Editing Hopi language (section)

=== Stress ===

The stress pattern in Hopi follows a simple rule that applies to nearly all words.
* In words with one or two vowels, the first vowel is stressed.
* Where there are more than two vowels, the first vowel is stressed if it is long or it is directly followed by two consonants. Otherwise, the second vowel is stressed.

Some exceptions to this rule are {{lang|hop|sikisve}} "car", {{lang|hop|wehekna}} "spill" and {{lang|hop|warikiwta}} "running". We would expect the second vowel to be stressed but in fact the first one is stressed in these examples.