laptóhw

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Wiyot

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Laptóhw.

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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laptóhw

  1. cloud

References

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  • 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