahu

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Hopi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *pa. Cognates include Comanche paa, Northern Paiute paa, Panamint paa, Shoshone paa, Tübatulabal bal, Serrano bāte, Gabrielino-Fernandeño par Cahuilla pál, Luiseño páála, Classical Nahuatl ātl, Yaqui baa'am.

Noun[edit]

paahu (plural paavahu)

  1. water (in nature)
  2. spring

Synonyms[edit]

  • kuuyi (“water (contained)”)

Further reading[edit]

  • A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon (→ISBN, 1985)
  • Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway'ma, Lorena Lomatuway'ma, Hopi Tales of Destruction (2002, →ISBN, page 142
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