English
Hopi
Hopi comes from Hopi hopi ‘Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing’.
- Hopimodernhopi‘Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing’
- EnglishtodayHopi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hopimodernhopi‘Hopi, good in every respect, be wise or knowing’
- EnglishtodayHopi
The story
Popularized by J. Walter Fewkes as a replacement for the previously used and offensive name Moqui which sounds like Hopi mooki dies, be dead.
Every English word from Hopi hopi
Today it means
noun A member of a particular tribe of North American natives.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hopi hopi / Hopi