'O'odham

See also: 'o'odham

O'odham

Alternative forms

  • O'odham (common omission of initial pre-vocalic glottal stop in writing)
  • O'othham (Saxton)

Etymology

From 'o'odham (“person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔʔɔd̪ɦam]

Proper noun

'O'odham (plural 'O''odham)

  1. A member of the O'odham people

Adjective

'O'odham

  1. Of or relating to the O'odham people, culture or language

Derived terms

  • 'O'odham apethag (“O'odham/Native rights”)
  • 'O'odham hemajkam (“O'odham people”)
  • 'O'odham-Jevuḍ (“O'odham country, O'odham land”)
  • 'O'odham-ñi'okĭ (“O'odham language”)
  • 'O'odham-ñiok, 'O'odhamaj ñiok (“to speak O'odham”)
  • 'O'odhamkaj, O'odhamaj (“O'odham-language”, adjective)
  • 'U'uvhig-'O'odham (“Bird People (mythology)”)
  • Akimel 'O'odham (literally “River People”)
  • Huhugam-'O'odham (literally “Vanishing People (mythology)”)
  • Jevho-'O'odham (“Gopher-Man (mythology)”)
  • Pi꞉ma-'O'odham (literally “Pima People”)
  • Tohono 'O'odham (literally “Desert People”)
  • Vu꞉ṣñim-'O'odham (“the Emergents (mythology)”)

See also

References

  • Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary‎[1], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 514–5
  • Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “'O'odham”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 48
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