Maraw
See also: maraw
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hopi Maraw (“member of the Maraw society”), from maraw (“a kind of insect”).
Proper noun
editMaraw
- The name of a Hopi women's society.
- The name of a ceremony of the Maraw society.
Hopi
editEtymology
editFrom maraw (“a kind of insect”).
Noun
editMaraw (plural Mamrawt)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 39
- 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, pages 231–232