whits’in’

Hupa

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *cʼən (“bone”), with the first-person singular possessive prefix whi-.

Noun

whits’in’

  1. my bone
  2. my leg

References

  • Golla, Victor et al. (1996), Hupa Language Dictionary Second Edition, Humboldt, California: Hoopa Valley Tribe, page 13
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