whichwiwe

Hupa

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Athabaskan *-tsəyeˑ, with the first-person singular possessive prefix whi-.

Noun

whichwiwe

  1. my maternal grandfather

References

  • Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe, page 41