ööyi

Hopi

Etymology

Related to Proto-Nahuan *ooȼtli (“pregnant woman”).

Verb

ööyi

1. (intransitive) become full (satiated)
2. (intransitive) reach one's limit of tolerance, take all one can stand
3. (intransitive) to fill up as if pregnant

Derived terms

• öyna
• öysöpùmti
• öyvùusukiwta
• ööyiwma
• ööyiwta
• ööyìlti

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 55
• 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 363