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piki

piki

9.9
A thin, crisp bread made from blue corn and cooked on a hot stone
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : piki
  • At the community feast, everyone enjoyed the traditional piki made from blue cornmeal.
  • piki bread
  • making piki

Examples

  • The sheha (local government official) of Piki testified that he learned that Fatma was not Bahasani because "some Saareefs came to him and informed him that she is not Bahasania."

    Academic text (2006)

  • Piki-piki-piki!

    The Flintstones (1994)

  • Down to the Piki Niki.

    Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Piki bread made from blue and red corn.

    Academic text (2004)

  • By the time he left Aunt Mamie's house, he had two shopping bags full of pies and piki bread.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Piki-piki-piki!

    The Flintstones (1994)

  • Piki-piki-piki!

    The Flintstones (1994)

  • Zetta Masayesva says she, like most Hopi females, has been making piki since childhood.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The chef prepared piki bread, a thin and crispy delicacy beloved by the Hopi people.

  • During the festival, handmade piki is served alongside other Native American dishes.

Synonyms

roti
vspiki
2 3.9

A round thin bread made from whole wheat served with curries

uses blue cornmeal and is thin and crisp rather than soft
poori
vspiki
6.8

A small round bread made from wheat dough and fried in oil

is made thin and crisp not fried or puffy

How Soft

naan
4 3.0
roti
2 3.9
chapati
1 5.9
piki
  • US
9.9

Surface Forms

piki singular
pikis plural

Etymology

Piki comes from a Native American language of the US Southwest and was the traditional name for a very thin, paper-like bread made from blue corn. So today piki still means that thin, crisp blue-corn bread.