awanyu

noun

əˈwän(ˌ)yü

variants or less commonly avanyo

-vän(ˌ)yō

or avanyu

-(ˌ)yü

plural -s

: a sacred plumed serpent in the mythology and art of the Tewa Indians

Word History

Etymology

Tewa

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