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Hopi
Etymology
From koyaanis- (“corrupted”, bound form) + qatsi (“life”, noun)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈjaːnisˈqat͡si/
- Hyphenation: ko‧yaa‧nis‧qa‧tsi
Noun
koyaanisqatsi
- corrupted, morally decayed lifestyle (of a community)
Further reading
- A Concise Hopi and English Lexicon (→ISBN, 1985), page 30: "koyaanis- corrupted (re social life of a group); koyaanisqatsi corrupted life (re group)"
- Ekkehart Malotki, Michael Lomatuway'ma, Lorena Lomatuway'ma, Hopi Tales of Destruction (→ISBN, 2002), page 36 (uses this to describe the state of a village where inhabitants became obsessed with games and sex and kwangwa'ewqatsi, "life of pleasure", and neglected their duties; contrast suyanisqatsi, "life of harmony and balance")