Komantsi

Hopi

Alternative forms

Kumantsi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish comanche.

Noun

Komantsi (plural Komantsim)

A Comanche person.
A type of Hopi dancer who impersonates a Comanche.

Derived terms

Komantsitikive
komatsiwùukukiʼyta

Proper noun

Komantsi

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 147

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