momospala

Hopi

Etymology

momo (“bee”) +‎ sihu (“flower”) +‎ paala (“juice, sap”)

Noun

momospala

1. honey

Derived terms

• momospallawu
• momospaltanga

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 40
• 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 245