laptóhw
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Wiyot
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]laptóhw
References
[edit]- 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