Etymology

Bacavi

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Today it means: A village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. Full definition →

Hopi Paaqavi ← Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paka
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  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecan · derived from*paka
  2. Hopi · borrowed fromPaaqavi
  3. English todayBacavi

Borrowed from Hopi Paaqavi, from paaqavi (“reed”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *paka.

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