paahu

Hopi

Etymology

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

paahu (plural paavahu)

  1. water (in nature)
  2. spring

Synonyms
  • kuuyi (“water (contained)”)

Further reading
  • 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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