hodai

== Japanese == === Romanization === hodai Rōmaji transcription of ほだい == O'odham == === Etymology === From Proto-Tepiman *hodai (“stone”), from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *soya (“rock”). === Noun === hodai (plural hohodai, distributive hohhodai) (geology) rock, stone cement (religion, shamanism) charmstone used by medicine men ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === hodai (stative) to be a stone, rock === References === Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[2], volume I, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 275–6 Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “hothai”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 24