aahu

Hopi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːhɨ]

Noun

aahu (plural aatu or aatum)

1. cutworm
2. (slang) slowpoke

   Synonym: uukyawi

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 13
• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 4