ñi'okĭ

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • ne'okĭ (dialectal)
  • ne'oki (Saxton)

Etymology

Related to ñiok (“to speak”).

Noun

ñi'okĭ

  1. language, speech
  2. (grammar) word
  3. message, communication

Derived terms

  • 'O'odham ha-ñe'ñiokĭ (“O'odham dialects”)
  • 'O'odham ha-ñi'okĭ, 'O'odham-ñi'okĭ (“O'odham language”)
  • ñi'okam (“chatterbox, talkative person”)
  • ñi'okĭ-gagḍadam (“interpreter”)
  • ñi'okĭcud, ñi'okcud, ñi'okĭculid, ñi'okculid (“to read, to talk to someone”)
  • ñi'okĭcuda, ñi'okcuda (“imitative sound”)
  • ñi'okĭt (“to be able to talk”)
  • ñi'ovimkam (“quarrelsome person”)
  • ñi'ovin (“to quarrel with each other”)
  • ñi'ovinamk (“to be quarrelsome”)

References

  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[1], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 124–6
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “ne'oki”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 46
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