Where does “talqàasi” come from?

talqàasi (Hopi) comes from Hopi qàasi, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan kapsi, from English caption, from Latin captiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

talqàasi (Hopi): smooth thighs

Definitions

  1. smooth thighs

Ancestry of “talqàasi”, step by step

talqàasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hopi qàasi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hopiqàasithigh
2Proto-Uto-Aztecankapsithigh
3EnglishcaptionThe descriptive heading or title of a document or...
4Latincaptiōdeception, fraud, deceit, trick
5Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
6Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Hopi talvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hopitalvi
Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-
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