laptóhw

Wiyot

Laptóhw.

Etymology

Related to the concept of hair, depicting Wiyot's belief that the sky is a face, with clouds as its hair. Cognate to Yurok leptenok.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laptɑ́ʔw/
• Hyphenation: lap‧tóhw

Noun

laptóhw

1. cloud

References

• Karl V. Teeter (1964) The Wiyot Language, University of California press, page 19
• Margaret G. Hanna (1982) Approaches to Algonquian Archaeology, University of Calgary Archaeological Association, page 199