Hopi
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise/knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki "dies, be dead".
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊpi/
- Rhymes: -oʊpi
Noun[edit]
Hopi (plural Hopis or Hopi)
- A member of a particular tribe of North American natives.
Translations[edit]
- Note: These are translations for the plural.
tribe
Proper noun[edit]
Hopi
- The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American tribe.
Translations[edit]
Hopi language
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Hopi
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/oʊpi
- Rhymes:English/oʊpi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English indeclinable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English proper nouns
- en:Languages
- en:Native American tribes