"Tavasuh" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Tavasuhs [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi tusavuhta, from a term meaning "head pounders", referring to the historical practice of killing captured enemies by beating them with a club. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|hop|tusavuhta}} Borrowed from Hopi tusavuhta Head templates: {{en-noun|+}} Tavasuh (plural Tavasuhs)
  1. (ethnic slur, Hopi culture, derogatory) Synonym of Navajo. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, slur Categories (topical): Ethnonyms Categories (place): Hopi culture Synonyms: Navajo [synonym, synonym-of] Coordinate_terms: Anasazi (english: considered insulting to Hopi people because it was using a Navajo-language name for their ancestors), Moqui (english: dead; insult against Hopi people as it resembles the word for)
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