kuseyaay
English: Translation
doctor, medicine man, healer, witch doctor
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Humans, Social Relations and Organization
Plural form
kusteyay
Notes
Refers primarily to traditional Indian doctors/medicine men. Now commonly refers to modern doctors.
"E" before "y" sounds like "ee" as in "Eat". However, this word is also spelled kusiyaay in the Barona dictionary.
The ku- suggests that this word was originally derived from a verb.