hopi
hopi Lexical Profile
• adjective
Of or relating to the Hopi people, their culture, or their Uto-Aztecan language.
"The museum features an extensive collection of traditional Hopi pottery and woven baskets."
• noun
A member of a Native American Pueblo people living primarily on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona.
"The Hopi have inhabited the mesas of northeastern Arizona for centuries, practicing dry-farming techniques to grow corn."
The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Hopi people of northeastern Arizona.
"Linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf famously studied the grammatical structure of Hopi to explore how language shapes the perception of time."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from the Hopi language, shortened from Hopituh Shi-nu-mu ('The Peaceful People'), derived from hopi meaning 'behaving one, mannered, civilized, peaceable, polite'.
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