wakaswùuti

Hopi

Etymology

waakasi (“cattle”) +‎ wùuti (“woman”)

Noun

wakaswùuti (plural wakasmomoyam)

cow (adult female bovine)
a formerly married woman

Derived terms

wakaswùutinìwti

References

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, pages 727–728

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