laptóhw

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Wiyot[edit]

Laptóhw.

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]

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

Noun[edit]

laptóhw

  1. cloud

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
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