Tavasuh
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hopi tusavuhta, from a term meaning "head pounders",[1] referring to the historical practice of killing captured enemies by beating them with a club.[2]
Noun
[edit]Tavasuh (plural Tavasuhs)
- (ethnic slur, Hopi culture, derogatory) Synonym of Navajo.
Coordinate terms
[edit]- Anasazi (considered insulting to Hopi people because it was using a Navajo-language name for their ancestors)
- Moqui (insult against Hopi people as it resembles the word for "dead")
References
[edit]- ^ Hopis vs. Big Mountain Trespassers, Blue Corn Comics
- ^ Curious use of the word "Anasazi", Ratical.org