ööyi
Hopi
Etymology
Related to Proto-Nahuan *ooȼtli (“pregnant woman”).
Verb
ööyi
- (intransitive) become full (satiated)
- (intransitive) reach one's limit of tolerance, take all one can stand
- (intransitive) to fill up as if pregnant
Derived terms
Derived terms
- ööyìlti
- ööyiwma
- ööyiwta
- öyna
- öysöpùmti
- öyvùusukiwta
References
- Albert, Roy; Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 55
- 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 363