Definitions for pahos

pahos pa·ho

Spelling: [pah-hoh, -hoo, pah-hoh, -hoo]
IPA: /ˈpɑ hoʊ, -hu, pɑˈhoʊ, -ˈhu/

Pahos is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 68 anagrams from letters in pahos (ahops).

Definitions for pahos

noun

  1. a prayer stick of the Hopi Indians.

Origin of pahos

1880-85, Americanism; Hopi pá·ho

Examples for pahos

Having reached the village plaza they marched to the Kisa and deposited their pahos and ceremonial offerings, then dispersed.

As at the present day, cottonwood and willow were the favorite prescribed woods for pahos, and some of the best were made of pine.

Specimens h to m are forms of pahos which I can not identify.

pahos, in the form of flat slats with a notched extension at one end were common, but generally were poorly preserved.

The length of the ancient Sikyatki pahos, ascribed to the Flute society, follows the same rule.

These pahos are made of a prescribed wood, of length determined by tradition, and to them are tied appendages of symbolic meaning.

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