Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by this North American tribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Alternative form of Hebi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A member of a particular tribe of North American natives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
the Shoshonean language spoken by the Hopi
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Shoshonean, Shoshonean language, Shoshonian, Shoshonian language
noun
a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Pueblo, Shoshone, Shoshoni
History
From Hopi hopi (“Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing”) (as in Hopituu sinom "Hopi people"). Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki dies, be dead.
Across languages
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
