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tiponis

tiponis is the plural of tiponi.

Meaning of tiponi

Noun

tiponi (plural tiponis)

  1. A Hopi badge of authority.
    • Of all objects on a Hopi altar perhaps the most important and constant is the badge of office or palladium, known as the tiponi, of the religious society which celebrates the rites about it. The Antelope altar has for the first seven days two tiponis, the Snake and Antelope.1900, Jesse Walter Fewkes, Tusayan Migration Traditions, page 972

Questions about tiponis

What is tiponis the plural of?
Tiponis is the plural of tiponi.

Words near tiponis in the dictionary

  1. Tipo-Tipo
  2. tipoff
  3. tipoffs
  4. Tipolo
  5. tiponi
  6. tiponis
  7. Tipp
  8. Tipp City
  9. Tipp-Ex
  10. Tipp-Exed
  11. Tipp-Exes

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