koyaanisqatsi

Hopi

Etymology

From koyaanis- (“corrupted”, bound form) +‎ qatsi (“life”, noun)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koˈjaːnisˈqat͡si/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧yaa‧nis‧qa‧tsi

Noun

koyaanisqatsi

  1. corrupted, morally decayed lifestyle (of a community)

Further reading
  • A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon (→ISBN, 1985), page 30: "koyaanis- corrupted (re social life of a group); koyaanisqatsi corrupted life (re group)"
  • Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway'ma, Lorena Lomatuway'ma, Hopi Tales of Destruction (→ISBN, 2002), page 36 (uses this to describe the state of a village where inhabitants became obsessed with games and sex and kwangwa'ewqatsi, "life of pleasure", and neglected their duties; contrast suyanisqatsi, "life of harmony and balance")
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