aaya

Hopi

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *aya (“tortoise; tortoiseshell rattle”).

Noun

aaya (plural aaʼaya)

1. (deprecated label) rattle (instrument), especially one made from a gourd

Derived terms

• aayalawu
• aayanma
• aayannum
• aayanta
• aayata
• aayaʼyma
• aayaʼyva
• ayayata
• ayayàyku
• aylawu
• Aymavoko
• ayvena
• ayveni
• ayveʼyta
• ayàwya
• Àykatsina
• àyta
• áyakiʼytaqa
• áyakna

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 14
• 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 14

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Kawacha

Noun

aaya

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

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Safeyoka

Noun

aaya

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67