Etymograph

English

Bacavi

Bacavi comes from Hopi Paaqavi ‘a person from Bacavi’, and goes back to Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paka.

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pakareconstructed
  2. HopimodernPaaqavi‘a person from Bacavi’
  3. EnglishtodayBacavi

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanprehistoric (reconstructed)*pakareconstructed
  2. HopimodernPaaqavi‘a person from Bacavi’
  3. EnglishtodayBacavi

Today it means

name A village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paka / Bacavi