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