Komantsi

Hopi

Alternative forms

• Kumantsi

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish comanche.

Noun

Komantsi (plural Komantsim)

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

Derived terms

• Komantsitikive
• komatsiwùukukiʼyta

 

Proper noun

Komantsi

1. 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