koongya

Hopi

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *kuna.

Noun

koongya

1. husband
2. drumstick (for playing drums)
3. rubbing stone used in bathing (clarification of this definition is needed)
4. pestle

Derived terms

• kong.wikva
• kongheva
• kongnalavu
• kongnanaqasna
• kongnawakna
• kongnàwki
• kongsayʼiwta
• kongta
• kongtoyna
• kongyahoma
• kongyahomi
• kongyaqtsi
• kongʼayalawu

 

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 30
• 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 150