The Hopi are a Native American tribe who mainly live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona and they use ‘Hopi’ as their main language for communication. According to the census conducted in year 2010 there are 19,338 Hopi speakers in the United States.
Hopi is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in northeastern Arizona in the USA. The language is still passed on to children, and about three quarters of Hopi speak Hopi as a native language.
There are four main types of Hopi: First Mesa or Polacca; Mishongnovi or Toreva (Musangnuve’e Hopilàvayi); Shipaulovi or Sipaulovi, and Third Mesa or Oraibi (Orayvit Hopilàvayi).All the four types of Hopi were identified by Benjamin Whorf, who was the first to analyze the Hopi language and focused on the Mishongnovi variety.
Hopi Language Words with Meanings
Let us now work on the Hopi words with English Meaning:
| Hopi Words | Meanings in English |
| Tsivot | Five |
| Taaqa | Man |
| Wùuti | Woman |
| Taawa | Sun |
| Muuyaw | Moon |
| Kuuyi | Water |
| bahaana | Anglo |
| tsööviw | Antelope |
| mansaana | Apple |
| söhösipala | Apricot |
| Kwiyamuyaw | April |
| naakwapna | Apron |
| Paamuyaw | August |
| ho’apu / potasivu | Basket |
| tsaitsai mori / paapu / mori | Beans |
| hoonawu | Bear |
| pahona | Beaver |
| sikwi | Beef |
| tumi | Beeweed |
| kweewa | Belt |
| qömvi | Black |
| tsooro | Bluebird |
| a’a | Bluejay |
| tokotsi | Bobcat |
| kuypi / siivi | Bowl |
| masmi | Bracelet |
| pölaviki / piiki | Bread |
| tasikpu | Brown |
| kolaasa | Buckskin |
| mosayru | Buffalo |
| poli / hookona ( archaic ) | Butterfly |
| wisoko | Buzzard |
| kosana / totona | Carrot |
| moosa | Cat |
| hotsors’angwu | Centipede |
| tsilikwivi | Chile Stew |
| tsiili | Chile |
| koona / yovölö | Chipmunk |
| ‘omaw | Cloud |
| kaphe | Coffee |
| i’yoho’o / suusungwa | Cold |
| qaa’ö / sami / humita | Corn |
| waakasi | Cow |
| iisawu | Coyote |
| yaqansoro | Cricket |
| angwusi | Crow |
Following is a list of English Numbers from 1 to 10 in Hopi :
| Suukya’ | One |
| lööyö’ | Two |
| pàayo’ | Three |
| naalöyö’ | Four |
| tsivot | Five |
| navay | Six |
| tsange’ | Seven |
| Nanal | Eight |
| pept | Nine |
| pakwt | Ten |