Hònkatsina

Hopi

Etymology

hoonaw (“bear”) +‎ katsina (“kachina”)

Noun

Hònkatsina (plural Hònkatsinam)

A kachina.

References

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 95

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