Saʼlako

Hopi

Alternative forms

• Saʼalako

Etymology

Borrowed from Zuni [Term?].

Noun

Saʼlako (plural Saasaʼlakwt)

1. Shalako (a kachina)

Derived terms

• Saʼlakwmana
• saʼlakwqöma
• Saʼlakwtaqa
• saʼlakwtimayma
• saʼlakwtimayto
• saʼlakwtsungu
• saʼlakwyungyapu
• Siʼosaʼlako
• Tapasaʼlako

References

• Albert, Roy, Shaul, David Leedom (1985) A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon, John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 74
• 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 487