'a'an
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aan"
O'odham
Alternative forms
- a'an (Saxton)
Etymology
From Proto-Tepiman *ʼaʼana (“wing, feather”),[1] from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ʼa~ʼaŋa(pu) (“wing”, via reduplication).[2] The *ŋ has shifted to *n and final *-pu is absent in Southern Uto-Aztecan.
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan ánai, Huichol ꞌaná and Central Tarahumara aná.
Noun
'a'an (plural 'a''an) (anatomy, zootomy, collective)
Derived terms
- 'A'an-wonamim (“Plains Indian person”, literally “someone with a feathered headdress”)
- 'a'anam (“flying animal”, literally “one with wings/feathers”)
- 'a'anam-totoñ (“flying ant”)
- ba'ag-'a'an (“eagle feathers”)
- sto꞉ta 'a'anam ṣu꞉g (“northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)”)
Verb
'a'an (plural 'a''an) (of birds)
- to have wing feathers
- (stative) to be a feather (on)
Derived terms
- 'a'ancud, 'a'anḍad (“to fletch, to feather (especially arrows)”)
- 'a'ant (“to grow (of feathers)”)
- 'a'anḍag (“to have feathers on, to be fletched (especially arrows)”)
References
- ^ Burton William Bascom, Jr. (1965), “302. *ˈˀaˀana 'feathers, wing,'”, in Proto-Tepiman (Tepehuan-Piman) (Thesis), Seattle, Washington: University of Washington, 66-5811, page 155
- ^ Stubbs, Brian D. (2020) [2011], “861. *’aŋapu ‘wing’”, in Uto-Aztecan: A comparative vocabulary[1], revised online edition, Flower Mound, Texas: Shumway Family History Services, page 171
- Mathiot, Madeleine (2013), Tohono 'O'odham–English Dictionary[2], volume II, archived from the original on 22 November 2019, pages 429–30
- Saxton, Dean; Saxton, Lucille; Enos, Susie (1983), “a'an”, in Dictionary: Tohono Oʼodham/Pima to English, English to Tohono Oʼodham/Pima, 2nd edition, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 1