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paho

[ pah-hoh, -hoo, pah-hoh, -hoo ]

noun

, plural pa·hos.
  1. a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of paho1

1880–85, Americanism; < Hopi pá·ho
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Example Sentences

For example, in the island of Paho there is a tree called dani, under which the departing spirits sit down and weep.

The author has never seen the white paho of the Middle Mesa, and does not know when it is made nor its shape and use.

Numerous specimens of a peculiar razor-shape paho were found, two of which are shown in plate clxxv, o, s.

Plate clxxiv, a, represents a double stick paho, which closely resembles the prayer offering of the modern Flute society.

There are two deep grooves, or ferules, cut midway of their length, a distinctive characteristic of the modern flute paho.

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