aaku

Hopi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːkɨ]

Noun

aaku

1. (plural aaʼaku) spoon, ladle

   Synonym: kotsaala

2. (plural aaʼakut) a person with a long chin

Derived terms

• aakula
• aakuwta

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 13
• 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 4

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Worora

Noun

aaku

1. water

References

• Mark Clendon, Worrorra: a language of the north-west Kimberley coast (2014, →ISBN)