Maize-meal bread in the form of very thin sheets, made by the Hopi Indians of the south-western US.
（美国西南部霍皮族印第安人吃的）玉米薄饼
as modifierwomen make piki bread on the smooth piki stone
Example sentencesExamples
The bride's family will make stacks of piki throughout the 20 to 30 days it takes the men, who do the weaving in Hopi society, to complete the robes, he added.
The ordinary piki is shaped into loose rolls about 10 inches long and two inches in diameter, but the wedding piki is folded into flat pieces about 8 inches square.
Origin
Hopi.
Definition of piki in US English:
piki
nounˈpēkē
Cornmeal bread in the form of very thin sheets, made by the Hopi Indians of the southwestern US.
（美国西南部霍皮族印第安人吃的）玉米薄饼
as modifierwomen make piki bread on the smooth piki stone
Example sentencesExamples
The ordinary piki is shaped into loose rolls about 10 inches long and two inches in diameter, but the wedding piki is folded into flat pieces about 8 inches square.
The bride's family will make stacks of piki throughout the 20 to 30 days it takes the men, who do the weaving in Hopi society, to complete the robes, he added.