Komantsi
Hopi
Alternative forms
- Kumantsi
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish comanche.
Noun
Komantsi (plural Komantsim)
- A Comanche person.
- A type of Hopi dancer who impersonates a Comanche.
Derived terms
- Komantsitikive
- komatsiwùukukiʼyta
Proper noun
Komantsi
- A kachina.
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, page 147