Kyesmismuyaw

Hopi

Etymology

Kyesmis (“Christmas”) +‎ muuyaw (“moon”)

Proper noun

Kyesmismuyaw

1. December

References

• Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998) Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 196