hoonaw

Hopi

Alternative forms

• hoonawu

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *hula-wït, augmentative of *hula (“bear; badger”). Cf. honani (“badger”).

Noun

hoonaw (plural hoohont)

1. bear

Derived terms

• honawhoya
• honhokyasmi
• honmaqtö
• Honngyam
• honngàapi
• honsoki
• honsuru
• Honwungwa
• Hoonàwpa
• Hònkatsina
• hònkuku
• hònkwita
• hònpukya

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 23
• 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 97